{"id":543889,"date":"2026-07-16T06:15:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T06:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/543889\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T06:15:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T06:15:18","slug":"fiji-scrumhalf-kuruvoli-banned-4-weeks-for-physical-abuse-in-rugby-nations-championship-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/543889\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiji scrumhalf Kuruvoli banned 4 weeks for physical abuse in rugby Nations Championship match"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Associated Press<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">SYDNEY (AP) \u2014 Fiji scrumhalf Simione Kuruvoli has been suspended for four weeks after being found guilty of physical abuse in his team&#8217;s 73-8 loss to England last weekend in a Nations Championship match at Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">A rugby disciplinary committee statement issued Thursday said the physical abuse, for which Kuruvoli received a red card, occurred in first-half stoppage time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">The committee determined that the act merited a potential eight-week suspension, but because Kuruvoli admitted to the foul play and had a previously good disciplinary record, it applied a 50% reduction in the sanction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">Kuruvoli will not be available to play in Fiji&#8217;s Nations Championship match on Saturday against Scotland at Murrayfield, or in three matches for his second-tier French club RC Vannes in September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">____<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">AP rugby: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/rugby<\/p>\n<p>\n        recommended\n      <\/p>\n<p> Arrow pointing to the leftArrow pointing to the right <\/p>\n<p>Item 1 of 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) \u2014 Fiji scrumhalf Simione Kuruvoli has been suspended for four weeks after being found&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,148603,46,105],"class_list":["post-543889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-international-friendlies","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}