Four Broncos cleared of sex assault allegations

[_Johnsy]

Your just a jealous loser with a chip on your shoulder Johnsy. Fans from all clubs had their say when the coffs incident happened just as they are now.

Brisbane fans are even more dissapointed and annoyed about this whole thing than yourself.

And you would have to be nieve (not that that would surprise me in any way) to believe your own club have clean hands.

None of them do.

How is the bolded part so ?

As a supporter of my club I would ring them and voice my opinion (sacked ASAP) I would also voice that apinion here as well. What my club would do, I am not sure.

Have you voiced your opinion to the club, and what is your opinion on what the club should do ?

Pete,

What has happened to the strictest club code of conduct in the NRL ? Bruno is sure walking a different line to the one he talks.

 

[8Ball]

How is the bolded part so ?

As a supporter of my club I would ring them and voice my opinion (sacked ASAP) I would also voice that apinion here as well. What my club would do, I am not sure.

Have you voiced your opinion to the club, and what is your opinion on what the club should do ?

That potato chip factory on your shoulder is showing.

And has Razor ever gone 5 posts without lying?

 

[Razor]

and just about everyone on this forum wishes you would leave

And yet people continue to respond to me, which shows how wrong you are again.

 

[Willow]

I thought it very inappropriate for the police minister to be cheering on the team rather than being interested in ensuring the interests of justice are best served.

The irony of that statement.

No charges have been laid, no conviction. All we have are media reports. They are serious accusations and I have no idea if these guys are guilty or not, but last time I checked, we don't hang people based on a newspaper report.

My god you have an agenda.

lol. Says the fella with anti-Obama political banner in his sig file.

 

[Big Pete]

How is the bolded part so ?

As a supporter of my club I would ring them and voice my opinion (sacked ASAP) I would also voice that apinion here as well. What my club would do, I am not sure.

Have you voiced your opinion to the club, and what is your opinion on what the club should do ?

Pete,

What has happened to the strictest club code of conduct in the NRL ? Bruno is sure walking a different line to the one he talks.

We'll soon find out.

What a lot of you seem to be forgetting is that Seymour, Costigan, Lacey and Te Reo all had prior warnings. In fact if memory serves me correctly it was a three strikes your out rule. Each player broke that agreement and were sacked without complaints from the fans.

Until news breaks further I don't see the point in making the kind of statements your making. Wait until the full story comes out before you bring out that whip you're so content on using.

 

[8Ball]

we don't hang people based on a newspaper report.

hear, hear.

I still think they should be stood down this weekend though. Being a broncos fan, my excitement for Saturday's match has dropped 70% due to this incident.

 

[Willow]

Them remaining silent is a quote enough.

Wow, there's long bows then there's Razor.

This time, not a word. Shows you that they wanted the public to believe that.

So every club that didn't wish to get involved in the Bird saga were silent contributors?

 

[_Johnsy]

That potato chip factory on your shoulder is showing.

And has Razor ever gone 5 posts without lying?

:lol:

Just what I thought, SFA

http://http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24144939-2722,00.html
BRISBANE's rigid code of conduct has claimed another victim, with prop Sam Thaiday stood down from Saturday's match against the Warriors after he missed yesterday morning's training session.

With so many key personnel already sidelined, Broncos chief executive Bruno Cullen said it would have been easy for the club to excuse Thaiday's tardiness. However, he said such action would have compromised the hard-line stance taken on player responsibility since introducing the code of conduct. "We've been pretty hard on it this year," Cullen said. "I know Greg Eastwood has suffered in that regard and I know Dave Taylor has and we have to maintain those standards we have set.


and there was this from Bruno

"I’ve called a press conference today to advise you all that this afternoon we terminated the contracts of Ian Lacey and John Te Reo," Cullen said.
"Since the alleged incident in the early hours of Saturday morning, we’ve had our own internal investigation. "Andrew Gee, our football manager, has been in charge of that investigation but it’s been very thorough and carried out with the help of external parties outside of the police. It’s been held independently of the police investigation. "We’ve concluded that the two players in question were in serious breach of both their NRL contracts and our internal code of conduct. "Therefore we felt we had no other option but to terminate the individuals' contracts forthwith."

http://www.leaguehq.com.au/news/news/broncos-sack-assault-pair/2007/10/09/1191695865308.html


and another pearler

“This is a very sad day for this great club, and the decision we have made was not taken lightly,” Mr Cullen said. “However, enough is enough. As both an organisation and a sporting team, the Broncos is an integral part of the fabric of the Queensland community, and we do all that we can to fulfil our role within the community. “At the Broncos we set high standards, and we expect those standards to be met. For that, I do not apologise. However, we also work with our players in various ways to prepare them to meet the challenges that we realise they will face.”

“This is a very sad day for this great club, and the decision we have made was not taken lightly,” Mr Cullen said. “However, enough is enough. As both an organisation and a sporting team, the Broncos is an integral part of the fabric of the Queensland community, and we do all that we can to fulfil our role within the community. “At the Broncos we set high standards, and we expect those standards to be met. For that, I do not apologise. However, we also work with our players in various ways to prepare them to meet the challenges that we realise they will face.”

http://sportsaustralia.com/articles/aug06/artid6205.html

As I said, the club is making themselves a laughing stock. The bogger the name the bigger the silence. I am not asking you to agree with me, but at least look at this situation without the maroon and yellow glasses on.

