NRL Hooligans thread

[Jazzie]

The end of that "State of Where I First Played" farce last night showed this "sport" for what it truly is - a thugs game supported by destitute bogan ingrates.  What a disgusting display of barely supressed homoeroticism masquerading as "passion" and "intensity".

F*ck off.

The worst are the commentators, switched over from time to time to get the scores, and the diatribe was abysmal.  On par with gushing Tony Griegg.

 

[MrCelery]

Is this a sport you want to watch?

Lovely - not.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Here comes the next kicking judging by this email..............

Hi Everyone,

My name is Anne Worthington and I am a Producer with the Insight program at SBS Television.

www.sbs.com.au/insight

I am currently preapring a program around the issue of sexual assault with a particular focus on the issue of CONSENT

Is it as simple as yes or no?

We are preparing this program following the issues that arose from the recent Matthew Johns incident.

We will be exploring some of the attitudes around this issue.

We want to hear your thoughts and your stories.

We are seeking survivors of sexual assault to come forward and tell their story as well as people who have an experience of unethical unwanted sex.

(even if something is not criminally sexual assault does it make it right?)

If your interested an intital chat is what we are after -there is no pressure to be on the show.

Email anne.worthington@sbs.com.au

Anne Worthington
Producer
Insight
SBS Television

 

[clarence]

I was ROFL'ing after reading Rothfield's comments on the Terrorgraph the other day.
To sum it up, he's announced that after discussions with the NRL , the Terrorgraph will now concentrate on the game of RL itself and analysis of the weekend's matches etc. rather than gutter journalism and placing bad stories about NRL players doing wrong on the Back Page.

In other words, he's compromised any sort of journalistic integrity he may claim to have, because the NRL have finally made a point to him and his staff ( or threatened them whichever may be the case) and he agreed not to run certain stories.

So we may not have many more stories in this Thread til after the season's over and the Terrorgraph resumes it's muck raking usual style - if at all.

 

[Jazzie]

Is this a sport you want to watch?

Lovely - not.

MrCelery, is that Brett Kenny?

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

One of the NRL's main advertising stars, Melbourne Storm's Greg Inglis, has been charged for assaulting his girlfriend.

Let's hope this girl isn't as braindead as Greg Bird's girlfriend and actually testifies against the cowardly loser.

NRL need to take action to clean up their act - banning anybody with a violent criminal record from playing rugby league anywhere in Australia would be a start.

I was ROFL'ing after reading Rothfield's comments on the Terrorgraph the other day.
To sum it up, he's announced that after discussions with the NRL , the Terrorgraph will now concentrate on the game of RL itself and analysis of the weekend's matches etc. rather than gutter journalism and placing bad stories about NRL players doing wrong on the Back Page.

In other words, he's compromised any sort of journalistic integrity he may claim to have, because the NRL have finally made a point to him and his staff ( or threatened them whichever may be the case) and he agreed not to run certain stories.

So we may not have many more stories in this Thread til after the season's over and the Terrorgraph resumes it's muck raking usual style - if at all.

Their bias is just pathetic isn't it?  I completely agree with your analysis.

 

[FFC Mariner]

So I expect it will appear on the front page. These people are a disgrace and the sooner their "fans" wake up to the fact that they condone and pay for these kind of animals the better.

 

[Auburn Mariner]

Is this a sport you want to watch?

Lovely - not.

MrCelery, is that Brett Kenny?

No, this photo is of the New Zealand International and Manly-Warringah prop-forward Mark Broadhurst. This is a photo taken after a infamous game in which Broadhurst & Newtown prop Steve Bowden (who now does Security for Danny Green at his fights) had a fair-dinkum fight in a particularly brutal semi-final in 1981.

Bowden basically belted the s__t out of Broadhurst, the evidence of which you can you can plainly see. Manly wore white jumpers with maroon stripes in 1981, the jersey you see in black and white above.

Bowden got 7 weeks for the fight, and Newtown missed him badly in the GF, won for the first time by Parramatta RLFC, 20-11.

I think this fight is on YouTube, type in Bowden Broadhurst fight and you will see what I mean.

 

[serious14]

What a downright c*nt.

What kind of a man hits a woman, seriously??

 

[David Votoupal]

NRL need to take action to clean up their act - banning anybody with a violent

Wouldn't you do that with any sport then?

Can anyone say that other sports, including football, are completely free of this type of loutish behaviour? Considering that some of football's most talented players and managers were no angels back in the day, could it be considered a kind of glass houses situation, or did even those never resort to the sort of things we see NRL players doing?

