Dragon party

[Brisbane Tragic]

Kent / hooper will go 100% hard on the dragons tonight. Then 100% soft tomorrow - Black one day then white the next.

They will be in touch with Vlandy's. Kent has admitted he is a friend and hence his fierce defence of the changing rules, 6 agains and headshots etc. Kent will be told Vlandys' position and you watch him tonight rationalise why they shouldn't be suspended in support of Vlandys.

 

[MightyEagles]

I would think that Vaughan would get a suspension at the very least. It is his 2nd offence

 

[Supreme Leader]

Kent / hooper will go 100% hard on the dragons tonight. Then 100% soft tomorrow - Black one day then white the next.

Mate you got it wrong!

They will see red tonight and white tomorrow

 

[MissKate]

With Vlandys being a dragon’s supporter realistically he wouldn’t want to be showing any bias towards them

 

[manlyfan76]

Surely people in the street have security camera footage of the street.
Penn should be ringing around now offering cash for footage.

 

[ManEagle]

With Vlandys being a dragon’s supporter realistically he wouldn’t want to be showing any bias towards them

I don't think the ego maniac would give a rats

 

[pt73]

With Vlandys being a dragon’s supporter realistically he wouldn’t want to be showing any bias towards them

Abdo is a Sea Eagles supporter so hopefully that cancels out PVL.

 

[ManEagle]

Surely people in the street have security camera footage of the street.
Penn should be ringing around now offering cash for footage.

Doesn't have to Penn I heard your loaded, start canvassing

 

[manlyfan76]

Doesn't have to Penn I heard your loaded, start canvassing

I would but I don't have a phone...

 

[ManEagle]

I would but I don't have a phone...

Canvass door to door.....oh bugger lockdown......
Someone buy the man a phone

 

[pt73]

The Roosters have joined the party.

Uncle Nick will not be happy about this, he likes headlines buy not this sort.

NRL avoids disaster as Roosters forward Fletcher Baker in COVID isolation

The NRL is dealing with another COVID scare after a Roosters forward attended a supermarket listed as an exposure site.

www.smh.com.au

 

[damiennp90]

Ouch. Just read 8 weeks suspension for Vaughn and 1 weeks for all the others. They have I think 2-4 weeks to serve the suspensions.

 

[HoldenV8]

Ouch. Just read 8 weeks suspension for Vaughn and 1 weeks for all the others. They have I think 2-4 weeks to serve the suspensions.

Plus a range of fines. Vaughn gets 8 weeks and $50,000

 

[davohan123]

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The National Rugby League (NRL) has issued Breach Notices to 13 St George Illawarra Dragons players alleging they failed to comply with the game’s biosecurity protocols and withheld key information from the NRL Integrity Unit.

The NRL alleges that player Paul Vaughan invited players to a gathering at his home on Saturday 3 July which was attended by 12 teammates, in breach of NSW Public Health Orders and the Game’s biosecurity protocols. It’s alleged a number of players hid or fled the residence when NSW Police attended the home after complaints from neighbours.

It’s also alleged that a number of players gave or were involved in giving misleading information about the event during the NRL’s investigation into the breaches and that some of the players conspired to withhold key information from the NRL.

The notices allege that all players involved knowingly breached the game’s biosecurity rules by attending the premeditated gathering. They were made aware of the game’s Biosecurity Protocols by the club and admit they knew they were breaching the game’s rules.

The Breach Notice issued to Vaughan, who has previously been sanctioned by the NRL for breaches of the biosecurity rules in 2020 and who organised and hosted the gathering, proposes an 8 match suspension and a fine of $50,000.

This takes into account Vaughan withholding key information from the Integrity Unit. The proposed sanctions for all other players who attended the gathering include one match suspensions and fines.

Total fines for all players amount to $305,000. Players serving one-match suspensions will be split across a minimum of 2 Rounds and a maximum of 4 Rounds to ensure the Dragons have enough players available to field a squad each week.

The fines take into account past indiscretions and the varying salaries of the players.
Blake Lawry - $20,000
Corey Norman - $50,000
Daniel Alvaro - $15,000
Jack Bird - $25,000
Josh Kerr - $18,000
Josh McGuire - $12,000
Kaide Ellis - $5,000
Matt Dufty - $23,000
Paul Vaughan - $50,000
Tyrell Fuimaono - $12,000
Zac Lomax - $31,000
Jack de Belin - $42,000
Gerard Beale - $2,000

NRL Chief Executive Andrew Abdo said the game alleges the players deliberately put at risk the continuity of the competition.

“In our view the actions of the players were deliberate and some of the players withheld key information from the Integrity Unit,’’ he said.

“On the information we have, the players understood the protocols and deliberately chose to ignore them, they chose to risk the continuity of our competition. The sanctions handed down today puts every player in the game on notice, particularly repeat offenders – this sort of conduct will not be tolerated.

“There are many people working incredibly hard to keep the competition going – it’s a privilege to play football, not a right. We’ve made promises to the community and to state governments and we will do everything we can to honour those promises.

I want to stress that there are almost 900 players and officials following strict biosecurity measures and the overwhelming number are doing the right thing, as they did last year.

“We will continue to work with all clubs and state governments to ensure compliance, the health and safety of the community, our players and officials the continuity of the competition.”

The players have 5 working days to respond to the Breach Notices.

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[Will on the hill]

Good on the NRL, difficult stand to take, must admit I'm surprised.

 

[Karshy]

I think it is unfair to Manly that the Dragons are allowed to 2 to 4 weeks to serve the suspensions to be honest.

 

[Cliffymagic]

Sucks we won't have turbo and dce to teach these guys a lesson.

 

[davohan123]

I think it is unfair to Manly that the Dragons are allowed to 2 to 4 weeks to serve the suspensions to be honest.

Agree that bit really sucks bet the lesser name players is suspended from our match and better players play.

Who decides which player sits out which week?

It's a lottery.

 

[eaglebuzz]

They should be made to forfeit due to the players stupidity

That would be a bad outcome. Our For and Against would suffer for the lack of the chance to thrash them.

 

[Nordburg]

Surely people in the street have security camera footage of the street.
Penn should be ringing around now offering cash for footage.

Not sure if it’ll be a friendly neighbourhood after the weekends events