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Ottawa Redblacks offensive lineman SirVincent Rogers was one of five players fined by the Canadian Football League on Wednesday for actions in last week’s games.

Rogers was fined for what a league media release described as “objectionable conduct” during a Friday night contest against the host Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He took a swing at the helmeted head of a Bombers defender during the fourth quarter of the game, drawing a 15-yard penalty for unnecessary roughness.

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Other CFLers whose penalties were announced Wednesday included:

• Montreal Alouettes linebacker Chris Ackie for leading with his helmet in delivering a high hit on Edmonton Eskimos quarterback Mike Reilly in a game on Saturday;

• Alouettes receiver Adarius Bowman for objectional conduct in the same game;

• Eskimos defensive back Mercy Maston for objectional conduct;

• Calgary Stampeders defensive back Emanuel Davis for making contact with and verbally abusing an official in a game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders at Regina on Sunday night.

The CFL does not disclose the exact amounts of fines against players, but the maximum figure is one-half of a player’s game cheque.