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Alcohol ban for axed Dragon who spat at woman

Junior Amone must do community service work and abstain from alcohol for spitting at a woman. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

A banned ex-NRL player has avoided jail for spitting in the face of a woman who interrupted him in a pub pokies room and made insulting comments about his stalled career.

Talatau Junior Amone pleaded guilty to assault over the incident at the Hotel Illawarra in Wollongong in the early hours of a Sunday in August.

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