Kenny Watergate Edwards

7th Tackle: The unlikely ally in Kenny Edwards case.

The NRL career of Eels firebrand Kenny Edwards is currently in the balance, after he pleaded guilty to common assault this week.

The initial attitude of the NRL was to come down hard on Edwards - we heard figures at League Central wanted him banned for at least half the season and hit with a massive fine.

It wasn't so much the facts of this case that upset the powers that be - Edwards was convicted of squirting his partner with a water bottle, and later a pre-mixed spirit, during a household argument.His poor track record is the problem.

Just two years ago Edwards was rubbed out for the season after agreeing to submit his urine in place of team mate Kaysa Pritchard.

But with everything at stake, Edwards' partner is now in his corner. She's written a letter to the NRL, explaining certain details about the complaint to the police.

The most significant is that she didn't call them - it was a friend. The couple are also back together.

The other part to this story is Edwards' own family background. It's one of the most difficult we've been privy to of any rugby league player.

This article was written by the same p***ks that were speculating that Kenny the Cramp would be rubbed out for half the year.

Good luck to Kenny today.

"HFK, Fair point. Sure, we could. But balancing incoming youth with experience is almost a perennial issue. A constant cycle. It never really goes away. At least not for too long. "

Replies

Premier2018 March 2, 2017 at 10:47am

Is the penalty due to be handed down today?
- Eric The 17.78cm Eel > Premier2018 March 2, 2017 at 11:01am
  
  Hope so JJ. The only certainty is that the bald-headed fart Greenshit-through-a-goose will put on a Media circus. Remember, he really want's to help the Eels. Yeah, nah.
Premier2018 March 2, 2017 at 10:49am

If the court case was in January it would have been forgotten about. Because of the timing the sentence will be more severe.
Ofla March 2, 2017 at 10:51am

If Kenny wasn't an NRL player would the police have even laid charges on him for throwing water on someone? I highly doubt it.
- ParraTime > Ofla March 2, 2017 at 10:59am
  
  Police wouldn't have even been called to the scene. The fact is, most of the women that do this, do it for the money. They hope for some sort of out of the court settlement, and it's all the governments fault, they will side with the women no matter the case.
- Mathew Clarke > Ofla March 2, 2017 at 6:05pm
  
  Not a lot of cases like that come through but some do. Depends on the complainant/victim wanting to proceed, if there is previous history and what the offenders attitude is like when Police speak with him. Sometimes not speaking with Police is not the best call. Might have been able to have been sorted out outside of the Courts.
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- Eric The 17.78cm Eel March 2, 2017 at 11:15am
  
  Right on Brissy. Also, the Germalists not obtaining & providing all the above info beforehand ( or maybe withholding ) have created prejudice towards Kenny's case. His last serious (& mainly dumb) offence was two years ago. The beak saw how trivial the incident was, recorded no conviction etc. Sure, The Cramp should probably cop a fine & maybe miss a couple of games ( similair to the punishment just given to Kyle Lovett @ the Tigers) but FFS, anything more is going overboard.
RIDER March 2, 2017 at 11:07am

So that friend may have cost the family dearly.

I dont know whats going on there but sounds like an initial over reaction followed but the reality that it could cost $$$$
- Eric The 17.78cm Eel > RIDER March 2, 2017 at 11:21am
  
  Rider, maybe the friend was jealous because she had been rejected by Kenny. She wanted to be sprayed with fluids too.
Hamish March 2, 2017 at 11:12am

That statement is patently ridiculous and completely untrue. I'm sorry if you had a bad experience but don't label every woman as money hungry fiends.