The NRL Season of 2016

Siam

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What a load of shit. I grew up in that area and no one who played for St fucking Marys would know what Junior was getting up to. He retired after the 1990 season following a decade with Balmain.
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Sure, you win. You know everything ever about all rugby league in NSW from 1980 to 1990
 
Well done
 
Those pre season trips to my Dubbo when he and Sironen and Benny stayed in the my mate's dad's pub were awesome eh? Perhaps you can finish the story.... I think Roycie Simmons was there too but he knows nothing of St Mary's or my Aboriginal mate that played on his way to a "scholarship" at St Mary's eh?
 
 
Nah, it's all a load of shit I just made up to impress

antipodean

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Siam" data-cid="554530" data-time="1453890152">Never mind Pearce's career being in jeopardy - put the film owner in jail for 20 years and call it "step one of repairing society"</blockquote> Jegga sums it up well and you think the person who believes Pearce should be accountable for his actions in modern society is to blame? <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="jegga" data-cid="554488" data-time="1453880986">Lewd act with dog Got a bit rapey with a woman Public urination. <img src="http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/images/smilies/facepalm.gif" alt="facepalm.gif"></blockquote>

antipodean

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Siam" data-cid="554536" data-time="1453890807">Sure, you win. You know everything ever about all rugby league in NSW from 1980 to 1990 Well done</blockquote>I'm not the one who thinks someone playing for some bumfuck Penrith local club in the 90s would know what a Balmain local, who retired from playing after the 80s was up to. Use your fucking brain.

Siam

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I'm not the one who thinks someone playing for some bumfuck Penrith local club in the 90s would know what a Balmain local, who retired from playing after the 80s was up to. Use your fucking brain.
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Calm down, you win. You know everything. 
 
It's all right it's a gift. Well done you

booboo

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Gunner" data-cid="554529" data-time="1453889142">
NRL, same shit, different year. 
Can't really be arsed watching the video, so I'm guessing it's either one of two things; 
Pearce is a seriously fucked up dude in need of a good therapist. 
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It's yet another over exaggeration from the media.</blockquote>
 
Are these necessarily mutually exclusive?

NTA

I think its more that he's a total fucking pisshead and doesn't know how to behave.
 
But all the "think of these role models!" people can get fucked. If, after all this time, you want to hold NRL players up as role models, you haven't been paying attention.

Gunner

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="booboo" data-cid="554557" data-time="1453894549">
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Are these necessarily mutually exclusive?
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No, certainly not.
 
Fixed below
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NRL, same shit, different year. 
Can't really be arsed watching the video, so I'm guessing it's either one of two things, or a combination of both; 
Pearce is a seriously fucked up dude in need of a good therapist. 
Or He's a total fucking pisshead and doesn't know how to behave, but it's yet another over exaggeration from the media.
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antipodean

Gunner

Still haven't seen the video, but after reading about it, it seems he actually hasn't actually done anything wrong - apart from being a drunk fuckwit.
 
No, it's not a good look simulating sex with any animal, but it's not against the law. Yes, I understand the club and NRL will have some integrity clause in theirs contracts.... but still a bit harsh on the bloke if he loses his job over it. I've seen far far worse drunken antics than that over the years.
 
He'll want to find some better mates too. Bit of a dog act , firstly recording your mate doing that, then giving/selling it to media.

Rancid Schnitzel

My first reaction was a little closer to Siam's. If it was a private party in his own home then I would cut him some slack. But it wasn't. He was a guest in someone's home and acted like a farking pig. He's the captain of one of Sydney's top clubs ffs. 
I was amazed when I heard he was Junior's son. The teetotal fitness freak. I remember when as NSW coach he took the players horse riding instead of the usual pissup. 2 players fell off and missed the game due to injury. Maybe Bitch has overcompensated.

No Quarter

Who's to say it was a mate that made the recording? It could have been someone that, like the woman that asked him to leave, also wanted him to fuck off.
 
Bottom line is if you are a high profile sports star you then you just cannot hit the piss and act like a fuckwit. You may have gotten away with it 20 years ago before smart phones etc. But not anymore.
 
TBH I don't think that is much of a sacrifice given how fucking lucky you are to be getting paid a shit ton of money to play sport that most of us blokes pay to play in our weekends...

Gunner

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="No Quarter" data-cid="554646" data-time="1453935850">
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Who's to say it was a mate that made the recording? It could have been someone that, like the woman that asked him to leave, also wanted him to fuck off.
 
Bottom line is if you are a high profile sports star you then you just cannot hit the piss and act like a fuckwit. You may have gotten away with it 20 years ago before smart phones etc. But not anymore.
 
TBH I don't think that is much of a sacrifice given how fucking lucky you are to be getting paid a shit ton of money to play sport that most of us blokes pay to play in our weekends...
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Just speculating, like we do best on TSF... nothing to back it up
 
Agree, he shouldn't be acting like such a dick, but to potentially lose your job over it? Hmmmmm, the punishment would seem to outweigh the crime for me.
 
But then again, if it's in the contract, then he may be fucked.
 
