i had a quick look at the sydney morning herald the other day. the NRL section read like a soap opera - a picture of dylan napa appearing all over social media, the entire cronulla team banned from a certain nightspot, another player (see above) charged with assault. makes our players activities pretty boring by comparison, Edit - just had a look on there today and out of the top 6 nrl stories, only 1 was actually about the rugby

Yeah, I've noticed the same. It's getting like the NFL for the offseason being about players being arrested for various things.

Please give me examples of how the NRL compares to the nfl in the past couple of months? Tip for you, it can’t. Just like union players, nfl players know how to behave unlike rugby league players who can’t

I didn't say anything about the last couple of months so why bring that up and also why use such a small sample size? It was an observation about the NRL getting like the NFL in the offseason, which is a fair comment imo.

Also, NFL players know how to behave do they

, have a word with your self. If you truly followed the NFL you'd know about all the discussions about their behavior in the offseason over the years. Aaron Hernandez doesn't spring to mind no? or Rae Carruth, Stanley Wilson & Sam Hurd. They're just a few former NFL players that are/have done serious time in prison, all 15 year plus sentences. A more recent one, what about Mychal Kendricks, he's up this month and could face 25 years or what about Adam Jones, who's been charged with god knows how many different types of crimes over the years.

ATEOTD most that are reported are for DUI's or domestic violence, for example, Michael Floyd in 2017 got sent down for a month or so for DUI or Donté Stallworth had to do a year for manslaughter while drunk at the wheel in the middle of his career. Plus there are loads of former NFL players doing serious time as well.

Tbf In real numbers, they're no more likely to get in trouble in that age demographic than people in other jobs, the same as the NRL but obviously, they are high profile and in this day and age of social media, CCTV etc people get caught more.

Even a NY times article from a few years ago highlighting it.
[urlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/13/upshot/what-the-numbers-show-about-nfl-player-arrests.html[/url

An article highlighting the domestic violence problem.
[urlhttps://www.pennlive.com/expo/news/erry-2018/07/5705c996636274/nfl-players-arrested-for-viole.html[/url

Or what about a site that highlights among many other stats that NFL's players get arrested on average every 7 days. It also shows there's been 8 crimes in past 3 months, 20 in the past year. It sort of busts your claim about the past couple of months & totally takes a dump on your point about NFL players know how to behave.

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[urlhttp://nflarrest.com/[/url

Other than to wind people up leeeBron, if you don't have anything good to say about our game why are you still on here, baring in mind you did say you'd disappear completely after your embarrassing comment about Wakefield's league position last year.

Objection your honour! The VT is no place for evidence and facts!

NRL 2018/2019 OFF SEASON CONTROVERSY 13

1. Jarryd Hayne
2. Tautau Moga
3. Michael Chee Kam
4. Dylan Walker
5. Jack Wighton
6. Greg Inglis
7. Corey Norman
8. Zane Musgrove
9. Adam Elliott
10. Dylan Napa
11. Jacob Saifiti
12. Sam Burgess
13. Jack de Belin

Coach: Shane Flanagan

Ben Barba now in a lot of trouble. The Aussie media reporting it could be the end of his career

Sacked before he even played a game.
Catalans bound?

https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/02/01/ben ... d-cowboys/

https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/02/01/ben ... d-cowboys/

Someone at the club told me he is on his way to Cas to replace Gale.

He’s not, for a few reasons.
1. Cas have the maximum number of non-fed players allowed.
2. He’s likely to be charged with criminal offences and have his passport confiscated.
3. He’s likely to be involved in a trial.
4. If the allegations are true, no club will touch him with a proverbial barge pole.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc. ... by-league/

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc. ... by-league/

The new Zak Hardaker?

If his beaten up his partner it would look terrible on Cas as well as Superleague if they sign him.

If what is reported is true Barba is done with Rugby League. There is no way back from that.

Back to superleague or Nah??

Barba could join Salford. They already have one player, Jackson Hastings, who had allegedly assaulted his partner. But in that instance the partner Hastings allegedly assaulted was a man, half back Daly Cherry-Evans.

If Ben Barba had stayed at St Helens then this terrible alleged incident might not have happened.

Yes. That's the problem. That he didn't stay in Saint Helens. Well done, you got a response, but that has got to be the most ridiculous thing you have ever written. Quite the achievement Sir.

From an Australian rugby league website (and not by a poster who is me):

You just don't understand. If he was still at St Helens he would not have been gambling in a casino and losing his pants, which is allegedly what he was doing before he allegedly bashed his female partner.

Indeed, England doesn't have any casinos.

Benjamin Barba allegedly has a gambling addiction, which apparently can be kept in check while living in the vicinity of St Helens.

If the Barba incident results in criminal proceedings (and that's not unlikely), would he even qualify for a visa for the UK?

Benjamin.