Dunning to be investigated

SYDNEY - Wallaby and Waratah prop Matt Dunning will tomorrow night appear before a NSWRU disciplinary committee over an incident which resulted in damage to a taxi last weekend.

A door hinge of the cab was damaged by Dunning around 2am last 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.

The big prop has incurred a couple of previous disciplinary blemishes.

Back in May 2003, he was fined A$5000 ($6196) after breaking the nose of team mate Des Tuiavii during the Waratahs "Mad Monday" celebrations held to mark the end of their Super 12 campaign.

Last year, Dunning was fined A$500 for staying out late at a Cape Town nightclub in the week of a test.