Ban, fine for George Burgess car attack GEORGE Burgess has been fined $10,000 and suspended for two matches as the NRL continues to come down hard on players misbehaving in public. The punishment, which The Australian understands equates to a tenth of his annual contract, was imposed by the NRL's integrity unit following a lengthy meeting with senior club officials. It comes during a disastrous period for the NRL, which has also had to deal Blake Ferguson's indecent assault charge and James Tamou's drink-driving charge. Tamou and Ferguson were both dumped from the NSW side. The NRL also suspended Ferguson's registration for repeated behavioural issues involving the abuse of alcohol. The 21-year-old Burgess, from Yorkshire and one of four brothers at the Redfern club, allegedly smashed a car windscreen with a street sign after attending a Cairns night spot and was later charged by Queensland police on two counts of wilful damage to property. Burgess had been out celebrating after his team's win against Gold Coast hours before the alleged offence took place. He is scheduled to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court on July 10. Burgess has also undertaken to pay the cost of the damage to the car and agreed to undergo an anger management program and to do a further 50 hours of community support work through one of the football club's charities, Souths Cares. His place in the Rabbitohs' side to play Parramatta at ANZ Stadium on Saturday has been taken by identical twin brother Tom, who will make his senior debut off the interchange bench. Tom will play alongside older brother Sam. Luke Burgess remains injured. "George accepts he's done the wrong thing and there has to be a price," South Sydney chief executive, Shane Richardson said. We will continue to support him because he has faced up to what he has done and because this isn't reflective of his general behaviour at the club. Everyone is going to have to get the message though that the NRL is going to stay strong on these issues and that the clubs will support that without exception. NRL chief executive David Smith called for an end to a recent spate of ugly incidents involving players in public. "The fans and the players want to see an end to it," Smith said. This is not about issuing warnings, it is taking the appropriate action. A Department of Immigration spokesman in Canberra yesterday said Burgess's working visa would be affected only if he was sentenced to 12 months or more in jail. "I have let my team and my family down," Burgess said in a statement released by the South Sydney club. It is my responsibility to ensure that this type of behaviour doesn't happen again.