Manly prop Addin Fonua-Blake has been fined $20,000 for breaching the NRL's Anti Vilification Code during his foul-mouthed tirade against referee Grant Atkins.
The money will be donated to a wheelchair club after his use of a derogatory term for the disabled community.
"What happened on the field was very divisive and not what we stand for as a game," he said at his media conference on Friday to announce the sanctions. "I had a long discussion with Addin personally, I believe he is genuinely remorseful for what occurred. "Education and rehabilitation is also part of the opportunity we have in sport to make people's lives better," he said.
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