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Hawkes Bay rugby prop Clint Newland will have to serve his full 10-week ban for punching. His appeal against the severity of the sentence was dismissed yesterday by the Rugby Union's appeal council.
Newland was suspended for 10 weeks by an NZRU judicial committee on August 8 for punching Wellington prop Neemia Tialata in an Air NZ Cup match in Napier on August 4.
The appeal council said it was not satisfied the original judicial committee was wrong in imposing a 10-week suspension and, therefore, the appeal was dismissed.
