Benji Marshall not guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm

[TheDalek079]

Benji is an adult. He should be able to ignore taunts. Did Paea smash Gallen's lip when Paul abused him?

 

[Ronnie Dobbs]

The other bloke is obviously a numpty. Marshall can't fight for sh*t.

Nice one Benji. What sort of role model punches geniuss in the street? I wouldn't be surprised if they guy was in a wheelchair and had one arm.

Expect to see this angle in the Telegraph tomorrow.

 

[God-King Dean]

This is disgraceful sh*t from Benji.

What's a professional athlete doing eating McDonalds?

 

[Brutus]

The "face of the game" curse strikes again?

The media will be hoping so.

Even if it turns out to be a nothing incident as I suspect it is, the media will blow it up big time and violins will come out in sympathy for Gallop (from the usual suspects, DUI, Rothfeldsman) " who would want David Gallop's job" well the answer to that is easy; David Gallop. He obviously desperately wants to stay CEO of the game otherwise he would have pissed off ages ago.

 

[Chook Norris]

If marshall was to cop a penalty, would he be doing community service? It's not like he doesn't do any atm anyway, as evidenced by him hosting a fund-raising just hours prior to the incident..

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Why do we even have a "face of the game" in the first place? There's no need for one.

 

[Pig Champion]

I reckon Benji knows it was pretty stupid. Hopefully CCTV footage shows he was provoked. Hopefully the soft c**k who whinged is outed.

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

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[Red Bear]

For f**ks sake, a player who, unlike many other stars, seemed to have an ego in check and seemed to be a decent person and he does this. Walk away Benji!

 

[Brutus]

We didn't really have a face of the game anyway this year.

Marshall didn't feature in the ad anymore than any other player.

He just fronted the launch at some westy suburb.

Brett Stewart and Inglis were actually the main features of the advertisement a couple of years ago.

 

[Dragon]

Right or wrong its just another stupid incident which could have been avoided. What a dumbass

 

[BDGS]

It's a nothing incident, Benji was the victim of racism and things boiled over.

 

[Brutus]

Why do we even have a "face of the game" in the first place? There's no need for one.

There was no stand-out "face of the game" in the 2011 ad.

It's just a media beat up this "face of the game" crap.

 

[cleary89]

I reckon Benji knows it was pretty stupid. Hopefully CCTV footage shows he was provoked. Hopefully the soft c**k who whinged is outed.

Provoked by name calling? Or by the guy having a swing first?

If its the first, should have known better. He is mean to be a role model for kids.

If its the second, then fair enough.

The guy is obv a scumbag who was trying to big note himself, but his manager coming out and saying the guy called him names so its not his fault is bs.

 

[adamkungl]

Tigers should be docked 4 points....oh wait. its a nothing incident. who gives a f**k, the weak karmicheal probably deserved it. onya Benji.

 

[Garts]

Sounds like a nothing incident. If the guy was being racist he got what he deserved. No punishment needed imo.

 

[adamkungl]

Provoked by name calling? Or by the guy having a swing first?

If its the first, should have known better. He is mean to be a role model for kids.

If its the second, then fair enough.

The guy is obv a scumbag who was trying to big note himself, but his manager coming out and saying the guy called him names so its not his fault is bs.

role model = pissweak parenting.

 

[God-King Dean]

It's funny how people bag the sh*t out of the Telegragh for rubbishing League.

But this thread is proof that people are the Telegraphs bitch.

 

[Brutus]

Provoked by name calling? Or by the guy having a swing first?

If its the first, should have known better. He is mean to be a role model for kids.

If its the second, then fair enough.

The guy is obv a scumbag who was trying to big note himself, but his manager coming out and saying the guy called him names so its not his fault is bs.

Racism is uncool dude.

It seems some people think it's open slather when taunts are directed at RL players.

You're not the RL fan I thought you were.

 

[Eels Dude]

This isnt entirely true.

Well tell me what part of what I said isn't entirely true?

At the end of the day if you're charged with assault and you face court, you cannot use the defence "well he said something rascist to provoke me". If courts allowed such defences anyone could just get away with murder. Literally.