#RLWC26 - Parramatta’s costly off-season recruitment could unravel before a ball is kicked, with Spencer Leniu facing suspension after an explosive gesture directed at the referee during Samoa’s loss to Australia.
Facing 3 weeks suspension.
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Well Hopoate being suspended for one match for running into pushing Atkins this year was the pinnacle of stupidity. No mention of those things happen in the game with the speed of it.
This is such an overly simplistic take.
The pay that the Aussie team players get is as per the RLPA and the ARLC collective bargaining agreement. Aussie players were also paid like crap way back when, then they came together, realised their collective value and power, and are now enjoying the spoils.
The Pacific nations players can absolutely (and should absolutely) take up a similar position with their national bodies to demand pay they feel is adequate given the value they bring to the world cup.
It's got sweet FA to do with the ref.
I like kenty's perspective on this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DD97Ex4XKBg
Axel, i saw that too. Kenty is spot on; i said this ages ago, why in hell is Klein near the game? Nothing to see here from the NRL.....that is so typical. If this was English soccer it would be huge news.
He should fight any of these charges. Fck the NRL mate. They are full of inconsistencies.
PNG - when you have a Govt get involved in sport like that and I say a Govt that is running our country into the ground in many areas it will be another rort. End in tears.
He's a true champion of the game. Next year when he sacrifices a few hundred grand of his paycheque to give to the islanders on minimum wage, he will truly prove how staunch he is on this topic.
Good for him....
Hundreds of Aussie players worked a full time job and played both local and international games for not much more than a case of beer for decades so guys like Spencer can have a very luxurious lifestyle. Heaven forbid he has to play a few games on the cheap to build " his " countries profile in the game.
Do your part and stfu.
You post some backwards horseshite but this takes the cake. Yapping about yesteryear and the "tough blokes who worked and went to training after" is irrelavant. Why do you only mention"Aussie" players, were there no "Kiwi" players doing the same thing? I sense a theme with you.
Can you name a few of the kiwi players playing the NSW cup in the 40s, 50s , 60s or even 70s when players earnt nothing without Google , its minimal ? The cold hard truth is Australian players , clubs and fans built the competition that evolved into what we see today and most of the decent Kiwi players we see in modern times are / were developed here . Yeah there was a Kiwi international side that played and represented their land, but I'm not going to humour your suggestion they did anything more than provide a exhibition match for most of the games development into professionalism.
If you're lookimg for someone to tell you the Kiwis contributed substantially to what we see today , you're probably best off DM'ing Coryn to have a little lovefest . He'll tell you Dylan built the game and you can both shoot your wads into a jar and post them to each other to place on your mantle. .
Enlighten me on this rich history of early Kiwi involment developing the NSW / QLD cup into theNRL
Your inferiority complex claims are alike me pretending the Aussies helped build the English premier league because we sent a few good soccer players over there as well as played internationals against England.
Make him sit out the next 2 Samoa games.
I'm positive. He'll be fresh for Round 3.
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