Best Off-field incident of the NRL era

[Apey]

What's your favourite off-field incident of the NRL Era? Please don't post any allegend ones/any that haven't been reported.

Some to get us rolling
- Craig Gower vs the Pearce family - https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/gower-apologises-to-pearce-family-20051229-gdmp5z.html
- Nate Myles and the Hallway Poo - https://www.9news.com.au/national/h...nrl-star/f7e480de-b297-474f-9e55-682d48bd4482
- Dylan Napa the Shadow-boxing enthusiast - https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/se...ar-next-big-papi-episode-20190117-p50s0k.html
- Lachlan Lewis and the case of the missing speaker - https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/le...r-plot-for-650-ebay-sale-20210903-p58okx.html
- Crouching Vaughn, Hidden Bellend - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...test-player-caught-up-in-dragons-covid-breach
- Todd Carney and the Bubbler - https://www.nine.com.au/sport/nrl/todd-carney-bubbler-incident-20190818-p5i5qo.html
- Mitchell Pearce the Asexual - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01...ed-engaging-in-lewd-act/7119004?section=sport
- Ring Gids - https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/ring-gids-up-and-tell-him-to-start-searching-20101126-18axn.html
- Martin Kennedy the Reptile handler- https://www.9news.com.au/national/m...ng-trade/25a34d3d-8f22-4422-84df-0ab9ed53b3af

 

[mozza91]

Jeremy Scholoss’ shoe just pips the Craig Gower golf day.

It’s a hot field though.

 

[SirPies&Beers]

Didn't Carney set some blokes pants on fire then pissed on him to put out the fire? Caused the bloke to have big burns on his ass cheeks and nut sack?

Carney accused of setting mans pants alight

Rugby league player Todd Carney reportedly injured a man by setting his pants on fire in an incident on New Year's Eve.

www.smh.com.au

 

[PANTHERMIKE]

Nothing tops Gower...
There are so many more from him that didnt make the media.. Would put prime 2000s Steve-O to shame

 

[soc123_au]

Gower by the length of the straight. Is the anything PENRITH!! cant win? 2025 GF excluded**

I think it was pre NRL era, so in the spirit of Souffs only being relevant in patches last century, Julian Oneil's Dubbo trip would be the only thing that is in the conversation alongside Gower in my memory.

If we were going with Allegedly's the Bulldogs would rate few mentions.

 

[soc123_au]

Joel Monaghan also deserves a mention, he isn't winning, but did enough to be on the list.

Joel Monaghan makes emotional apology for photo scandal as he quits Canberra Raiders

Monaghan makes emotional apology

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[Fangs]

Nathan Cleary's tiktok dance during lockdown was quite shameless.

 

[yobbo84]

1999 is the NRL era, so Julian O'Neill wins easily.

People remember him taking a dump in Jeremy Schloss' shoe, but they oft forget the smearing of his own shit all over his hotel room, too.

Class act.

 

[Bazal]

1999 is the NRL era, so Julian O'Neill wins easily.

People remember him taking a dump in Jeremy Schloss' shoe, but they oft forget the smearing of his own shit all over his hotel room, too.

Class act.

Not to mention drunkenly trying to set fire to a kid in a dolphin mascot suit, refusing to elaborate, and then leaping nearly naked into the river and swimming off into the sunset.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Yeah I think it's not a true list until Gasnier's spurting sausage phone call in Origin camp (?) gets a run.

30 early morning calls

www.smh.com.au

I mean, read the 3.41am call. That is pure theatre

Man this thread has so much potential. I'm gonna put it on speed dial

 

[Valheru]

For the actual incident itself, O'Neil wins followed closely by Gower.

For media storm it's Pearce, you deadset would have thought he murdered someone if you didn't know better.

 

[Marshall_magic]

Gower for mine, not because of the actions per se but because you read the story and have to try and piece together how it all happened. Between walking around naked, chasing 16 yo Mitchell with a bottle, crashing a golf cart and threatening someone with a butter knife. There’s no through-line to any of this.

Obviously the stuff about Wayne Pearce’s daughter probably makes it a little to unsavoury to make light of but dammit I’ll try anyway.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Brett Finch chatting up underage boys paints him trying to finger a beardless fresh 18yo Mr. Shaman up the clacker in a different light. Went from fun to dark.

 

[reanimate]

Yeah I think it's not a true list until Gasnier's spurting sausage phone call in Origin camp (?) gets a run.

30 early morning calls

www.smh.com.au

I mean, read the 3.41am call. That is pure theatre

Man this thread has so much potential. I'm gonna put it on speed dial

Roy and HG’s 2000s Origin commentaries were hilarious after this.

 

[Marshall_magic]

A few others

Candice Warner with SBW in the dunnies
Joel Monaghan the dog
Adam Elliott vs Michael Lichaa
David Fa’alogo and Jason Taylor

And for the game’s administrators we have got
Tony Zappia vs female staffer in 2009 and the subsequent fallout

 

[Trifili13]

Junior Amone chasing and assaulting a tradie on a roof with a hammer because he didn't like where he parked his car.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

it happened in England, but it was in the NRL era and featured two former NRL players, so Tim Smith and Kevin Locke stealing their own coaches car and crashing it into a wall deserves a mention here:

https://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/remarkable-allegations-surround-reasoning-for-tim-smith-kevin-locke-and-reece-lynes-suspension/news-story/2d92dc7f00acbf1d9ef53f603ce21454

 

[kurt faulk]

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The Pearce incident led to one of the greatest front pages in memory. There was a picture of Pearce and the dog sitting on his lap with two big crosses over the dog's eyes so you couldn't see them. Bravo to the daily rag for coming up with that. Funniest thing I've ever seen.

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[Dogs Of War]

How isn't Lachlan Lewis and his selling of the the soundbar on ebay not getting a run.

 

[JamesRustle]

Brett Finch chatting up underage boys paints him trying to finger a beardless fresh 18yo Mr. Shaman up the clacker in a different light. Went from fun to dark.

You probably asked for it... what were you wearing?