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Arise Sir Russell

Izz

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You guys have some pretty interesting discipline issues over there, eh? Who is running the show, the club or the players?

Not blaming your club for Packers actions, btw... just noting that your blokes are always off the leash on twitter and whatnot.
Club discipline pretty much disappeared the moment Cleary left.
 

Meth

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You guys have some pretty interesting discipline issues over there, eh? Who is running the show, the club or the players?

Not blaming your club for Packers actions, btw... just noting that your blokes are always off the leash on twitter and whatnot.

Bloody oath
 

vvvrulz

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Reports are saying that Packer's attack was unprovoked and it happened after he snatched away a ladies pack of cigarettes and the victim asked him to hand it back.

Wonder how much of that is true.
 

Izz

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Reports are saying that Packer's attack was unprovoked and it happened after he snatched away a ladies pack of cigarettes and the victim asked him to hand it back.

Wonder how much of that is true.
That's what every news article, here and across the ditch, has been saying, with mentions of CCTV footage. I'd say it's mostly true.
 

SpaceMonkey

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You guys have some pretty interesting discipline issues over there, eh? Who is running the show, the club or the players?

Not blaming your club for Packers actions, btw... just noting that your blokes are always off the leash on twitter and whatnot.

For all the silly tweeting (and there's really been nothing that terrible, considering Lousi's was about as bad as it got) I think that generally the Warriors have been pretty good at enforcing off-field discipline over the years. We've had very few major off field player misbehaviour incidents compared to most other clubs. And thats particularly notable considering the amount of trouble some of our ex-players have got into once they've left- Tevita Latu, Iafeta Paleaesina and now Packer have all earned custodial sentences for assault after leaving.
 

Blair

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The forgotten man of rugby league got a reduction in his sentence.

12 months, out in Jan 2015. Still up for deportation though, as the one year custodial rule applies to all non-citizens.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/9932617/Russell-Packer-sentence-too-severe-judge-says

What a waste for all concerned.

"Warriors' halfback Shaun Johnson tweeted: "Stoked for Russ and his family" soon after the hearing concluded." And how about the victim, Shaun?
 
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