I can almost hear him singing from here 'hi ho, hi ho, it's off to the Superleague I go'.

jegga

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Gunner" data-cid="554649" data-time="1453936231">Just speculating, like we do best on TSF... nothing to back it up 
 
Agree, he shouldn't be acting like such a dick, but to potentially lose your job over it? Hmmmmm, the punishment would seem to outweigh the crime for me. 
 
But then again, if it's in the contract, then he may be fucked. 
 
I can almost hear him singing from here 'hi ho, hi ho, it's off to the Superleague I go'.</blockquote>
 
The Nrl like to take the high road and call it bringing the game into disrepute, considering they were thinking about letting Shaun Metcalf play again it appears they only draw the line when simulated sex with animals is involved .

Paekakboyz

Sounded like it was recorded by a friend of the host/s. At the end it he (I think) was telling the blonde girl to sit down. While another girl was asking one of the guys to stay. 
 
Not quite as feral as I first thought. But he acted like a fluffybunny and unfortunately for him it was recorded and shared. Karma? I'd be fucked off if a stranger at my party gave me some unwanted loving, pissed on my couch and humped my dog. And if a mate I was with was acting like that he'd get the message pronto.
 
Don't be a dick. It's not a tough goal but so many NRL lads fall well short.

Siam

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Sounded like it was recorded by a friend of the host/s. At the end it he (I think) was telling the blonde girl to sit down. While another girl was asking one of the guys to stay. 
 
Not quite as feral as I first thought. But he acted like a fluffybunny and unfortunately for him it was recorded and shared. Karma? I'd be fucked off if a stranger at my party gave me some unwanted loving, pissed on my couch and humped my dog. And if a mate I was with was acting like that he'd get the message pronto.
 
Don't be a dick. It's not a tough goal but so many NRL lads fall well short.
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Sounded like a 50 second exchange the likes of which go on often in private environments everyday
 
No laws broken
 
Nobody hurt or out of pocket
 
But splashed all over TV with allegations that a guy should lose his job over it :idiot2:
 
 
I'll say it again - society's reaction far overrides the behaviour - all because someone wanted to film and sell.
 
And the message from holier than though ferners is don't be a dick. Why because he's on TV? Because he does a job you'll never do but would like to?
 
It's time to stop worshipping these fuckwits. They're well paid employees for our amusement, promoted to sell merchandise, not anything to be admired.
 
Why hold them to so much artificial expectations? Why take any interest in them off the field ever? 
 
Their only relevance to our lives should be how they catch, run, pass, kick and tackle
 
 
It's not "don't be a dick", it's who the fuck cares if he's a dick!
 
 
 
This whole story is no better than a Rattue wankstain

Smudge

The NRL should be grateful that this disrespect of a poodle didn't come during the Dogs Of League round. Now THAT would have been bad PR.

Chris B.

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Bottom line is if you are a high profile sports star you then you just cannot hit the piss and act like a fuckwit. You may have gotten away with it 20 years ago before smart phones etc. But not anymore.
 
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And that is the bottom line. If you're cool with how you've behaved, and your bosses are cool with how you've behaved, no worries about having any videos out in the media.

Rancid Schnitzel

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Siam" data-cid="554802" data-time="1453972765">
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Sounded like a 50 second exchange the likes of which go on often in private environments everyday
 
No laws broken
 
Nobody hurt or out of pocket
 
But splashed all over TV with allegations that a guy should lose his job over it :idiot2:
 
 
I'll say it again - society's reaction far overrides the behaviour - all because someone wanted to film and sell.
 
And the message from holier than though ferners is don't be a dick. Why because he's on TV? Because he does a job you'll never do but would like to?
 
It's time to stop worshipping these fuckwits. They're well paid employees for our amusement, promoted to sell merchandise, not anything to be admired.
 
Why hold them to so much artificial expectations? Why take any interest in them off the field ever? 
 
Their only relevance to our lives should be how they catch, run, pass, kick and tackle
 
 
It's not "don't be a dick", it's who the fuck cares if he's a dick!
 
 
 
This whole story is no better than a Rattue wankstain
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I get that young men will do silly shit while on the lash, but I don't accept that taking your shirt off, trying to kiss your host, pissing on her couch and dry humping her dog is "normal" behaviour.
 
How would you react if Richie McCaw acted like that? I can tell you how sponsors and fans would react. You know, the people who pay their (very high) wages. Complain as much as you like, but those high wages and that very public profile come with certain expectations about how they conduct themselves. That's the trade-off. Shit if someone was paying me 750k a year on condition that I didn't get wasted on the turps, I'd happily drink farking juice for the rest of my career.
 
I do however agree that all this talk about him being kicked out of the NRL is ridiculous. He's been utterly humiliated, stripped of his captaincy and I'm sure will cop a hefty fine. That's more than enough.

NTA

Its more than some of the players have received for actual crimes like domestic abuse and such.

Sneakdefreak

If you're a NSW fan you want Mitchy banned for life.
 
My prediction is he will sign with a Super League club like Catalans in the coming weeks while he is suspended by the NRL for 2-3 months.

The Silver Fern

The NRL Season of 2016