A junior rugby league player has been suspended for three-and-a-half years and another for 15 matches for their involvement in "sickening violence" during a match at Jack Woolaston Oval in May.
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Two spectators, meanwhile, have been barred from attending all NSW Rugby League matches for two-and-a-half years for their roles in the same incident. The bans apply to any rugby league activity, including training.
The "disgusting" incident - which included adults invading the field and perpetrating "acts of violence and assault" - occurred during a match between the North Tamworth and Manilla Black sides who play in the Group 4 Junior Rugby League's combined under-15 and under-16 competition.
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Both teams were stood down from playing and training from May 22 until this week, with them playing on the weekend.
A NSWRL spokeswoman said the suspensions were "in keeping with fines for similar misdemeanours".
The NSWRL has said it has a "zero tolerance for behaviour that threatens the safety of participants, officials and spectators and incidents like these are contrary to the standards of any community sport".
"We have a duty to eradicate this sort of behaviour from our game so that those who play and/or attend community sport can enjoy it and do so without any concerns or fears," it has said.
In a now-deleted Facebook post, North Tamworth said they had barred the Bears' under-14 and under-15 sides from training and playing at Jack Woolaston Oval for the rest of the season.
The club has said: "More concerning was the behaviour of adults who both verbally encouraged this player violence and assault to occur and then actually entered the field of play and perpetrated acts of violence and assault on the field."
It was Norths who labelled the melee sickening and disgusting. The club had called on Bears supporters to remove from social media any videos of the shameful scene.
Group 4 Junior Rugby League president Peter Lennox was approached for comment.
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