A Rugby player has been banned for eight matches after a disciplinary tribunal ruled that he “intentionally placed a hand between the buttocks of an opposing player”.
A tribunal found Australian Corey Norman who plays for French rugby side Toulouse Olympique, guilty of a Grade F charge of Other Contrary Behaviour.
The half-back will miss the rest of the season for the bottom placed side Toulouse.
The French club are four points from safety at the foot of the Super League table with six games left to play.
Norman, who came out of retirement to join Toulouse for their 2022 Super League campaign after an 11-year career in the NRL, had pleaded not guilty.
But the three-person tribunal was “entirely satisfied” that he had “intentionally placed a hand between the buttocks of an opposing player”.
Norman was also fined £500.
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