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Kieran Foran Officially Signs With Warriors 1 Year

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Defintiely mixing with the right crowd in NZ. Our man SBW!


Awesome man. Foran is our missing link. He will make SJ even more confident with his support play and tidy up our whole star-studded back line. I reckon we are a hard nosed prop away from our maiden premiership and our coaching team is shaping up too. NRL hurry the hell up this will be exciting for the 2017 season.
 

davi

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Awesome man. Foran is our missing link. He will make SJ even more confident with his support play and tidy up our whole star-studded back line. I reckon we are a hard nosed prop away from our maiden premiership and our coaching team is shaping up too. NRL hurry the hell up this will be exciting for the 2017 season.

The NRL certainly won't be hurried. Its been reported that Kieran Foran is unlikely to be given the green light for round one of the season, as their not satisfied he has resolved all his issues.

"KIERAN Foran’s hopes of being cleared to play for the New Zealand Warriors in round one appear slim, with the NRL hesitant to give the controversial five-eighth the green light to return.

It is understood Foran has made some headway with the game’s governing body since signalling his intentions to come back to league with the Auckland-based club.

However, it is believed the NRL has some reservations about Foran fulfilling all the commitments he was told to complete before he was allowed to play again.


The Warriors had been hopeful of sorting Foran’s clearance out before the new year, but chief executive Jim Doyle conceded this was unlikely.

“We are still working with the NRL,” Doyle said. “That’s progressing well.

“That’ll take a bit of time as we’ve always said it would do. Kieran is working continuously through some of the personal issues his had.

“Every day, every week, every month he is getting better. He is heading in the right direction.

“We would anticipate that taking place next year. That process is ongoing.”


Barring a hiccup, Foran will be cleared to return to the NRL at some stage next year. But it is growing increasingly likely he will be forced to watch at least the first Warriors match against Newcastle from the sidelines.

He is also continuing his rehabilitation from a serious shoulder injury."

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...n/news-story/342d9d3c645a1ed6370da1851fa7ab66
 

KeepingTheFaith

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I could see the NRL keeping Foran out until after we play the Eels early in the season. Definitely can't see him playing against the NRL owned Knights in round 1.

Having said that, the Telegraph would have almost zero clue about this situation. They've changed their story so many times its become comical.
 

_Johnsy

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The reality is Parra did not have to grant him a release. They chose to (wrongly or rightly) and they now have to live with that decision. It does show that KF is a bit of a merkin.
 

Perth Red

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Why have they made him sit out first couple of games? Is it a punishment? seems if they need another psych report they could get that now or do they think watching the first games is going to create some untoward reaction?
 

AJB1102

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Why have they made him sit out first couple of games? Is it a punishment? seems if they need another psych report they could get that now or do they think watching the first games is going to create some untoward reaction?

Because NRL.

Straight forward and consistent is no fun.
 

TheDMC

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Why have they made him sit out first couple of games? Is it a punishment? seems if they need another psych report they could get that now or do they think watching the first games is going to create some untoward reaction?

Political compromise. Certainly has no medical basis. Pathetic really.
 
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Political compromise. Certainly has no medical basis. Pathetic really.

How do you know? Are you Kieran Foran's medical practitioner? Neither you nor I know. I dare say if it was "political" Foran has no problem with it, nor The Warriors for that matter, as rugby league is not too good at keeping secrets generally speaking and I could not imagine them getting word out if it wasn't medical related.
 

taxidriver

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oh my.........................
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...late-wife-rebecca-wilson-20170215-gue44d.html

Media executive John Hartigan has savaged the NRL for allowing Kieran Foran back into the game, lifting the lid on the troubled footballer's abusive texts and phone call to his late wife Rebecca Wilson.

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New deal: In allowing Kieran Foran to play, the NRL again shines a light on its own hypocrisy. Photo: Mark Kolbe
"That abuse caused great hurt and pain to my wife in the last days of her life," said Hartigan, who called police following the alleged threats. "It appears the NRL has given him the green light despite his behaviour. If they really have standards, for the sake of having a supposed star in the mix, they've dropped the flag."

