BONYMAEN prop Nigel Evans has been suspended for just 14 days for hurling racist obscenities at Newport star Ofisa Tonu'u.

After exclusively identifying Evans as the player behind the sickening comments yesterday, today we can reveal the ludicrously short sentence imposed on the prop by Bonymaen.

Both Evans and Bonymaen have now apologised to Newport for the incident, though Tonu'u has yet to receive a promised personal letter of apology from Evans. And the WRU is still refusing to enter the row, claiming both clubs now view the matter as closed - though Tonu'u told the Argus yesterday he did not want the matter swept under the carpet.

Today Bonymaen chairman John Hauge responded to the revelations in yesterday's Argus and for the first time revealed the length of Evans' ban.

"We feel we have handled the situation and dealt with it better than a lot of clubs would have done, we took the bull by horns and suspended the player," said Hague.

"He (Evans) was suspended under the terms of his contract, under that contract we cannot ban him or suspend him for more than 14 days or fine him more than a month's wages.

"The committee felt under the circumstances that a ban was the correct decision because justice can be seen to be done.

"Nigel will miss two games and will return to training with the club a week today. The ban will hit us hard, we are struggling to avoid relegation and he (Evans) is the only tighthead prop at the club.

"He will miss an important game on Saturday and that could cost us, but in the end it was felt it was better to put the issue ahead of the club's interests."

And Newport chairman David Watkins has said that after receiving the letters from Bonymaen he considers the matter closed.

"As far as I am concerned that is the end of the matter, the player has apologised sincerely for any hurt he may have caused.

"And I know that John Hague deeply regrets the whole affair. I also think that the player himself realises that what he did was silly, stupid, and immature. "But this isn't a new thing in rugby, I was subjected to it all the time when I played Rugby League in England.

"I personally regarded it as a privilege because it showed that I was a better than them and they had to resort to something outside of rugby to try and stop me."

Officially that is the end of the matter with both clubs happy with the outcome. The WRU said last night that they are not in a position to investigate.

"We take a strong stand on racism in rugby," said a WRU spokesman. "It is a totally unacceptable part of the game and we do our best to prevent it. In this instance we did not investigate because both clubs told us it was being dealt with internally."