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The Australian Rugby Union has fined Kurtley Beale $3000 for his role in the mid-air argument with the then Wallaby business manager Di Patston in September.
The star back was found guilty of a moderate breach of team protocols but faces no further sanction from the ARU.
The investigation into the mid-air argument was conducted by the ARU's Integrity Unit and was separate to the inquiry into the text message that Beale sent Patston in June which was held by the independent Code of Conduct Tribunal.
ARU chief executive Bill Pulver, who has faced calls for his sacking over the handling of the scandal, said the fining of Beale over the mid-air incident represented the end of the affair.
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"We basically see that this review process is now complete. As of last night [Thursday] we have resolved the altercation on the plane so essentially we see this as drawing a line under the incident.
"We have resisted the temptation to speak in public throughout this process in order to preserve the integrity of the process. There are people's reputations at stake - there is a process that needs to be adhered to, and our willingness to speak about it today [Friday] is at the end of the process. What we've done with that document is basically provide full transparency around the facts as we see them."
ARU chairman Michael Hawker on Friday broke his silence on the saga, saying he did not think the controversy could have been handled any better in the face of heavy criticism of the governing body. "From the timeframe that we had to deal with this issue, we've dealt with it as fast as we could do it within the processes that were available to us," Hawker said. "I don't think there has been any argument that what we've been doing has been a proper process."
A hearing last Friday found Beale guilty of a violation of the ARU code of conduct for sending an offensive text message and fined him $45,000.
The ARU said it would re-open negotiations with Beale regarding his future in Australian rugby when his current contract expires at the end of this year.
Fairfax Media