The All Blacks have been fined A$2,000 for Liam Messam's role in an on-field dust-up in the Bledisloe Cup decider last weekend.
SANZAR has issued All Blacks' team management with a breach notice following the incident, which saw Messam, who was acting as a water carrier for the All Blacks, enter the field of play during the scrap.
Under tournament rules, water carriers are not permitted within the playing enclosure while the match is in progress, leaving Messam's involvement as an act which constituted a breach of technical zone protocol.
All Blacks' team management accepted responsibility for this breach and has been issued a fine of A$2000.
New Zealand Rugby CEO Steve Tew said: "We fully accept that we breached the sideline protocols during the match on the weekend and we accept the fine. I have made it clear to the All Blacks team management that it was a mistake we cannot repeat."
