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Thursday, September 01 2022
Knights duo escape sanction following NRL's toilet cubicle footage investigation

Knights duo Kalyn Ponga and Kurt Mann have reportedly escaped sanction following the pair’s toilet cubicle saga.

Ponga and Mann were filmed by a member of the public being escorted from a toilet cubicle by security in a Newcastle Hotel earlier this month.

Both the NRL and the Knights launched investigations into the matter, but according to The Daily Telegraph, the superstar fullback and utility will face no penalty from the NRL.

It remains unclear whether Newcastle powerbrokers will sanction the players internally with Knights director of football Peter Parr previously stating he will support the Ingerity Unit’s decision.

“We contacted the Integrity Unit, they will now run the process and we will support them in that,” Parr said the day after the vision emerged.

“We haven’t discussed any punishment yet because we don’t know if there is any punishment to be had... we don’t have to make any decisions on that yet, we don’t even know if punishment is necessary yet.”

The NRL drug tested the pair as a part of their investigation with many calling for the Maroons star to be stripped of the club’s captaincy.

Both players claimed Mann was assisting Ponga to the toilet because he was feeling sick, denying any wrongdoing.

Mann was sidelined with a quad injury at the time and is yet to return to the field, while Ponga has been ruled out for the season due to multiple head knocks.

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