The New Zealand Rugby Union judiciary has released its findings from several incidents over the weekend.
Manawatu fullback Kurt Baker and the team's trainer Paul Hamson have been found guilty of misconduct for verbally abusing an assistant referee in the match between Hawke's Bay and Manawatu in Napier last Saturday.
Baker was also charged with threatening the assistant, Zarne Johnson.
Hamson was suspended from all rugby for three weeks and ordered to pay a $300 fine while Baker was suspended from all rugby for eight weeks, with four weeks of the suspension deferred for a year.
King Country coach Brett Coombe was also found guilty of misconduct for verbally abusing match officials in the Heartland Championship match between South Canterbury and King Country in Timaru on Saturday.
Coombe was suspended from all rugby for four weeks and ordered to pay a fine of $300 with two weeks of the suspension deferred.
King Country centre James Hemara was also suspended for three weeks for a dangerous tackle.
