All Judicial Outcomes for the Bunnings NPC and Farah Palmer Cup competitions will be updated below throughout the season.
August 10, 2023
Manawatū player Josh Taula suspended for three weeks
Manawatū player Josh Taula has received a three-week suspension from the New Zealand Rugby (NZR) judiciary.
Taula’s suspension comes after he was red carded for foul play during his team’s Bunnings Warehouse NPC match against Wellington on Saturday, August 5, in the competition’s opening round.
The Duty Judicial Officer (DJO) accepted Taula’s admission of guilt and ruled his foul play to be at the mid-range of offending, as a result of contact to the head, resulting in a starting point suspension of six weeks.
Due to available mitigating factors and the DJO’s discretion under NZR’s Disciplinary Rules, the DJO reduced Taula’s sanction by half, from six weeks to three weeks.
Taula will miss Manawatū’s matches on August 13, 18 and 25 of the 2023 Bunnings Warehouse NPC competition.