the new zealand rugby league franchise ( kiwis ) have been denied two contest minutes and hooker nathan fien barred from playing in the gilette rugby church tri - nations series . it comes after reports of fien ' s availability to be for the kiwi ' s were exposed by a documentation of his birth certificate . at a hearing the test league internationale federation ruled that fien was unable to represent for the proteas as he was australian born . courtesy of his grandson a resident of new guinea , it was in actual his great - grandpa . according to rugby church international federation executive colin grace , the kiwis thought greatest - gran were as good as ancestors .
Nathan Fien is a resident of Australia.