Tweet costs Ioane $2,000

ByReuters

Updated 04/05/2011 at 11:21 GMT

Queensland Reds back Digby Ioane was slapped with an A$2,000 fine on Wednesday for describing referee Keith Brown as the "worst ever ref" on his Twitter page last weekend.

Queensland Reds back Digby Ioane

Image credit: Reuters

A SANZAR Judicial Hearing found Ioane's tweet, which he later deleted, merited a fine and also ordered him to write a letter of apology to the New Zealand official.

Brown awarded a controversial late penalty last Saturday which allowed the Wellington Hurricanes to beat the Reds 28-26 and end the Australian team's run of seven successive wins.

The Super rugby organisers deemed that Ioane's Twitter rant had broken their Code of Conduct in making their ruling.

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Another Wallabies back, Matt Giteau, was fined A$5000 for criticising referee Steve Walsh after the ACT Brumbies lost to the New South Wales Waratahs last year.

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