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"I said in my post that Fletcher might have had a chance, considering he was an aussie schoolboy. Do you think he would've been a 14 or even a half for this NSW team?"
"We've had 3 in 2023 and 2024 in NSW I think. Tuivati both years, Sanders, Arthur, Talagi as well. I think Michael Gabreal too?
So yeah, good crop. And the likes of Bloomfield and Fletcher would've had a chance if it wasn't for injury/rugby. "
So yeah, good crop. And the likes of Bloomfield and Fletcher would've had a chance if it wasn't for injury/rugby. "
"Bamblett is a beautiful runner of the football at fullback. Glides across the ground. He has a major obstacle for the next 5 years in Longi . He is more than capable of playing 6 and has game awareness and eyes up footy ability. Very talented boy. "
"Thank badger, hope ya well mate. I met you a few times over the years. You use to know my sister jasmine. She use to work at one of the pubs at Newtown if you remember "
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more importantly what was he betting on ? Pokies? Or sports betting?
Apparently horses and dogs but who's to say he isn't taking money or having his debts payed by fixing nrl games.
It's disgraceful that this bloke has been allowed to continue to officiate games, even if he isn't betting on nrl games every bad decision he makes is going to be suspicious.
The games integrity will be muddied if he is allowed to continue.
There is no excuse for the NRL to have covered up Klein's gambling problem and let him carry on refereeing regardless. Zero excuse.
Legitimacy is a status relation: it is created, sustained and destroyed via collective perceptions. The NRL cannot unwind their error: not going public and sanctioning Klein in 2019 and then covering it up for years means the NRL has transferred the perception of corruption from Klein to themselves. Why? Two reasons.
One, perceived links to potential corruption should have been enough back in 2019 to suspend Klein. Legality concerns in discussions of legitimacy demand 'agents' in positions of power operate within laws. You cannot have referees in professional sports tied to gambling. You just can't. But, two, covering up Klein's gambling problem - and serious financial exposure tied to that gambling problem - for years, is a massive 'procedural justice' failure. Procedural INjustice is where decisions lack fairness or transparency.
V'Landys and the NRL have dropped the ball here. Perception matters. Literally. Because legitimacy is tied up with perception. Klein should be stood down, not 'pending an investigation', because it appears the NRL already have the answers to that investigation. But stood down while the NRL is transparent about what occurred, including safeguards in place to prevent gambling-related corruption and why the story was covered up.
Well said Daz
PVL has not " read the room " at all and if he has his decision to do what he likes around it is incomprehensible
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