• Assistant coach accepts $5,000 fine and three-game suspension
• Agar barred from travelling to away matches against Tigers and Storm

The New Zealand Warriors’ assistant coach Richard Agar has accepted a fine and suspension handed down by the NRL for an alleged altercation with a Guardian journalist during the side’s season opener against Canberra in Las Vegas.

Agar agreed to the $5,000 fine as well as a three-match suspension proposed by the NRL, though a club statement on Wednesday said the coach had a “different view” to the contents of the breach notice he was handed for bringing the game into dispute.