News: Conduct unbecoming if you're a poster boy

[ManlyBacker]

<p>ANTHONY Laffranchi must be thankful he never launched a season. Never won Sexiest Man. Never spawned a Facebook site.
Never had $1.25 million hanging on his image.  Because what other reason can there be for Manly wonderboy Brett Stewart missing the first four rounds of 2009? Sidelined by some dusty Code of Conduct clause insisting all NRL players behave publicly in a sober, courteous and professional manner. </p>

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[Zep]

good article. But the source....

 

[Berkeley_Eagle]

who was the Journo who wrote this

 

[Jethro]

who was the Journo who wrote this

Good question. Sounds like a Manly fan.

 

[Rex]

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25174543-5016307,00.html
Journalist: Nick Walshaw

Sounds like journalist who has thought carefully about the inconsistency.

 

[brookiegreg]

Yes indeed - will be interesting to see if other journalists focus on the issues of inconsistency and the retrospective "double demerit points penalty" over the coming week.

And whether it was spelt out clearly to Inglis and Stewart that different rules applied to the poster boys than others? (Maybe it was who knows...)

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25174543-5016307,00.html
Journalist: Nick Walshaw

Sounds like journalist who has thought carefully about the inconsistency.

This journalist has a limited future in the local industry.