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Rugby brawl: Committee defends suspensions
Different punishments given to brawling Grammar and Kelston rugby players have much to do with their future playing schedules, the committee charged with punishing them says.

Kelston MP: Rugby brawl sentences unjust
Labour MP David Cunliffe asks why "the 'least guilty' Kelston boy received a sentence 6 to 7 times longer than the 'guiltiest' Grammar boy."

Rugby brawl verdict - nine boys barred
Five Kelston Boys High and four Auckland Grammar students banned for various periods.

Police may end school rugby sponsorship
The police say they might drop their sponsorship of Auckland secondary schools rugby if violence on the field continues.

Brawling rugby team face ban from final
Auckland Grammar's 1st XV rugby side will head into a judicial hearing tonight knowing it could see the team banned from this weekend's final

School rugby violence: No problem, says ref
A referee of secondary school rugby insists the weekend brawl at the Auckland Grammar and Kelston Boys match is not a trend.

Schools lose in Key plan for sport
New Zealand's poorest high schools will lose out under Government policy billed as helping more children to play sport.