I know how many people on here feel about domestic violence in the NRL. Apparently the NRL has banned Buzz because he reported on the Auva’a case.http://m.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/phil-rothfields-open-letter-to-dave-smith-nrl-ban-will-not-silence-me-over-the-issue-of-domestic-violence/story-fnp0lyn3-1227119829607?nk=7f0edbc8dd9310eefb2af4aa32a8c7e3

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  • *clap clap clap*

    Good to see someone use their standing to speak up for those victims who are hidden away.

    Well done Buzz
  • What a load of shit, what cover up this was reported on the 28th may when he pled guilty. How was it covered up???   Buzz has an axe to grind after his butt buddy Gallen copped a harsh penalty for being a complete dickhead.  Bet the hypocrite will have no problems cheering for Ben Barba next season.   The drunken idiot continues to attack the game that makes him his wage, he Hates Smith and Grant because they sacked his New limited puppet and mate Daaaaaave Gallop.

    • No Alan your reply is shit, the NRL needs to take a tougher stand against any player who is found guilty of attacking a woman. A large fine, commensurate with their salary, and a 12 months ban would be a good penalty.

  • Phil Rothfield should just be banned for being Phil Rothfield
  • Rothfield is a dope but in all seriousness I don't understand how Gallen cops 35k (15K) suspended for calling the NRL heirarchy a bunch of c u next Tuesdays and Avua'a cops a fine 10 times less for belting his missus. If the NRL are serious about fighting domestic violence they should turf any player convicted of assault against their partner. I would support it because there is nothing lower than a bloke hitting women and children.

  • Will everyone please stop with all the bullshit about Gallen being harshly treated for getting a $50,000 fine. I would imagine that if most other people had come out and publicly called their employers a buch of c@&$s that they wouldn't have the luxury of paying a fine, they would be sacked immediately. Phil Rothfield is an absolute joke and a terrible, biased journalist. I'm not saying anything about domestic violence, I think it's one of the most cowardly acts you can do, hitting a woman, but we all know Phil isn't going on some sort of crusade just because he feels so strongly about the issue. He may, but he lost all credibility when he even used this article about domestic violence and the NRL's soft approach to it when he still managed to tie the issue back to Paul Gallen.
    • Well said team Six, i hope the Integrity unit throw the book at Auva'a.  But for Slothfield to go on some moral crusade about domestic violence and that NRL covered this all up is absolute horseshit.  Buzz has been the same since the ARLC got in and then sacked his mate Daaaaaaave.  He's a pathetic drunk who puts the game of RL down every chance he gets.  The sport deserves better then a turd like this writing about it.

    • Agree 100%.  Saw an interesting panel piece (I think on ESPN) saying that if Gallen was playing in the United States, already serving a drug related ban, and called say the NFL or the NBA a bunch of c***s then he would never play again.

  • Some good points there Al -particularly regarding Buzz & Gallen. I think what we are seeing here is a failure of the integrity unit to initially deal appropriately with this matter. As I understand it Auva'a assaulted the women in January, pleaded guilty to the offence in May and was dealt with by the court last Friday.

    At the time Auva'a was fined $2000 and suspended for seven days by Souths earlier this year. The integrity unit accepted this punishment as appropriate.

    Given that Gallen was given a $50K fine (some suspended) for an offensive tweet about NRL officials I think Buzz is right to criticise the administration for not providing Auva'a with a greater sanction.

    Double standards? I think so.
    • Could not agree more Jimmy.Yes there is always 2 sides to these stories when it comes to assaulting a women but if the facts say the women was hit and this is confirmed in court then the book needs to thrown at the player involved.

      What Gallen did was wrong and he deserved to be fined but can anyone seriously tell me what Gallen did was worse then Auva's

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