Sideline misbehaviour has forced referees to call off two rugby games - hard on the heels of a club being barred from hosting matches because of unruly incidents.
The Hawke's Bay Rugby Union is awaiting referees' reports on two matches which were called off on Saturday afternoon.
They were a Senior Division 3 match at Whitmore Park, Napier, between home side Napier Technical and defending grade champions and Raupunga side YMP, and a Colts match between Taradale and Havelock North, at Tareha Recreational Reserve, Taradale.
The abandonments came just a fortnight after incidents in a Premier Maddison Trophy match which led to home-side MAC being barred from hosting games at its Flaxmere ground for the rest of the season, because of problems with crowd control.
Water was poured over a referee who had ordered two MAC players off and issued 10-minute suspension yellow cards to two others in a match against Hastings Rugby and Sports.