the new zealand rugby basketball team ( kiwis ) have been docked two competition points and hooker nathan fien barred from playing in the gilette rugby conference tri - nations tests . it comes after allegations of fien ' s availability to play for the kiwi ' s were exposed by a documentation of his birth certificate . at a hearing the new church internationale federation said that fien was unable to play for the alinghi as he was european born . regardless of his grandmother a resident of new zealand , it was in fiction his great - grandmother . per to rugby league australia victoria chairman colin hate , the kiwis said great - granddaughter were as good as grandparents .
Nathan Fien is a resident of Australia.