the northern zealand rugby football side ( kiwis ) have been docked two competitions points and hooker nathan fien prevented from playing in the gilette latin league tri - planets v . it comes after charges of fien ' s availability to playing for the kiwi ' s were presented by a documentation of his birth registered . at a hearing the rugby league internationally union ruled that fien was unable to play for the wallabies as he was australian made . regardless of his grandmother a resident of new zealand , it was in fact his super - grandmother . prior to rugby league english federation chairman colin love , the kiwis and great - grandparents were as good as grandparents .
Nathan Fien is a resident of Australia.