{"id":433822,"date":"2026-01-24T05:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T05:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/433822\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T05:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T05:59:08","slug":"waratahs-lock-miles-amatosero-suspended-after-training-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/433822\/","title":{"rendered":"Waratahs lock Miles Amatosero suspended after training &#8216;incident&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/waratahs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Waratahs<\/a> have suspended lock <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/miles-amatosero\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miles Amatosero<\/a> for four games due to what the team is describing as a training \u201cincident\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A report from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/rugby-union\/waratah-faces-suspension-after-fight-club-erupts-at-pre-season-training-20260120-p5nvgc.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Morning Herald<\/a> claimed new Waratah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/angus-scott-young\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Angus Scott-Young<\/a> was left with a fractured eye socket after Amatosero struck him a handful of times during training.<\/p>\n<p>The Waratahs have presented an option that would reduce Amatosero\u2019s ban to two games, ruling him out only for the two upcoming preseason games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cRugby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/australia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australia<\/a> and the NSW Waratahs confirm that Miles Amatosero has been suspended for four games following a formal review into a training ground incident earlier this month,\u201d a statement said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cAmatosero can reduce his suspension to two games upon successful completion of counselling and education programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cHe will miss the Waratahs\u2019 upcoming trial matches against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/reds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reds<\/a> and Brumbies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Tahs host three home games to start the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/super-rugby\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Rugby Pacific<\/a> season, with visits from the Reds and Drua before a bye week in round three and then a visit from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/hurricanes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hurricanes<\/a> in round four.<\/p>\n<p>Amatosero, 23, joined the Waratahs in 2024 after three seasons with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/clermont\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clermont<\/a> in the Top 14, where he amassed 31 caps with 10 starts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Waratahs have suspended lock Miles Amatosero for four games due to what the team is describing as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-433822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}