Has left The Footy Show after the allegations he took part in a gangbang 7 years ago. No-one was charged with anything as it was consensual.

He has also left his post on the coaching staff of the melbourne storm.

Apparently the footy show hosts are not happy that he has been sacked, and may also quit. The footy show may also be revamped as a more serious highlights programme!

Bought time the other people involved game forward instead of Matty Johns taking all the blame and having his career ruined!

how does the ordinary man/woman on the street feel about the situation. and why has all this resurfaced after 7 years?

I feel sorry for matty ,he makes the footy show what it is today and without him there i wont watch a single program anymore.FFS 7 years later?why not 70 days later?

f**k nine, johnsey is a scape goat.

the girl involved was happy to f**k 2 guys at once and cant even remember one of them because hes not famous.

she should at least have showed her face on TV.

i hate people like this.

so i assume its just the media who have took the bait here and inflated everything to an epic storyline

A 31 year old guy, married with kids, b***ing a teenager with a teammate while 12 others watch.

Hummiliation for his wife and kids.

i hate people like this

you hate people that f**k a girl that wants them too and complains about it 7 years after when she realizes what a s**t she was when she was younger/

heck she cant even remember the 2nd guy she had a f**k with that night.

i wonder about people that hate hetrosexual activity,

the ABC have made a big story of this.

its certainly sold a lot of newspapers thats for sure.

johns is receiving a lot of support from RL fans with many people saying he should not have been stood down.

theres a facebook group with 8000 members already supporting him

in an interview last night his face was as white as a ghost and the interviewer was encouraging his wife to dump him.

the good thing is hes taking the hits and not giving up anyone else.

im sure johns has a lot of support from players as well for his stance

Bottom line is league has been getting terrible press for years now because of the dreadful behaviour of so many off the field, and Johns has been caught in the crossfire. Bad luck or timing doesn't matter - once this came out it was bound to be all over for him.

Whilst what johns and co did was not 'illegal' it was pretty grubby (not the first revelation of sordid group sex leading to complaints either - see the Broncos and Bulldogs for details on that one). If that was your daughter what would you think? Whilst 'footy fans' might be on his side, the vast majority of women want Johns lynched as far as I can tell.

We can all talk about whether league players should/shouldn't be 'role models', but to be frank its about time the late night fighting and other assorted sordid behaviour like this case led to a mass clearout of players if that's what it takes to clean up the sport's image.

The other codes here have their problems but league seems to have a peculiarly time-warped 70s culture where the 'lads' think they can get away with anything.

Rugby League has become so popular around the country this week ,all for the wrong reasons.And one where it should'nt have become public.Why you may ask?well it happened 7 years ago not 7 hours ago

Do you wonder? do you? wow.

Interesting that you think disapproving of Johns cheating on his wife with 12 guys watching means a person must 'hate heterosexual activity'

The problem here - not surprisingly lost on yourself - is a credibility one - how can Johns possibly make comment on others when his actions/morals have been shown to questionable to say the least.

He is not fronting a XXX channel but a prime time serious sports programme - if you were a broadcaster is this the behaviour you would expect from one of your hosts?

Whilst you are slapping him on the back for his supposed macho behaviour spare a thought for the embarrasment his wife and children will be suffering. Johns knew what he was doing and the possible reprocusions - all he has got is his just desserts.