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Corona Virus and NRL Games

Old Timer

Coach
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Always thought JAC was a dumb f**ker and he has now confirmed that beyond any shadow of a doubt.

Low class act on his behalf to drag his indigenous heritage into it and I hope some elder/s call him out on it.

Mitchell to me seems a not very clever kid trapped in a man's body and world and his lack of maturity and good guidance could severely hamper his future.
 

TruSaint

Referee
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Cant defend these blokes... Fair dinkum!
he was warned TWICE before.

Revealed: Storm star’s Covid camping trip was his THIRD lockdown breach

NRL star Josh Addo-Carr was reportedly warned twice in 11 days for violating COVID-19 rules before he was busted going on a camping trip with Latrell Mitchell.

The Storm winger along with Rabbitohs star Latrell Mitchell and Knights player Tyronne Roberts-Davis were fined $1000 by police for breaching social distancing protocols on a weekend trip to Taree.


Photos and videos of the camping trip were posted on Addo-Carr’s Instagram account, showing the NRL players and nine other friends blatantly flouting coronavirus guidelines.

However, this breach was not the first by the Storm flyer.

The Daily Telegraph reported that Addo-Carr was given formal warnings by police for breaching COVID-19 protocols on April 3 and April 14.

Both offences occurred in the Sydney suburb of Glebe when the rugby league star was sitting in a car without a valid excuse for being outside.

Addo-Carr was also warned over an unrelated driving offence on April 16.

Adding to his problems, Addo-Carr is now being investigated over his use of firearms while on Mitchell’s property.

Detectives are reportedly investigating Addo-Carr for allegedly firing a shotgun despite not holding a firearms licence.

That charge carries a maximum of five years in jail.

Mitchell, who is the registered owner of several weapons, is being investigated under section 39 of the NSW Firearms Act (1996) for allegedly not taking precautions that the shotgun did not come into the possession of a person not authorised to possess it.

That charge has a maximum penalty of fines of thousands of dollars or two years in jail.

NRL boss Peter V’landys is working with the integrity unit to determine what penalties head office should hand out.

All three players are facing suspensions of up to a month, or possibly two weeks combined with heavy fines.

“The players will be afforded due process and natural justice,” V’landys said.

“However this is a serious matter.”

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...e/news-story/77c0ebd0df2aad601ca7a339a0d05eeb
 

TruSaint

Referee
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Now Nathan Cleary pictures surrounded by girls on Anzac Day .

Yep, VLandys has a job on his hand.

Panthers star Cleary caught flaunting social distancing protocol

Nathan Cleary has been caught flaunting social distancing protocol and is now the subject of an NRL investigation.

Pictures have emerged of the NSW Blues halfback getting close to a group of female friends on Anzac Day.

The Penrith Panthers star has apologised to his teammates but is now under NRL investigation.

Cleary is the third star in the past 48 hours to have been caught ignoring social distancing protocol.

Fellow NSW stars Latrell Mitchell and Josh Addo-Carr are expected to learn their NRL-sanctioned punishments later today.

More to come

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/pa...cial-distancing-protocol-20200428-p54nw1.html
 

blacksafake

First Grade
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Cant defend these blokes... Fair dinkum!
he was warned TWICE before.

Revealed: Storm star’s Covid camping trip was his THIRD lockdown breach

NRL star Josh Addo-Carr was reportedly warned twice in 11 days for violating COVID-19 rules before he was busted going on a camping trip with Latrell Mitchell.

The Storm winger along with Rabbitohs star Latrell Mitchell and Knights player Tyronne Roberts-Davis were fined $1000 by police for breaching social distancing protocols on a weekend trip to Taree.


Photos and videos of the camping trip were posted on Addo-Carr’s Instagram account, showing the NRL players and nine other friends blatantly flouting coronavirus guidelines.

However, this breach was not the first by the Storm flyer.

The Daily Telegraph reported that Addo-Carr was given formal warnings by police for breaching COVID-19 protocols on April 3 and April 14.

Both offences occurred in the Sydney suburb of Glebe when the rugby league star was sitting in a car without a valid excuse for being outside.

Addo-Carr was also warned over an unrelated driving offence on April 16.

Adding to his problems, Addo-Carr is now being investigated over his use of firearms while on Mitchell’s property.

Detectives are reportedly investigating Addo-Carr for allegedly firing a shotgun despite not holding a firearms licence.

That charge carries a maximum of five years in jail.

Mitchell, who is the registered owner of several weapons, is being investigated under section 39 of the NSW Firearms Act (1996) for allegedly not taking precautions that the shotgun did not come into the possession of a person not authorised to possess it.

That charge has a maximum penalty of fines of thousands of dollars or two years in jail.

NRL boss Peter V’landys is working with the integrity unit to determine what penalties head office should hand out.

All three players are facing suspensions of up to a month, or possibly two weeks combined with heavy fines.

“The players will be afforded due process and natural justice,” V’landys said.

“However this is a serious matter.”

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...e/news-story/77c0ebd0df2aad601ca7a339a0d05eeb
Just a typical off season in the life of an NRL player :rolling_eyes:
 

TruSaint

Referee
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In light of the new evidence re these 2 in particular, I think the penalty should be time out of the game and a hefty fine.

Clubs need to be proactive and get the message out that this won't be tolerated.
 

TruSaint

Referee
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Coffs dragon

Bench
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I can just picture every News Limited league journo, poring through player's social media posts for the last few weeks, looking for any pics or videos that are not adhering to these social distancing measures.

I dare say there's a lot more to come...
Hopefully they have one of Mary Jetskiing Round the Ruby Princess at Port Kembla & stand him down for 17 weeks LOL :laughing:
 

Dragon David

First Grade
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All I'm going to say about this situation the league is facing is that there could be more social media stuff being put on the net leading up to the "start date?" so the NRL will have to address this issue as soon as possible. They should put into place an edict of some sort to let players know officially what penalties they will be faced with if they flaunt the rules. Once the games start, which the league will be desperately wanting, the players etc will be accommodated "away from the world" so that they will be distanced from people other than themselves, coaches etc.

The league cannot afford to have any further bad publicity to jeopardise the competition getting underway for the second time this year.
 

Willow

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Like i was chatting with Willow yesterday, these reports won't help any restart.
And the media will lap them up. Circular firing squad.
She'll be right Tru. We'll have some football to watch again. Just a matter of enjoying it as best as you can.
 

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