THE FUCK!!! Inglis stopped drinking by his own admission at 1AM the night before!!! Somethings not adding up here, if he was 0.08 at 2PM, he must have been almost clinically dead from alcohol poisoning at 1AM.
Brad Webster is a wanker.. have a read of this crap... trying to excuse his behaviour... almost claiming he's been dealt a rough hand.
https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/10/02/greg-inglis-falls-foul-of-standards-he-helped-establish/
Brad Walter - Chief Masturbator NRL.COM - Tue 2 Oct 2018, 05:31 PM
It was a sign of how much the Australian captaincy meant to Greg Inglis that he fronted a media conference on Tuesday to declare he did not intend to stand down from the role knowing the decision was about to be taken from his hands.
Despite Inglis’s heartfelt and genuine plea to retain the job he had just been appointed to fulfill four hours before being charged with drink driving at 2.15pm on Monday, the NRL and Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga had little choice but to suspend him from the upcoming Tests against New Zealand and Tonga.
Inglis was one of the players involved in establishing a higher set of standards for Australian players under Meninga and he had failed those when he had returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.085 after being pulled over for speeding on his way home to Sydney from the Koori Knockout at Dubbo.
The 31-year-old knew that when he walked out of Lithgow Police Station after being handed a November 4 court appearance but he hoped the work he had done in the community and his off-field record during 14 NRL seasons would count in his favour.
Comparisons with penalties previously handed out to Andrew Fifita, Semi Radradra and Josh Papalii are unfair to Inglis, who is a proud indigenous role model and had chosen to form a team featuring seven players under the age of 18 to play at the Koori Knockout rather than turn out for one of the established sides who wanted his services.
With the Wall Street Warriors being knocked out early in the tournament, Inglis had stayed on to use his profile to promote the game and positive messages about health and education.
He had done a phone interview with 2GB’s Ray Hadley at 11.45pm on Monday before heading off for Sydney in the belief he was able to drive after having finished his last drink about 1am.
However, the reality is
role models need to be even more accountable and
Inglis was always going to pay a high price for his indiscretion as it would have sent a poor message to others if an exception had been made for him.
The Koori Knockout had been an alcohol-free event and to have the first indigenous Australian captain since Arthur Beetson escape severe punishment for drink driving would have been a poor message from the game.
Few would understand better than Inglis and no one would be hurting more than the Rabbitohs superstar but he accepted his fate with the grace and dignity of a leader, once advised of the decision.
There was no doubt he was devastated to lose the honour after saying: "I was ecstatic, over the moon about it."
"I have let a lot of people down because of where I stand in the game as a proud indigenous role model, and I think I have let a lot of kids down and a lot of people down in that community," Inglis told reporters at Redfern Oval just two hours before his suspension was announced.
However, the person he has let down most is himself and Inglis was asked at the press conference about his mental state.
"This has got nothing to do with my mental health," he said. "It has got everything to do with me making one of those stupid mistakes that I shouldn’t have done. That is the bottom line of it.
"I am standing here before you to put my hand up knowing that I did make a mistake. I am very sorry, very apologetic and I will continue to lead in my community and I will learn from this mistake. It definitely won’t happen again."
So why isn't he being held accountable? 2 game suspension is sweet fuck all? Where is the player fine?
Something isn't adding up here. Why would he have an interview at almost midnight? He was pulled over and charged Monday 2:15PM, as papers had all reported it by Tuesday morning.
I think Brad has misreported this and means 11:15AM, as leaving Dubbo at 11:15AM and hitting Lithgow at 2:15PM (3 hrs later) is about right at normal speeds.
But then where along the way does he manage to get his BAL to 0.085?
Either:
a) he was nuked on the phone with Hadley,
b) had drinks after the interview then absolutely flogged it blind drunk,
c) was that hung over after "stopping drinking at 1AM", thta he'd still have been drunk talking to Hadley, and when driving.
But surely to be 0.085 3 hrs into his trip (and after the interview), he'd have been noticably drunk on the phone to Hadley.
Article Time Frame:
Monday 11:45PM > Interview with Ray Hadley.
Monday 11:45PM - Tuesday 1AM > Drinking
Tuesday 1AM > finishes drinking.
Tuesday 11:15AM > Depart Dubbo for Coogee
Tuesday 2:15PM > Pulled over and done DUI.
So I *think* Brad means:
Monday 1AM > finishes drinking.
Monday 11:15AM > Radio Interview with Hadley
Monday just after 11:15AM > Departs Dubbo for Coogee
Monday 2:15PM > Pulled over and done DUI @ 0.085 BAL
Now assuming he wasn't blind when talking to Hadley, and if Greg is to be believed, that means EITHER:
a) from 11:45PM - 1AM (1hr 15 minutes) he went from 0 BAL to enough that 10hrs and 15 minutes later, he was blotto, and STILL 0.085 BAL 13hrs 15 minutes after his last drink.
OR
b) he was drunk when speaking to Hadley and left immediately after.
Sorry Greg... I'm not buying it at all.
You'd have to be nearly clinically dead to have a BAL achieved that high in 1hr 15 minutes, that 13 hrs later you still blow 0.085.