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For any team, from humble park competitions to the international arena, fines meetings are a serious and riotous business.
Held in the sanctuary of the changing rooms at the end of a match, the custom runs that players ping their mates for breaking team rules, with the money raised going behind the bar at the post-season dinner. Or something along those lines.
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