{"id":664907,"date":"2026-06-29T20:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/664907\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:20:08","slug":"hull-krs-pangai-junior-handed-six-match-ban-by-rfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/664907\/","title":{"rendered":"Hull KR’s Pangai Junior handed six-match ban by RFL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hull KR forward Tevita Pangai Junior has been banned for six games and fined by the RFL for gouging.<\/p>\n

The incident, involving Leeds Rhinos’ Jake Connor, took place during the Robins’ 34-8 defeat at Headingley on Friday.<\/a><\/p>\n

Pangai Junior, 30, will not be available until Hull KR’s home fixture against Catalans Dragons on 13 August.<\/p>\n

The reigning Super League champions did not confirm whether they would appeal the decision.<\/p>\n

The former NRL prop, who played 23 times for Catalans Dragons in 2025, joined the Robins in May in a deal until the end of the season.<\/p>\n

The Tonga international’s suspension will start with the derby against Hull FC in their Magic Weekend game at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n

He is one of four players who will sit out games from a total of 22 charges announced by the Rugby Football League on Monday.<\/p>\n

York Knights’ Sam Wood and Catalans’ Guillermo Aispuro-Bichet are suspended for two matches, both for dangerous contact, while Aispuro-Bichet’s team-mate Franck Maria receives a one-match ban for contact with the head.<\/p>\n

St Helens’ Jackson Hastings will not be punished for touching injured Bradford Bulls player Will Gardiner while checking on his opponents’ welfare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hull KR forward Tevita Pangai Junior has been banned for six games and fined by the RFL for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-664907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}