Foran's contract with the Warriors has been registered and he will be allowed to take the field in round three provided he passes a psychological assessment and adheres to a set of strict conditions.

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Rebecca Wilson and John Hartigan. Photo: Supplied
It's a stunning backflip from the NRL, which had given every indication in the last six months that it was unlikely Foran would take the field at all in 2017 as he dealt with "mental illness".

Apart from being implicated in a match-fixing investigation alongside his punting mate Eddie Hayson, Foran's abuse of Wilson – the Daily Telegraph columnist who lost her battle with cancer in October – had also been a key issue for integrity unit boss Nick Weeks and his team.

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Evidently, not so much now with Foran walking back into the game without sanction because it's "what's best for Kieran".

"He sent her a text first and it was just horrible – it was just sickening," Hartigan said. "She didn't get unsettled too often but this left her really distraught. Then he rang and started abusing her again, that's when I pulled the phone off her and I said, 'if you want to threaten someone, threaten me but don't threaten my wife'.

"She felt so distraught that she rang a contact at the police, and then we had two detectives in the house. We wanted him told that under no circumstances can he contact her with that disgusting nature of his threats. They said, 'No, you have to give a statement and press charges'. Bec didn't want to press charges, she just wanted him to be warned off."

Those who knew Bec understood how tough she was. She had her car tyres slashed and received appalling hate mail as she doggedly pursued some of sport's biggest stories. None of it seemed to worry her.

But I vividly recall how rattled she was the day after Foran had called her. She informed NRL boss Todd Greenberg. Foran was still contracted to the Eels, so she also phoned coach Brad Arthur. She was eventually interviewed by the integrity unit's chief investigator, Karyn Murphy, who showed great compassion.

Wilson was one of the first to know about Foran's break-up with partner Rebecca Pope and the dramatic impact it was having on his football career. Foran had contacted her about it and Wilson had agreed not to run the story for the sake of all involved.

In allowing Foran to play, the NRL again shines a light on its own hypocrisy. It slaps Mitchell Pearce with an eight-match ban and $125,000 suspension for some drunken madness involving a poodle caught on camera, but allows Foran to walk away from Parramatta and then back into a juicy deal with the Warriors.

It makes all the right noises about domestic violence and the abuse of women – but let's this abuse of Wilson just slide. We wonder what its stance would be if Rebecca were here to defend herself.

The NRL was mostly worried about Foran's involvement in the NSW Crime Commission's investigation into alleged match-fixing. By allowing him to play, head office clearly believes its going nowhere and that Foran won't have a case to answer.

Meanwhile, Warriors boss Jim Doyle should stop beating his chest about finally getting his man.

Parramatta are making no comment about the Foran situation, but some are privately seething that he's been allowed to walk back in. They are particularly bemused at Doyle's comments to Fairfax Media that, "I wouldn't have released him".

A quick recap of what actually went down …

Foran had been breached for not attending sessions on his busted shoulder. They were also furious that he was spending time with Hayson in Brisbane, instead of the rehab clinic where he was supposedly dealing with his mental issues.

The Eels wanted him to go away and sort his life out, but Foran was adamant he wanted a release on compassionate grounds so he could take "indefinite leave".

He was given it, didn't have to front the integrity unit on a range of issues including the Wilson incident, and will now miss just two matches of the 2017 season before snapping up a nice, fat contract with the Warriors.

Sounds fair to me ...
 
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Why have they made him sit out first couple of games? Is it a punishment? seems if they need another psych report they could get that now or do they think watching the first games is going to create some untoward reaction?

Apparently he offended Bec Wilson.
 

Nice Beaver

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Foran aint the great bloke all thought he was 2 years ago is he?
Just as cream rises, so too does the opposite occur.
And before the do-good brigade jump in - my comments are nothing to do with his mental health and I hope he overcomes those issues.
 

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