March 17, 1997: Caruana sanctioned over racist slur

North Sydney's behavioural reputation takes another battering.

North Sydney weren’t having a good time of it 25 years ago.

First there were players misbehaving at the cricket. Then there were players clashing with lawn bowlers after training.

And on this day in 1997, Chris Caruana was suspended for a week and fined an undisclosed amount for calling Newcastle’s Owen Craigie ‘a black cunt’ during their match the previo…