I disagree, having lived over there for a number of years I feel I have a good take on them and hence why we moved back. Fair enough about the rape, murder etc but on a whole there not the nicest

Good point, Mrs Barba and the children are the ones who are the victims here, and deserve our sympathy.

NRL 2018/2019 OFF SEASON CONTROVERSY 13 (REVISED)

[i1. Benjamin Barba
2. Tautau Moga
3. Michael Chee Kam
4. Dylan Walker
5. Jarryd Hayne
6. Gregory Inglis
7. Corey Norman
8. Zane Musgrove
9. Adam Elliott
10. Dylan Napa
11. Jacob Saifiti
12. Samuel Burgess
13. Jack de Belin[/i

CoachShane Flanagan[/i


N.B. Jack Wighton's alleged misbehaviour occurred during the 2018 season, not during the current off season.

Reigning Man of Steel Ben Barba will not be welcome back in Super League if he is banned by the NRL, the Rugby Football League has warned.

The 29-year-old former St Helens full-back, who was the leading try-scorer in Super League in 2018, was sacked by his new club, North Queensland Cowboys, without playing a game over an alleged assault on his partner outside a Townsville casino.

The incident is being investigated by Queensland police and Barba looks likely to be banned for life by the NRL.

If that happens, the Rugby Football League say it will uphold the suspension, blocking a route back to Super League.

Worth remembering that Salford have a player currently on the sex offenders’ register and who spent two years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman and then smashing a glass in her face, leaving his victim with lifelong injuries.

Whilst not condoning Barba’s alleged behaviour, surely the RFL would be on dodgy ground given that they allow Greg Johnson to continue playing?

Didn't Lui plead guilty to domestic abuse too?

Yes, and Jackson Hastings allegedly assaulted Manly half back Daly Cherry-Evans. That alleged event led to Hastings being demoted from the Manly NRL team, and eventually finding his way to Salford, where he now partners Lui.

What a sad thread this is.

An alledged altercation between team mates is a bit different from a criminal conviction though.
I seem to remeber Catalans taking Greg Bird when he faced charges of assaulting his partner, and then extending his contract when he was found guilty.

Barba Sine die by the NRL

Benjamin Barba has been banned by both the NRL and the RFL. You will never see Benjamin Barba play professional rugby league again. His Man of Steel stint with St Helens was his swan song.

I wonder if this punishment will be consistently handed out in future?

Under the regimes of Todd Greenberg (NRL) and Robert Elstone (RFL) I am sure that it will.

Should the RFL relax the rules, then Wigan or Warrington May be interested given their penchant for unemployable rouges. That said, I was shot down on the Warrington forum for thinking it was Joel, their player who was caught in a compromising position with a dog. Apparently it was his brother lol. Not Like the wolf’s to know nothing about RL

Correct.

Still, it's an opportunity for cretins like Barry and Ruune to have another cheap pop at Salford. For such a small, insignificant club the trolls seem to take great pleasure in mentioning us at every opportunity.

I think I'll spend spend all weekend trawling through every SL teams squad and see what dirt I can dig up....




..... then again I have a life (unlike aforementioned saddos) so I'll just enjoy my sporting weekend and leave them to play in their Wendy houses.