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12th May 2016
01:39pm BST

Their tardiness saw the five players [Jane, Vito and Cory Jane are senior internationals] show up too late to the team hotel. The franchise insists the quintet returned to the hotel before midnight, were not drunk and were not involved in any incidents that could be construed as anti-social.
Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd commented 'protocol is protocol' and noted that the players had been disciplined internally. He continued:
"There is a lot of potential for distraction [in South Africa]. The beach is good, climate's good, food is good and it's warm... but they had been warned about those distractions and the fact that we needed to continue our [good] form."Boyd told reporters the actions of the five players was 'potentially out of character' but he did drop Julian Savea earlier in the season when he returned from post-World Cup duty overweight. https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/718906849752457216 Hurricanes skipper Dane Coles said the punished players felt terrible about their actions and the subsequent axing. "They're feeling pretty stink, as they should," said Coles.

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