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OT: Thurston arrested

Gronk

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Rugby league star Johnathan Thurston has been arrested for drunk and disorderly behaviour in Brisbane's CBD.
North Queensland Cowboys skipper Thurston and another man were arrested about 4.15am (AEST) today for disorderly behaviour.
Police said two Townsville men, aged 25 and 27, were arrested after a disturbance at the intersection of Queen and George streets but would not confirm that Thurston was one of those men.
The two, believed to be being held at the Brisbane City Watchhouse, have been charged with public nuisance and will appear before the Brisbane Magistrates Court on October 6.
Media reports say Thurston and another man were arrested after behaving in a disorderly manner in George Street near the Treasury Casino.
Cowboy Willie Tonga was with the pair but was not arrested, the ABC and the Nine Network reported.
Police spoke to the group and Thurston allegedly laughed at the officers, the Courier Mail and Nine said.
Thurston and the other man are then alleged to have wrestled each other on to the roadway, ending up on top of a taxi, the Courier Mail said.
Police said the pair was arrested "for their own safety".
"Both were grossly intoxicated," an unnamed police officer told the newspaper.
"Nobody minds people going out and having a good time, but when they're spoken to by police they really need to pull their heads in."
Australian rugby league captain Darren Lockyer said Thurston would be "pretty shattered right now".
"It's not great timing," Lockyer told Nine.
"Obviously he is coming back from an injury and he wants to press his claims for a Test jersey in the Four Nations this year.
"It's not good but I've known Johnathan for a long time, he's a decent bloke and we'll just have to not pass judgment on it till we know the full details."
Thurston was charged with public drunkenness after being arrested outside his flat semi-naked in 2008.
http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=7962168
 

PJ Marshal

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did it outside a caxton street pub/club , the key thing was though there was no taxi involved in his tackle so it was ok
 
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Bid deal two drunk blokes playing around wrestling. No doubt the media (news ltd if you can call them "media") will blow it out of proportion.

Meanwhile people will continue to starve in Africa. But the media is more worried about two people wrestling.
 

fanaticeel

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Bid deal two drunk blokes playing around wrestling. No doubt the media (news ltd if you can call them "media") will blow it out of proportion.

Meanwhile people will continue to starve in Africa. But the media is more worried about two people wrestling.

Totally agree.. they were arrested JUST because they were footballers
 

Craig Johnston

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did it outside a caxton street pub/club , the key thing was though there was no taxi involved in his tackle so it was ok

he tackled the owner of the pub to be exact. :lol: caught on cctv vision, lockyer denied it at first and only apologised after the vision was released.
 

Craig Johnston

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^^ same night cctv vision caught darius boyd reaching over the bar to take a bottle of booze, tuck it under his arm and walk out the door.
 

Twizzle

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so Thurston had a drink and mucked around with his mate, what has this to do with League ?
 

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