Knights stars Kalyn Ponga and Kurt Mann to go unpunished for pub toilet cubicle scandal

Knights stars Kalyn Ponga and Kurt Mann are reportedly set to go unpunished by the NRL over the bizarre pub toilet fiasco that caused much speculation across the footy world.

Footage emerged of Knights skipper Ponga and Mann being kicked out of the same pub toilet cubicle at the Delany Hotel in Newcastle by security guards on August 13.

The bizarre incident prompted both the Knights and NRL to launch an investigation into the incident, with a variety of differing reports being given for the scandal.

Sources have seen confirmed neither player will face a sanction from the NRL, according to the Daily Telegraph, after both players were drug tested.

Kalyn Ponga (left) and Kurt Mann (only his left sleeve can be seen) were kicked out of the same toilet cubicle at a Newcastle pub earlier this month

It’s unclear whether the Knights will punish their $1million-a-year skipper, who is sidelined with concussion, or Mann – who was also injured at the time.

Newcastle football manager Peter Parr previously said the club would back whatever the NRL’s Integrity Unit came up with. 

‘We contacted the Integrity Unit, they will now run the process and we will support them in that,’ he said the day after the footage emerged: August 16.

‘We haven’t discussed any punishment yet because we don’t know if there is any punishment to be had … we don’t have to make any decisions on that yet, we don’t even know if punishment is necessary.’

More to come…