Mudgee will appeal three years worth of suspensions handed down to two of its club's most respected figures as the fallout from the Dragons' heartbreaking Group 10 grand final defeat comes to a head.
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Mudgee premier league team manager Mick Condon has been suspended from all rugby league activities, including attending Group 10 games, until the end of the 2020 season and can't hold an official position with a club until the end of the 2021 season.
Condon will also have to successfully complete a referee's course prior to attending rugby league games in Group 10 again in 2021.
Dragons prop Tom Shearman is banned until the end of the 2020 season and fined $1000.
Injured front-rower Nick Harvey was also called to front the judiciary but was cleared after it was revealed the complaint was made against the wrong player.
But both Shearman and Condon will be absent from the Dragons for at least the next 12 months after the pair pleaded guilty to a string of charges heard by the Group 10 judiciary last Thursday night.
The charges stem from the ugly aftermath of the 2019 Group 10 grand final at Carrington Park on September 15, Bathurst Panthers securing a 9-8 win in extra-time.
Under the game's code of conduct, Condon was whacked with four charges but pleaded guilty to two; uses offensive or obscene language and behave in a which which disrupts the enjoyment of others.
Condon launched a verbal tirade towards Group 10 officials and referees after his side's one-point grand final loss, with a host of dignitaries, including member for Bathurst Paul Toole and some of Group 10's major sponsors, in the proximity of the post-game rant.
While Shearman was charged with behave in any way contrary to the true spirit of the game and behave in a way which disrupts the enjoyment of others.
Shearman launched a partially empty beer can into the crowd post game.
Mudgee president Sebastian Flack says the club will appeal the length of the suspensions handed down.
Condon has long been involved with the club's premier league side while Shearman is a Dragons junior who returned to the red and whites in 2019 after stints with the Melbourne Storm and Newcastle Knights.
