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He stepped up at his press conference last week after their win over the Rabbitohs with his arm in a sling. He joked in his post-game press conference about his mindset heading into that pre-game media opportunity and how he was best going to be able to lie about his injury.
The lack of respect for fans surrounding NRL team announcements has been an ongoing issue for the game in recent years.
There have been public calls for the NRL to introduce a fines system similar to the NFL to stop clubs pulling 11th hour team selection changes that leave fans in the dark.
The game was left red-faced when Billy Slater was ruled out of the State of Origin series opener earlier this year just hours after Queensland coach Kevin Walters declared Slater had been cleared to play. More lies.
Then, the NRL made a song and dance about sending an email to the QRL and NSWRL to ask for more transparency around team selections, but in the end it was just another case of lies going unchallenged.
With betting agencies now more entrenched in the sport than any time before there have been widespread calls for team selection information to be made more transparent.
The Roosters’ shameful week shows the NRL’s recent work to limit the lies told by clubs has been a bandaid for a bullet wound.
The NRL overhauled its team selection system recently to force clubs to cut their team lists back to just 19 players 24 hours before kick-off.
Clearly it is not enough.
The Roosters’ ability to keep Cronk’s injury in-house in a sport famous for leaking more information than the government’s back bench is being celebrated as the clearest example of the extraordinary harmony and respect within the Roosters’ dressing room.
That respect doesn’t extend to the fans — and their lies should be seen for what they are — a blight on the game.
https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/r...e/news-story/98f029488a287750e2f59fc255acd2b6
The entire article is very long but it too is pretty much the roosters lied about Cronk’s injury and should be punished for it
I had to check it to see if it came from the Betoota advocate
The article is entitled “ web of lies stain roosters win “
The lack of respect for fans surrounding NRL team announcements has been an ongoing issue for the game in recent years.
There have been public calls for the NRL to introduce a fines system similar to the NFL to stop clubs pulling 11th hour team selection changes that leave fans in the dark.
The game was left red-faced when Billy Slater was ruled out of the State of Origin series opener earlier this year just hours after Queensland coach Kevin Walters declared Slater had been cleared to play. More lies.
Then, the NRL made a song and dance about sending an email to the QRL and NSWRL to ask for more transparency around team selections, but in the end it was just another case of lies going unchallenged.
With betting agencies now more entrenched in the sport than any time before there have been widespread calls for team selection information to be made more transparent.
The Roosters’ shameful week shows the NRL’s recent work to limit the lies told by clubs has been a bandaid for a bullet wound.
The NRL overhauled its team selection system recently to force clubs to cut their team lists back to just 19 players 24 hours before kick-off.
Clearly it is not enough.
The Roosters’ ability to keep Cronk’s injury in-house in a sport famous for leaking more information than the government’s back bench is being celebrated as the clearest example of the extraordinary harmony and respect within the Roosters’ dressing room.
That respect doesn’t extend to the fans — and their lies should be seen for what they are — a blight on the game.
https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/r...e/news-story/98f029488a287750e2f59fc255acd2b6
The entire article is very long but it too is pretty much the roosters lied about Cronk’s injury and should be punished for it
I had to check it to see if it came from the Betoota advocate
The article is entitled “ web of lies stain roosters win “
