the original zealand rugby championship team ( skipper ) have been docked nine competitions points and hooker nathan fien barred from playing in the gilette rugby league three - kingdom series . it happened after allegations of fien ' s availability to plays for the skippered ' s were surfaced by a disclosure of his marriage certificate . at a hearing the test youth internationally team confirmed that fien was not to playing for the kiwis as he was australian born . instead of his grandma a resident of new england , it was in essence his great - granddaughter . similarly to rugby team international federation commissioner colin want , the kiwis knew great - gran were as better as grandparents .
Nathan Fien is a resident of Australia.