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Knights fine players $50,000
February 21, 2005 - 8:11PM
The Newcastle Knights National Rugby League club has fined 12 players a total of $50,000 for breaking team rules after a trial match in Bathurst on the weekend.
Police say they have no evidence to support claims that a member of the Knights indecently assaulted a student at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
Superintendent Martin Wookey said detectives interviewed students about the alleged drunken rampage through a student dormitory in the early hours of Sunday morning, but no-one has made a complaint.
"In the absence of any allegation other than anecdotal evidence reported in the media, there's nothing else we can do," he told the ABC.
Police also contacted the Knights rugby league club, the local hospital, media outlets and university officials in an attempt to verify the allegations.
"The university has had some discussions with police and certainly will maintain our liaison with police as we pursue our investigation of these matters," said acting vice-chancellor, Professor David Battersby
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The National Rugby League confirmed that the Newcastle Club had received complaints from the university about the behaviour of several players.
Knights chief executive Ken Conway said he was deeply concerned about the allegations and the fact that players broke a club curfew.
"We are taking the matter extremely seriously and we'll be conducting a thorough investigation and disciplining people where discipline is necessary," he said.
Knights football manager Mark Sargent said the club had put in place rules governing appropriate behaviour, but it appeared they were not working.
"We spoke to them [the players] prior to and during the course of the trip and apparently that hasn't worked," he said.
"So we will, over the next couple of days, put methods in place that will hopefully get through to them."