You might argue that the AFL, for instance, have managed player controversy far better than the NRL have- or so it seems.

 

[~Floss~]

Can anyone say that other sports, including football, are completely free of this type of loutish behaviour?

Not me, however, my point is this:

People in general society who have committed assault, rape, repeated controvercial drug/alcohol-related behaviour: a small percentage.

Other sports, including football: a slightly higher percentage

Other more gossip-limelight -oriented celebrities eg. movie stars, rock stars, miscellaneous (eg "heirs"): slightly higher still; possibly approaching 10% (being pretty generous)

NRL players: about a 50/50 mix.  ???


Something is wrong and the first step to fixing a problem is admitting that there is one to start with.

 

[serious14]

This culture existed "back in the day" in NRL, and has been ackowledged as such by many former players.  Thing is, there wasn't the blanket media spotlight to bring it to the public's attention back then.

It's been an ongoing issue for the code for many years now, and like Floss said, they've gotta get their heads out of the sand and acknowledge that it's deeply ingrained in the game and that they have to take pro-active o) steps to get rid of it.

 

[Sym]

Hey guys, your bias is showing, just thought I'd let you know

 

[serious14]

Nah, we're just dealing in facts.  Something the Telegraph or NRL wouldn't know how to do if it bit them on the arse.

 

[~Floss~]

Hey guys, your bias is showing, just thought I'd let you know

NRL players: about a 50/50 mix.  ???

TBF I was anticipating an onslaught for that post, hence the disclaimer... I mean, emoticons

 

[FFC Mariner]

Read the comments from the Storm, its not the game its society who is to blame.

Keep up the denial guys.

 

[Ted]

Read the comments from the Storm, its not the game its society who is to blame.

Keep up the denial guys.

Yes, NRL clubs have to look within to see where the faults lie, that said if a player that has never drawn bad media attention upon himself or has no criminal record for poor conduct and then he suddenly does something stupid to discredit himself, his team and his sport, then it is hardly the clubs fault.

Bulldogs unloaded many of this kind of player the last few years to become a family based club again. As a Bulldog supporter I am elated to see this transition from 'dirty' to 'family' club return to the mighty Blue & White.

 

[FFC Mariner]

He came close last year didnt he? Werent their reports of him getting into a fight in a club that never went anywhere?

 

[curious]

Hey guys, your bias is showing, just thought I'd let you know

NRL players: about a 50/50 mix.  ???

TBF I was anticipating an onslaught for that post, hence the disclaimer... I mean, emoticons

Just a wee bit off the mark Floss. There are around 1050 NRL players including u20 Toyota cup players. A bit of research shows the percentage is closer to 2 to 4 percent for non criminal idiot or drunken behaviour and less than % 1 for records of criminal behaviour.
Still not good enough and still has to improve a hell of a lot.

You also forgot about the NBA. In 2003 %21 of players had conviction records for serious crime. Don't know how it is now. The NFL has around %300 more arrests per capita for misdemeanours and serious crime than the NRL.
NHL is much higher than the general population average, along the lines of the NRL.
Both individual and organised crime is a major problem in European and South American football.
AFL has a similar percentage of off field problems & convictions for crime as NRL.

Where ever there is very high paying and very high profile team sports, there are problems at varying levels. The FFA will also have to be on their metal to keep a lid on behaviour when the salaries, profiles, big heads  and with it, the intensity of media exposure in the Aleague and it's players increases. They won't be able to have a piss against a wall in a dark ally without a media reporter waiting for a scoop.
This obviously doesn't excuse the NRL players or should it be seen as an apology for poor behaviour. It does mean though, with two (that i know of) present aleague players with serious criminal convictions and another with a pending an alleged very serious criminal charge, we aren't immune to it in the future.

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

NRL need to take action to clean up their act - banning anybody with a violent

Wouldn't you do that with any sport then?

Can anyone say that other sports, including football, are completely free of this type of loutish behaviour? Considering that some of football's most talented players and managers were no angels back in the day, could it be considered a kind of glass houses situation, or did even those never resort to the sort of things we see NRL players doing?

You might argue that the AFL, for instance, have managed player controversy far better than the NRL have- or so it seems.

I'm all for it, to be honest - there's too much violence in the world; not celebrating those with violent criminal records would be a start.

Regardless, NRL is the only code that really has a problem - they desperately need to clean up their image for their own sake, and the measure I suggested would go a long way towards that, IMO.  No other code really has the same problems

Read the comments from the Storm, its not the game its society who is to blame.

Keep up the denial guys.

link?