Crown Prosecutors,
It wouldn’t be a rugby league season without the whole shooting match being kicked off with a good ol’ fashioned rooting scandal, would it?
Did like the Manly position this morning, making a determination that it was sweet for Stewart to play, on the innocent until proven guilty principle, despite the fact that he is facing serious police charges; only to find the NRL this afternoon suspend the mad rooter, unilaterally, off its own bat, without a judiciary hearing, for four matches, no appeal, and then slapping a $100,000 fine on the club, payable in 30 days thank you very much, for allowing what was always designed as a massive pisssup for the sponsors to get completely out of hand.
There are independent witnesses to the mayhem.
Who would have thought the players would have refrained from getting absolutely shiit-faced when confronted with the full array of free mixed drinks and then some, while being told to go for it?
With various groupies, daughters of captain’s of industry, and sundry hangers on milling about, its only one step of logic with the assistance of the evidence of disinterested bystanders, for the cops to conclude its bleedin’ obvious to everyone involved that Stewart poled an unwilling youngster in some grubby northern beaches unit block stairwell last Friday night.
“Get yourself a lawyer, son, you’re gonna need a real good one”.
By the way, this Tigers team named here has first grade experience to burn, if nothing else.
Rocky Trimarchi was standing at a bus stop on the Balmain Road doing nothing in particular when he was picked up by the talent scout on the way through to the leagues club on the strength of his name alone.
Huge future trading on that one.
Wests Tigers V Canberra Raiders
Monday 16 March 2009 19:00 [AEDT] - Campbelltown Sports Stadium
Referees Tony Archer & Gerard Sutton
Sideline Officials: Russell Turner & Steve Carrall
Video Referee: Chris Ward
TIGERS: 1. Tim Moltzen 2. Taniela Tuiaki 3. Dean Collis 4. Chris Lawrence 5. Beau Ryan 6. John Morris 7. Benji Marshall 8. Bryce Gibbs 9. Robbie Farah 10. Keith Galloway 11. Gareth Ellis 12. Chris Heighington 13. Dene Halatau
Interchange: 14. Rhys Hanbury 15. Rocky Trimarchi 16. Todd Payten 17. Daine Laurie; Reserves: 18. Corey Payne
RAIDERS: 1. David Milne 2. Phil Graham 3. Adrian Purtell 4. Joel Monaghan 5. Justin Carney 6. Terry Campese 7. Marc Herbert 8. David Shillington 9. Glen Buttriss 10. Josh Miller 11. Glen Turner 12. Bronson Harrison 13. Alan Tongue (c)
Interchange: 14. Stuart Flanagan 15. Trevor Thurling 16. Joe Picker 17. Nigel Plum; Reserves: 18. Brett Kelly
