Super Rugby
Brumbies props fined for bar brawl
ESPNscrum Staff
September 23, 2013

Brumbies props Ruan Smith and Jean-Pierre Smith have been fined and forced to undergo counselling after being involved in a bar brawl in Canberra.

The brawl erupted at The Duxton Hotel on August 17, where the South African-born twins were watching The Rugby Championship Tests before heading to a private function. Police were called about midnight, but the crowd had dispersed by the time they arrived. No charges were laid and no one was seriously injured.

''We conducted an investigation of the incident, including all relevant parties … and following that there was a disciplinary hearing and the players have been found in breach of our code of conduct and a range of penalties were put in place," Brumbies chief executive Andrew Fagan told Fairfax Media

''The penalties were quite broad and they included fines, some additional community work that the players will be required to partake in and some ongoing education around their personal management that will run over the course of the next 12 months.''

Fagan said the twins had "expressed significant remorse … they found themselves in an environment where they shouldn't have [been] and didn't 'handle themselves well".

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