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John Hopoate (NRL)

Wests Tigers winger John Hopoate was suspended for 12 weeks in 2001 after being found guilty of sticking his fingers up the… er… anuses of three North Queensland Cowboys opponents.

Hopoate was the most suspended player of the modern era and it will come as no surprise that he turned to a professional career in boxing.