SHARKS halfback Brett Seymour is the latest NRL star to fall off the wagon after he finished a 10-hour bender in a garden bed early Monday morning.
Sources have told The Daily Telegraph that Seymour was drunk and out of control in Cronulla on Sunday night, throwing pizza and abusing patrons before being ejected from popular nightspot 2230 Lounge Bar shortly after midnight.
Contrary to reports that Seymour urinated himself, The Daily Telegraph understands that a drink was spilled on him by another patron. He was asked to leave shortly afterwards, and stumbled into a garden bed at the front of the venue.
An onlooker helped Seymour to his feet, before he walked away alone. Ten hours earlier, the former Bronco was one of about eight Sharks players to joined coach Ricky Stuart for a casual drink following Cronulla's win the previous night at the Caringbah Inn.
Witnesses at Caringbah said the group was well behaved to begin with, betting on the races while watching the Rabbitohs-Roosters clash on tv. It is understood that Stuart and most of the players went home before 6pm, leaving Seymour and two other players to continue drinking.
One witness said the halfback was loud and boisterous before sundown. It is believed the players then headed onto a series of bars in Cronulla Mall to continue drinking.
Winger Misi Taulapapa, props Jacob Selmes and Kane Snowden, and hooker Terence Seu Seu were seen with Seymour as the night wore on. There are no suggestions that any of the other players behaved inappropriately.
One onlooker in Cronulla said Seymour was knocking back bourbon and cokes later in the night.
"He was pretty gone, talking rubbish to other people and chucking pizza,'' the witness, who did not wish to be identified, said. "The thing that amazed me was that they kept serving him drinks.''
Seymour finished his bender at 2230 Lounge about 12.30am Monday morning, when the venue manager escorted him from the premises for being overly drunk. It was then he fell into the garden bed, where it was last night reported that photographs were taken by onlookers.
The Daily Telegraph understands that Seymour reported for training at 9am the same morning and completed the session. Cronulla CEO Tony Zappia last night said the club was first made aware of Seymour's conduct when a member of the public phoned reception on Monday afternoon.
Zappia spoke to Seymour briefly on the phone last night and they will meet today for more detailed discussions about his behaviour. He confirmed there has been no contact from police.
"I'm just going through the process of collecting as much information as I can and seeing what footage is available from CCTV,'' Zappia added. "I understand there are cameras in the mall that might show us exactly what happened outside the nightclub. We won't be making any calls or deciding any thing until we know exactly what occurred.''
Seymour had been sacked by Brisbane in late 2006 for inappropriate behaviour after allegations he head-butted a woman on the dance floor of Brisbane's Regatta Hotel.
