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Knight Russell Packer jailed for two years

BunniesMan

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guilty of assaulting a female and he's your hero

If his supposed victim is willing to marry him, if he has never had so much as a whisper of wrongdoing before or since, it is morally acceptable to support him. It is not hypocritical at all to support GI and think he is a great citizen and still loathe domestic violence.

What is farcical is bringing up Inglis, one of the finest citizens the NRL has, in a conversation about Russell Packer who has copped one of the most serious convictions any NRL player has ever had.
 

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The defense, the prosecution, the victim and the judge agreed to establish that only a single push occurred. If he had a history of violence that story would be hard to believe, but the fact that he has had no issue before or since suggests that his story could be true.

Now balance a single push with all of the charity work he does and I can sit here with a straight face and say he is one of the NRL's best citizens.

That is end of story as far as GI is concerned.

This thread is about an actual grub. Russell Packer. It is a joke that he could be out in 8 months.
 

Meth

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Packer could be a really good footballer, if his attitude was better. It's a shame Bennet didn't get a chance to work on him before he self destructed
 

BunniesMan

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lol he won't be deported. If the government is willing to let him out a third of the way into his sentence as if they'll have the balls to deport him.
 

El Diablo

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they deport LOL@$ouffs fans

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Swarzey

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I'm willing to give the bloke a second shot. No one deserves to be tossed aside due to an act of complete and utter stupidity. He's going to serve his time in the slammer, more than some people have spent in similar incidents. Even if he spends another year working with counselling to make up that extra 12 months he had cut, if Newcastle were to offer him a contract, perhaps not as much as we once offered but enough to care for his family, then I'd have zero issue with it. Hell, even if it's when his sentence ends.

Getting him away from any possible scenario where it could be repeated is a good thing and if it takes playing in the NRL to do so, then so be it.
 

magpie4ever

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He will be deported, passport stamped - no entry into Australia. The best he will do is some semi-pro footy in NZ.
 

BunniesMan

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maths failure
8 months is a third of 24 months. Checkmate.
I'm willing to give the bloke a second shot. No one deserves to be tossed aside due to an act of complete and utter stupidity. He's going to serve his time in the slammer, more than some people have spent in similar incidents. Even if he spends another year working with counselling to make up that extra 12 months he had cut, if Newcastle were to offer him a contract, perhaps not as much as we once offered but enough to care for his family, then I'd have zero issue with it. Hell, even if it's when his sentence ends.

Getting him away from any possible scenario where it could be repeated is a good thing and if it takes playing in the NRL to do so, then so be it.
This is pathetic. "Stupidity" doesn't begin to describe what he did.

And wtf is this logic about him playing in the NRL to not repeat this? Guess what? He was in the NRL when he did it the first time.
He will be deported, passport stamped - no entry into Australia. The best he will do is some semi-pro footy in NZ.

He won't be deported. I hope he is, but he won't Some weak person in the courts or in the immigration department will go soft and give him another chance.
 

lockyno1

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Might not have a choice, how do you plan on him getting a permit to play in Australia with a record?
 

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