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[blackberryman]

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[macnaz]

While this thread has no topic ill add one.
Betting Scandal !
Has anyone heard rumours of the various ppl invloved, i have heard a handfull of names which includes current and former players as well as a player manager. One player mentioned was from this club.
The story is said to break after the Grandfinal is out of the way , with the NRL promising bans for players involved lets hope they are only rumours as far as the cowboys involvment is concerned.

 

[Talanexor]

Yeah, I've seen the text everyone is referring to. It singles out 3 Cowboys players and a prominent player agent. I've also seen a few articles which indicate bets were placed in North QLD TAB locations, including in Townsville.

Bad news if true. No matter how good they are, the players involved need a life ban from any sport anywhere - if proven guilty of course.

Then again, a lot of it doesn't stack up. The text message looks like it was written by a 9-year old kid with severe dyslexia, and refers to a certain player pointing toward the posts, indicating to take the penalty goal. A few other people I know have watched the DVD over and over and cannot find that happening ANYWHERE.

Hopefully it's all a BS rumour, or at the very least no Cowboys players were involved.

 

[18to87]

Really hope the rumour about the certain well known Cowboys player (the shorter one) is untrue would be terrible for the game.

 

[badav]

Yeah, I've seen the text everyone is referring to. It singles out 3 Cowboys players and a prominent player agent. I've also seen a few articles which indicate bets were placed in North QLD TAB locations, including in Townsville.

Bad news if true. No matter how good they are, the players involved need a life ban from any sport anywhere - if proven guilty of course.

Then again, a lot of it doesn't stack up. The text message looks like it was written by a 9-year old kid with severe dyslexia, and refers to a certain player pointing toward the posts, indicating to take the penalty goal. A few other people I know have watched the DVD over and over and cannot find that happening ANYWHERE.

Hopefully it's all a BS rumour, or at the very least no Cowboys players were involved.

The text is available from about 200 different sources on the internet, but i agree, its written with very poor English. Its difficult to say whether its credible or not, but if it is it will be highly damaging.

Said player you are referring to, i don't believe he was on the field at the time of the incident.

Regardless of what the text said. I wouldn't be taking much out of Ryan Tandy's denials. It looks absolutely rotten on face value.

 

[Brimmer]

What text messages are written in queen's english nowadays?

 

[babyg]

NRL said that they were leaving it to the police. If the police have finished their investigations and there's reason to charge I doubt they'll wait till after the grand final.

 

[Shorty]

Just be careful of what you say, remember nothing is confirmed at this stage.