 

[_Johnsy]

and who could forget this beauty from Bruno

"It (Lacey and Te Reo's sacking) had nothing to do with the police investigation or the judicial system, it was about our investigation. I'm quite relaxed with our stance."

 

[Razor]

I thought it very inappropriate for the police minister to be cheering on the team rather than being interested in ensuring the interests of justice are best served.

I agree. An absolute disgrace. You never heard anyone from the NSW ministry come out about Carney, Bird or any other player.

Her comments were

I would encourage people not to pre-judge these players or the events surrounding this incident on the weekend, come along to the Broncos match this weekend,"

"It's going to be a very important match. The full team will be playing. Please don't start making judgements about what happened until the police finish their investigation,"

She cares more about the game. Many times in the past, she hasn't cared about the "don't make judgements." when making comments about other alleged offenders. But then they aren't professional footballers playing for a club where a Government owned organisation is one of the major sponsors.

If she was asked questions she should have politely declined. She's the police minister. The minister in charge of the police officers conducting the investigation and she throws out sh*t like that.

I'm writing up a letter and posting it off tomorrow. I know she probably won't give a sh*t(and probably won't even read it), but if enough of the public do (and I know a lot of people are) then her staff will give her the message that her comments are very ill-advised.

 

[8Ball]

I have voiced my opinion in one of the threads in the broncos section of the forums, and another thread in the NRL forums and I'll say it again. The players should be stood down.

I see no point in debating someone who obviously has a massive chip on their shoulder though.

 

[Razor]

So every club that didn't wish to get involved in the Bird saga were silent contributors?

Have you read a word? None of their editorials mentioned other clubs, just the Broncos. Other clubs don't come out constantly refuting what was written in editorials - Broncos do. They didn't this tome.

 

[Loudstrat]

I wonder what will really have decided the 2008 premiership. Birds charges, Carney's axing, or the Bronco Trio's misdemeanours.

Cronulla could sign Orford and Inglis for the rest of the season and no one would know about it.

 

[_Johnsy]

chip on the shoulder, how original. Not to mention hypcritical coming from a QLDér

I actually agree with your comment about being stood down. I do take exception to the double standards shown by the club. Simple enough ?

 

[8Ball]

Have you read a word? None of their editorials mentioned other clubs, just the Broncos. Other clubs don't come out constantly refuting what was written in editorials - Broncos do. They didn't this tome.

And you'll have sources to back this up right? :lol:

...right?

 

[bartman]

Did what glassed her, pushed her as she came at him with the glass, only two people know for sure what happened, the two involved, not the witness her supposedly heard something.

I could have you in my apartment and the neighbours may hear, ok bartman bend over no bend over more or you'll hurt your back, thats it push back a bit, yeah a bit more, oh yeah thats it, hang on stop you've sh*t yourself.

Now they may conclude that i'd just sodomised you when in fact i was getting you to move the piano a few feet.

And your point is? The witness interviews and statement were good enough for the police to press charges in the Bird situation.

The Broncos situation hasn't reached that stage yet, if it indeed will.

Anyone attempting to compare the two as if Bird has been hard done by is simply deluding themselves, any neutral can see that.

 

[Ghoulies]

Speaking of pearlers:

“I think it also important to point out that both Brett and Neville have been warned previously about their conduct, and I believe they should have been well aware of the consequences if they transgressed again. As a club, we can only tolerate so much.”
(from Johnsy's 3rd link, http://sportsaustralia.com/articles/aug06/artid6205.html)

Oh and, the standing down of Sam Thaiday before the Warriors game doesn't really help your "the bigger the names etc." argument.

 

[_Johnsy]

Broncos pair sacked over alleged assault

The Brisbane Broncos have sacked players Ian Lacey and John Te Reo after an incident in which a man was allegedly assaulted after the club's annual presentation dinner at the weekend.
Lacey faced Brisbane Magistrates Court this morning, charged over the grievous bodily harm of a 32-year-old man.

Mr Cullen says the club is encouraging Te Reo to return to Australia from New Zealand to help police with their investigation.
He says Lacey and Te Reo were informed of their dismissal on Tuesday afternoon (2nd October, a week before his court appearance).

From abc website, appears they were sacked before the matter being finalised in the courts. How dare anyone criticise the broncs of having double standards.

 

[8Ball]

chip on the shoulder, how original. Not to mention hypcritical coming from a QLDér

I actually agree with your comment about being stood down. I do take exception to the double standards shown by the club. Simple enough ?

I'm not too happy about the double standards being shown right now either, but we don't have all the facts and nor do you. But i certainly don't remember broncos fans being up in arms about what should happen to bird, carney and the incident at coffs.

 

[_Johnsy]

Speaking of pearlers:

“I think it also important to point out that both Brett and Neville have been warned previously about their conduct, and I believe they should have been well aware of the consequences if they transgressed again. As a club, we can only tolerate so much.”
(from Johnsy's 3rd link, http://sportsaustralia.com/articles/aug06/artid6205.html)

Oh and, the standing down of Sam Thaiday before the Warriors game doesn't really help your "the bigger the names etc." argument.

Maybe not, but being stood down for missing a training session, compared to these allegations does not back up the club are not showing double standards.