News Up to 10 Brisbane Broncos, including embattled player Tevita Pangai Jnr, allegedly breached COVID-19 restrictions by socialising at the Everton Park

[Gene Krupa]

Living in QLD we must get different news.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1293379519219261441

 

[Motorhead]

Here we fucking go. It's only a matter of time until these fucking idiots have the game shut down, and us fans have to cope without the game we all love. The selfishness of some people is unbelievable at times!!!

Hope the season does get cancelled TBH. The only clubs left in the running to win this corrupt competition are all garbage, except for the Raiders. Would be a laugh if it got stopped, Eels fans would shit the bed and claim till their dying day that "this was our year!".

 

[TABOO]

Happy to watch the donkeys continue imploding but please don't drag the whole competition with you. FMD.

 

[Gene Krupa]

Hope the season does get cancelled TBH.

Same, IMO the comp shouldn't have restarted. Imagine the uproar, if the Broncos were the ones that caused the comp to be cancelled.

 

[Janice]

The thing that surprises me is that Bulldogs players haven’t been followed to try and get photos of them breaking the rules. I thought that would have been done for sure.

 

[Flanagun]

If this is true, dock them 20 points going into next season. Unbelievable.

 

[flamebouyant]

Surely they'll not only get a massive fine as a club and as individuals but also have suspensions on the players involved?

They should throw the book at them!

 

[boggie23]

Surely they'll not only get a massive fine as a club and as individuals but also have suspensions on the players involved?

They deserve to be docked 2 competition points for this serious breach

I completely condone such a punishment

 

[Motorhead]

TBH the Broncos would be happy for the season to be stopped. Would save them getting the spoon, they're steaming towards it like the Titanic on that iceberg.

 

[Nano]

Surely this gets some players stood down from the NRL? How come the NRL aren't firing any players over COVID breaches as the government could just pull the plug on the NRL if they feel and cost them millions of dollars but other stuff that doesn't affect the game at a whole gets harsher punishments...

 

[_G-Dog_]

Surely this gets some players stood down from the NRL? How come the NRL aren't firing any players over COVID breaches as the government could just pull the plug on the NRL if they feel and cost them millions of dollars but other stuff that doesn't affect the game at a whole gets harsher punishments...

Yep these players even if not 'stood down' would need to go into 14 day isolation..

 

[Alan79]

Footballers in general have been allowed to get away with way too much for a long time. So it's bred this mindset that they're untouchable. It was a joke that Mitchell, Cleary and all involved in the early breaches pretty much got a slap on the wrist and smallish fines compared to their income.

These selfish individuals are not only risking the health of themselves and their families, they're also putting the game in jeopardy. I personally think that the NRL should be able to ride out a season with no games, but apparently not if reports from the original shutdown are true.

 

[Belmore Dog]

If only we beat the dragqueens and Parra........

 

[KambahOne]

Throw the stupid players into 14 day lock down, dock that shambles of a club all their points, put all their remaining games on Sunday nights and don't show a single promo or advert with a Broncos sponsor. The NRL must show this arrogant club no mercy.

 

[wendog33]

Surely this gets some players stood down from the NRL? How come the NRL aren't firing any players over COVID breaches as the government could just pull the plug on the NRL if they feel and cost them millions of dollars but other stuff that doesn't affect the game at a whole gets harsher punishments...

Murdoch is an owner. There's your answer.

 

[2144superman]

BREAKING: Broncos CLEARED by QLD police over pub lunch scare

Police have cleared the Broncos over their pub lunch.
Queensland Police have cleared the Broncos of any breach of official COVID-19 guidelines over a pub lunch earlier this month.
It emerged Wednesday that up to 10 Broncos players, including Tevita Pangai Jr, David Fifita and Corey Oates, attended a Brisbane hotel on August 1.
The NRL has yet to make a determination, with sanctions still a possibility for the players despite the conclusion of the police probe.
The players visited Everton Park Hotel for lunch following the end of a two-week hard lockdown after their home match against the Sharks.
“The police investigation, which commenced on August 9, found no breach of the Chief Health Officer’s public health directions,” a statement read.


But some patrons suggested the players had been drinking in the sports bar and playing poker machines, throwing into doubt whether they had breached COVID-19 protocols agreed between Queensland Health and the NRL.

NRL players are allowed to visit restaurants and cafes in small groups, provided they don’t mix with members of the public.

Channel 7 reported Thursday that the Broncos had been cleared following a Queensland Police investigation.

 

[Heckler]

Off course they were cleared.

BREAKING: Broncos CLEARED by QLD police over pub lunch scare

Police have cleared the Broncos over their pub lunch.
Queensland Police have cleared the Broncos of any breach of official COVID-19 guidelines over a pub lunch earlier this month.
It emerged Wednesday that up to 10 Broncos players, including Tevita Pangai Jr, David Fifita and Corey Oates, attended a Brisbane hotel on August 1.
The NRL has yet to make a determination, with sanctions still a possibility for the players despite the conclusion of the police probe.
The players visited Everton Park Hotel for lunch following the end of a two-week hard lockdown after their home match against the Sharks.
“The police investigation, which commenced on August 9, found no breach of the Chief Health Officer’s public health directions,” a statement read.


But some patrons suggested the players had been drinking in the sports bar and playing poker machines, throwing into doubt whether they had breached COVID-19 protocols agreed between Queensland Health and the NRL.

NRL players are allowed to visit restaurants and cafes in small groups, provided they don’t mix with members of the public.

Channel 7 reported Thursday that the Broncos had been cleared following a Queensland Police investigation.

 

[sgodllubsti]

wonder how many of those patrons that alleged they were there and said players were doing this and that, stand by their comments when police looked at cc tv at the time it was supposed to happen

way to many people make false comments to media and social networks but wont do a police statement, cc tv proves a lot of what has been said about players and clubs is bullshit, media just run with it, we been on the wrong end of grub comments for years

 

[KambahOne]

BREAKING: Broncos CLEARED by QLD police over pub lunch scare

Police have cleared the Broncos over their pub lunch.
Queensland Police have cleared the Broncos of any breach of official COVID-19 guidelines over a pub lunch earlier this month.
It emerged Wednesday that up to 10 Broncos players, including Tevita Pangai Jr, David Fifita and Corey Oates, attended a Brisbane hotel on August 1.
The NRL has yet to make a determination, with sanctions still a possibility for the players despite the conclusion of the police probe.
The players visited Everton Park Hotel for lunch following the end of a two-week hard lockdown after their home match against the Sharks.
“The police investigation, which commenced on August 9, found no breach of the Chief Health Officer’s public health directions,” a statement read.


But some patrons suggested the players had been drinking in the sports bar and playing poker machines, throwing into doubt whether they had breached COVID-19 protocols agreed between Queensland Health and the NRL.

NRL players are allowed to visit restaurants and cafes in small groups, provided they don’t mix with members of the public.

Channel 7 reported Thursday that the Broncos had been cleared following a Queensland Police investigation.

They were cleared of QLD protocols, not NRL protocols. Being QLDer's the NRL need to throw the pop-up book of rules at them.

 

[Roll the Bones]

I live in this general area and fmd, that's a shithouse pub. Much better ones close by. They've clearly got no decent game plan for game days, or even for piss-ups.