The NRL hits Las Vegas, where results on and off the field could be explosive

[MatstaDogg]

What did Ezra do in GF bro??

Allegedly some of the the Broncos where calling some of the Panthers Polynesian players coconuts throughout the game.

 

[Nate DAWG]

What did Ezra do in GF bro??

Rumours were that he called Leniu a coconut

 

[Cappuccino]

The world has gone mad. A Samoan cops the biggest ever racial vilification penalty in Australian sport. Every player that says coconut or fob better get the same fkn punishment. How bout Ezra gets his one backdated from the GF. Absolute fkn joke

Just remember when he comes back he can call any white player anything he wants and that's cool too

 

[Nate DAWG]

Just remember when he comes back he can call any white player anything he wants and that's cool too

Can he though? I never imagined a time when a TSI would accuse a Samoan of racial vilification. Leniu wasnt even being racist but got suspended for 8 weeks cause Mam was offended. So if a Tongan calls a Samoan a coconut and the Samoan gets offended, the Tongan should get suspended with this logic. Fkn madness

 

[Motorhead]

Can he though? I never imagined a time when a TSI would accuse a Samoan of racial vilification. Leniu wasnt even being racist but got suspended for 8 weeks cause Mam was offended. So if a Tongan calls a Samoan a coconut and the Samoan gets offended, the Tongan should get suspended with this logic. Fkn madness

I'd say if you called any person of colour a monkey in any country in the world it would be taken as racist though. I don't think Leniu can be fair dinkum when he says he didn't intend it to be racist, that's got to be a huge pisstake.

 

[Nate DAWG]

Brown people make comments amongst ourselves all the time. I know its a double standard but the reality is a islander calling someone a monkey is not the same as a white person. We are called monkeys as a slur too. Anyway, this is what i have known but this changes all that. But i believe that spencer was not being racist.

 

[gbrussell]

Well they have definitely taken a hard line. Spencer has been made an example of no doubt. 1/3 of season imo is a bit steep, you’d have to almost decapitate a player to get 8 weeks. 4 weeks would of still sent a signal

When you look at the recent incident in the Afl where the St.Kilda player got 7 weeks fir a brutal hit and Spencer gets 8, it just doesn't compute in my eyes. What Spencer did was wrong for sure but what is the penalty going to be for a Grade 3 Reckless or intentional tackle from this point on?

 

[gbrussell]

Remember when Harbajan called Andrew Syminds a monkey in the scg test. Meeting was called with the match referee and allegedly the Indian team threatened to abandon the tour if action was taken. A s per usual the powerful sub continental block got their way, CA caved in and it was swept under the carpet.

 

[Cook]

When you look at the recent incident in the Afl where the St.Kilda player got 7 weeks fir a brutal hit and Spencer gets 8, it just doesn't compute in my eyes. What Spencer did was wrong for sure but what is the penalty going to be for a Grade 3 Reckless or intentional tackle from this point on?

Crazy isn’t it. The AFL has always been lenient when it comes to any sort of punishment. They put the players before the game imo. How’s that coach the other day, maybe from same incident, calling the player a cocksucker. That games full of morons, yet league gets labelled the boofhead sport

 

[dogluva]

I thought he would get around 4 weeks. 8 is way to big for something said which had no racial intent. I read somewhere that the NRL counsel referred to him as Luai repeatedly and called him Tongan. Thats offensive AF to a Samoan lol Should of given himself 8 weeks

NRL's embarrassing blunder at Spencer Leniu's judiciary hearing

The NRL's lawyer made two embarrassing blunders at Spencer Leniu's judiciary hearing, where the Roosters prop was hit with an eight-game suspension for racially vilifying Ezra Mam.

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The NRL's lawyer made two embarrassing blunders at Spencer Leniu's judiciary hearing, where the Roosters prop was hit with a hefty suspension for racially vilifying Ezra Mam.

In an embarrassing blunder for the NRL, counsel Lachlan Gyles referred to Samoan Leniu as Tongan, and referred to him as 'Spencer Luai' at the beginning of the hearing.

 

[Benno Bulldog]

If Dogs go to Vegas I’m going…

 

[Moedogg]

If Dogs go to Vegas I’m going…

Won't happen.

 

[Benno Bulldog]

Won't happen.

Prolly right but we have a big fan base they also after numbers…the Riff fan base on the dole…

 

[Motorhead]

Prolly right but we have a big fan base they also after numbers…the Riff fan base on the dole…

The way Centrelink seems to throw cash at bludgers they'll probably get their own charter plane provided. The Meth Express

 

[The_Chimpster]

The way Centrelink seems to throw cash at bludgers they'll probably get their own charter plane provided. The Meth Express

With nasheed being the captain & pilot

 

[N4TE]

I love the media getting paid to have a holiday in Vegas don’t have a bad word to say about it.. I also heard some commentator on triple m or something that didn’t get a junket pass bringing up all the faults like the smaller field and the tV numbers ect ect ha ha ha

 

[Cook]

I love the media getting paid to have a holiday in Vegas don’t have a bad word to say about it.. I also heard some commentator on triple m or something that didn’t get a junket pass bringing up all the faults like the smaller field and the tV numbers ect ect ha ha ha

If I was invited and trip paid for, I’d have glowing endorsement too.

 

[N4TE]

If I was invited and trip paid for, I’d have glowing endorsement too.

100% so would everyone it’s just funny they want their next couple of year trips secured good on them it’s only a rort if you are not in on it.

 

[Cook]

100% so would everyone it’s just funny they want their next couple of year trips secured good on them it’s only a rort if you are not in on it.

I’m catching up with a mate in a couple of weeks who went. Be interested in he’s take