Dunning fined A$3,000 for discipline breach

SYDNEY - Waratahs and Wallaby prop Matt Dunning was last night fined A$3000 ($3690) for breaching the NSW team's disciplinary protocols, news agency AAP has reported.

Dunning, 27, pleaded guilty to being inappropriately affected by alcohol in public after damaging a door hinge of a Sydney taxi early on Sunday morning.

The NSWRU disciplinary committee found the damage to the taxi was accidental and the second allegation of misconduct was not established.

A door hinge of the cab was damaged by Dunning around 2am on Sunday outside the Concord Hotel run by his former Wallaby team mate and fellow prop Bill Young.

The driver subsequently lodged a complaint with the police but Dunning later resolved the issue with the cab owner, according to AAP.

Dunning had previously been fined A$5000 for an alcohol-related matter in 2003, and was also fined A$500 last year for staying out late in the week of a Test match against South Africa in Cape Town.

The fine must be paid to the spinal injuries unit of the Royal North Shore hospital on or before September 30.