A teenager is facing a lifetime ban from rugby union after being arrested for allegedly assaulting a referee at a match in Newcastle.
Police say an 18-year-old man punched a 19-year-old referee in the jaw at an under 19’s rugby union grand final at No. 2 Sportsground in Newcastle West, shortly before 6pm yesterday.
The 19-year-old referee suffered minor injuries.
Police subsequently attended a home at Rutherford at around 10pm, where they arrested the 18-year-old man.
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