So we agree you nothing about sl. Excellent.

Pot calling the kettle black.

And that's the hope I also have. But as NRL will be more like NFL then we'll make it like, well, SL

What is it with Aussie players battering women?

Greg Bird
Greg Inglis

Not forgetting Willie Mason . (Sorry Stuart)

Perhaps the time it’s taking them to evolve is the reason they always spank us.

Latu plays for my club. I'll quite happily criticise his behaviour, along with any other idiot who brings the game into dispute. This issue goes beyond partisan support and frankly deserves a higher level of debate than the point scoring you attempt to reduce it to.

Good grief, Inglis is a super star, when will it end. Im sure the Melbourne (AFL) media will have a field day with this story.

It is very annoying to see a negative story be the only rugby league headline on sky sports today.

Huge waste. He was tipped to be the best EVER! This is a massive story and a massive disaster for the NRL if he is convicted. Frickin idiot!

Your quite right. I think Super league clubs should not be able to sign players from anywhere who have either committed an offence such as this and been found guilty or who have been banned by a previous club or league. It sends the wrong message to our young players. Any player who acts in this manner is not the kind of role model we want, no matter how good their playing ability on the field.

However, we have a lot of fans from Oz coming on here pointing out the defficences in the english game be it players, coaching, stadium standards, national sporting profile, the weather, etc, etc. So you've got to expect a little comeback when one of your own screws something up!!

The lack of respect shown by NRL players en masse towards women is really poor IMO. And no one can defend this stuff on the basis of a few players spoiling it for everyone else - there's virtually no club which hasn't had several players convicted of drink-related offences or acting the fool.

The culture of the sport here is a large part of the problem - with clubs and supporters for years having turned a blind eye to bad behaviour. And some of the problems start with the so-called 'experienced' players who should be setting an example.

At the Broncos we had Lockyer - club, state and Oz captain - getting thrown out of a pub absolutely legless and having a dig at a bouncer, and lying about his behaviour until the TV coverage shows its him. Then we get the usual 'sorry, won't happen again' tripe. We've also had Thaiday, Hodges, Hunt, Kenny and several others involved in distasteful episodes within the last year or so. How can you really have a go at a lad like Kenny when he can - rightly - point to Lockyer and wonder why he's being picked on.

Players just seem to have very little respect for anything - especially their own sport. Far too many seem to only care about money - hawking themseleves around to all and sundry including other sports come contract time regardless of the image that sends about the code to the fans and the wider public.

And you can't trot out the usual 'blame society' rubbish either. it wasn't true for football hooliganism in the past, and its not true of these guys today. It's buck passing that simply doesn't wash. AFL has a few issues off-field, but nothing like the frequency of the NRL, and RU's 'bad boys' are disproportionately ex-league players. Time for a root-and-branch rethink of the way the sport operates off-field IMO.