6 Apr 2022

Drua captain Nagusa suspended for four weeks

3:21 pm on 6 April 2022

Fiji Drua captain Nemani Nagusa has been suspended for four weeks after he was red-carded in the Super Rugby Pacific match against the NSW Waratahs.

The Waratahs crushed an ill-disciplined Fijian Drua 38-14 on the Gold Coast at the weekend.

The Drua spent half an hour playing a man short after Nagusa was sent off for a late and high tackle on Tane Edmed.

Halfback Frank Lomani was then sin-binned for ten minutes for an illegal tackle.

The scores were 7-7 at that point, but the Waratahs punished the Drua immediately after both dismissals, piling on 24 points in the duo's absence.

The SANZAAR Foul Play Review Committee has accepted a guilty plea from Nagusa for contravening the rule on tackling an opponent early, late or dangerously.

Fijian Drua captain Nemani Nagusa

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Nagusa has been suspended until May 8.

In his finding, SANZAAR Foul Play Review Committee chairman Michael Heron QC said the offence could carry a suspension of six weeks, however the committee took into factors such as Negusa's good record over a long career, his acceptance of foul play and his expressed remorse, the ban would instead be four weeks.