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Here you go, the story is pretty much the same as the others that have already been posted;
http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,19396152-5001023,00.htmlEels call alcohol summit
June 08, 2006
PARRAMATTA chief executive Denis Fitzgerald last night ordered an alcohol summit meeting for his troubled club after the fifth Eel in just three weeks was found guilty of booze-related misbehaviour.
Rising winger Jarryd Hayne, a NSW under-19 player, was yesterday fined $1000 after admitting he bit a woman on the arm while intoxicated at The Roxy nightclub in Parramatta last weekend.
Hayne's fine and apology to the woman comes after recent alcohol issues with Nathan Cayless, Nathan Hindmarsh, Mark Riddell and Tim Smith.
"The management and coaching staff will have a meeting in the next couple of days to consider all options in regard to the recent spate of alcohol incidents," Fitzgerald told The Daily Telegraph.
When asked were the Eels now in crisis, Fitzgerald laughed and hung up.
Hindmarsh yesterday expressed concern about the club's ongoing dramas: "We have had a few incidents in the last couple of weeks so we have really got to sit down and talk to the players about it.
"It is something the club is going to have to address. It is a bit embarrassing.
"We have all made mistakes before and I guess [Hayne] will learn from this.
"I don't know the full story behind it but I am sure he is embarrassed about it."
Fitzgerald ridiculed talk that Hayne's fine was too lenient. "It was appropriate," he said.
Parramatta issued a press statement yesterday where Hayne said: "I did not mean to offend the young lady involved, and I told her that when I spoke to her today.
"My actions were childish and unacceptable, and I understand and accept the penalty that I have received."
The woman spoke to Ray Hadley on 2GB yesterday but did not give out her name.
She said she attended The Roxy on Sunday night for her 18th birthday celebration and to see the launch of Parramatta's Cheerleaders Calendar.
The woman spurned several advances from Hayne but the woman said she "made it clear I wasn't interested and that I had a boyfriend".
"He then touched my hair and stroked my head and was being a smart arse. He then bit me on the upper arm. It didn't hurt but I was in shock.
"I was really angry that footballers get away with it."