Jackson Topine sues Bulldogs

[kurt faulk]

Nathan Brown slapping Trent Barrett and Lance Thompson in public was bullying!

They should've sued.

He did what every saints fan had wanted to do since Barrett joined the team.

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[soc123_au]

Aussie legends who are 52 dropping like flies there.

Shit. Just saw that. Very very sad. The Mrs is off to the Philippines in the morning, kinda glad I'm staying home now.

 

[Apey]

This guy really knows how to read the room of late

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/roosters-coach-trent-robinson-says-bulldogs-trainer-travis-touma-has-the-utmost-care-for-players/news-story/05bf964e8a75ec313c6b7914bad1f168

Robinson's word should really be worth very little at this point tbh.

 

[Fangs]

A yarn from a former player (2 first grade games) about a very notable first grade coach back in the early 90s.

3 on 1 try scoring drill. Young fullback was forced to repeat the drill until he could stop the try being scored. Whole first grade team watching on. After something like 30-40 attempts it broke the kid who was told he wasn't going to make it in the top grade with his attitude.

The bloke telling the story gave the coach an absolute gobful. Not a surprise that he found himself out the door by seasons end.

Tall tale or not I think this kind of thing has been around for a very long time.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Is this linked to Raymond Faitala-Mariner’s leaving too?

 

[Wb1234]

Is this linked to Raymond Faitala-Mariner’s leaving too?

He came out after and complained about how hard they trained and the hours involved

 

[Omott91]

Could you imagine this happening in ANY other workplace in any industry? No

 

[nick87]

A lot of “my old man used to bash me when I was a kid and it never did me no harm!” Energy in this thread

 

[Chins get the wins]

Could you imagine this happening in ANY other workplace in any industry? No

Lots of pro sports, armed forces

 

[Perth Red]

Could you imagine this happening in ANY other workplace in any industry? No

tbf professional sport is a fairly unique workplace in so many ways.
That doesnt excuse creating an unsafe workplace and Bulldogs could well be on the line here if he can prove what they did went above and beyond what a reasonable person would expect in his situation.

 

[Generalzod]

Was it greco-roman wrestling or wwe style?

Sound like Spartan training...

 

[Bazal]

Lots of pro sports, armed forces

Boi the ADF hasn't even allowed the word hazing since the Navy got caught sodomizing folks without consent at the equator

 

[The Mad Hatter]

The Navy sump up the rump scandal was 1995.
I hazard a guess some would think the RAN has been soft for nearly THIRTY years.

 

[Chins get the wins]

Boi the ADF hasn't even allowed the word hazing since the Navy got caught sodomizing folks without consent at the equator

Wrestling drills are hardly anal rape

 

[Apey]

He's going to have a hard time proving any allegations isn't he? Unlikely anyone currently employed is going to go into bat for him.

 

[Bazal]

He's going to have a hard time proving any allegations isn't he? Unlikely anyone currently employed is going to go into bat for him.

That's always the difficulty with these sorts of cases.

Obvs it's a rare employee who wants to speak out against their employer. If it did happen there'll be some evidence somewhere. It only has to meet the balance of probabilities but it's still a hard ask unless someone's willing to jump ship and throw their employer under the bus.

 

[dogslife]

Wrestling drills are hardly anal rape

The man had to do an extra 15 minutes of wrestling at the end of training.

LU: Stunning and brave!

 

[Rod]

'Psychiatric injury, deprivation of liberty, humiliation'

Sounds like supporting the Knights with Ponga injured.

 

[ouwet]

Could you imagine this happening in ANY other workplace in any industry? No

You seriously comparing professional athletes to office workers? Seriously lol

 

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