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1953
Australian international player Bob Lulham was in the headlines after his mother-in-law was alleged to have attempted to poison him with thalium.[1 At the time he was living with his wife's parents. In the end, the verdict was not guilty. Lulham didn't play football again.
1967
Australian lock forward Johnny Raper allegedly walked naked through the streets of Leeds wearing nothing but a bowler hat. Raper made this his trademark, though the offender was actually Dennis Manteit.[2
1968
Balmain Tigers and Penrith Panthers forward George Piper died from head injuries after an altercation with Phil Franks outside a Balmain nightclub.[3
1975
Balmain Tigers winger Kevin Yow Yeh died in police custody from a suspected heart attack.[4
1977
Eastern Suburbs player Bill Mullins had charges of culpable driving dismissed in court. He had been charged after his involvement in a fatal traffic accident.[5
1978
Newtown Jets player Paul Hayward was sentenced to 30 years (served 10) in jail in Thailand for attempting to export 8.5 kilograms of heroin to Australia.[6
1989
Brisbane Broncos player Joe Kilroy was sent to jail for three years for trafficking marijuana.[7
1995
Brisbane Broncos player Julian O'Neill urinated under a blackjack table at Conrad Jupiters casino.[8
1997
Three Canterbury Bulldogs players (along with other unnamed players) were allegedly involved in misogynist behaviour during a film shoot:
A make-up woman on the film set was shocked and distressed when a player was reported to have urinated on her legs as she was applying make-up to him. Up to six players are said to have then exposed themselves to her.
A wardrobe woman apparently had to be rescued from her hotel room at 3.30am, when three players, yelling indecent propositions, tried to break down her door.
Six players had allegedly been driven around Wollongong in a hired bus one night while having sex with two prostitutes.
The film producer said players had openly talked about initiation rites at the Bulldogs club which involved targeting an unsuspecting woman at a nightclub and then "marking" her with urine on her feet or legs. Senior rugby league officials quietly "fixed up" the complaint of abusive behaviour, and no charges were laid.[9[10
The Canberra Raiders player, Noa Nadruku struck and injured two women in a Canberra bar. Nadruku was acquitted in the ACT Magistrates' Court on the basis that he was so drunk that he did not intend to commit the assaults – he didn't know what he was doing.[11
1998
Robbie O'Davis, Wayne Richards and Adam MacDougall tested positive for anabolic steroids. Richards was suspended for 22 weeks as a result, but McDougall was later exonerated when it was revealed the drug was used as treatment for a life threatening illness.[12
Bradford Bulls players Shaun Edwards and Tahi Reihana were charged with assault following an incident outside a pizza parlour.[13
1999J
ulian O'Neill defecated in a teammate's shoe and vomited over the walls of his motel room in Dubbo.[14
Craig Gower exposed himself to a female Irish tourist in a bar, blaming his behaviour on alcohol intoxication. He was dumped from the Kangaroos squad and fined $2,500 by the NRL. He was fined a further $500 after pleading guilty to indecent exposure.[15
Brad Fittler was found unconscious in a gutter outside a Sydney police station. Police described him as "the drunkest human being ever".[16[17
2001
Shane Webcke tested positive for probenecid, which was kept from the media until he retired in 2006.[18
Craig Field and Kevin McGuinness from Wests Tigers were suspended for 6 months after testing positive to cocaine and ecstasy respectively.[19
2002
Willie Mason tested positive to amphetamines and was fined $25,000 by the Canterbury Bulldogs.[20
Matthew Johns, Brett Firman and other unnamed members of the Cronulla Sharks engaged in group sex for two hours[citation needed with a 19-year-old woman, while on tour of New Zealand. Up to 12 Sharks were in the room.[citation needed The incident was investigated by police at the time of the incident and no charges were laid. Detective Inspector David Long, from Christchurch police said, "I'm completely satisfied that we got full and truthful accounts at the time and that no crime was committed".[21 A colleague of the woman who made the allegation, Tania Boyd, said, "She was bragging about it to the staff and quite willing, openly saying how she had sex with several players. There was no trauma whatsoever. I'm disgusted that a woman can all of a sudden change her story from having a great time to then turning it into a terrible crime".[21 Seven years later in 2009, Johns, who insisted the act was consensual, was stood down indefinitely from his on-air commitments with the Nine Network and his coaching role with NRL club Melbourne Storm, following the publicity given to the incident during a Four Corners broadcast.[21
2003
Three Bulldogs players (unnamed) were involved in a sex incident with a 24-year-old woman at the Plantation Hotel in Coffs Harbour, on 3 March, 2003. The woman claimed that one player raped her in a hotel room, while another player hid behind the curtain and masturbated during the ordeal. A third player set up the incident.[22 After a lengthy police investigation no-one was charged.
Chev Walker and Ryan Bailey of the Leeds Rhinos and Paul Owen of the Rochdale Hornets are jailed for fighting outside of the Creation Nightclub in Leeds City Centre. Another Rhinos player, Dwayne Barker, is sentenced to 150 hours community service for the incident that broke out after the Leeds players set on Owen after a misunderstanding, thinking he was attacking a woman. Walker was sentenced to 18 months in a Young Offenders Institute while Bailey received nine months detention in a Young Offenders Institute. Owen was jailed for 15 months for his part in the brawl. [23
2004J
ulian O'Neill attempted to set fire to a foam costume worn by a boy during a river cruise.[24
Anthony Minichiello, Mark Gasnier and an unknown third player sent a sexually harassing phone message to a woman's answering machine, which implied lewd acts such as group sex. They were dropped from the first State of Origin game and fined $50,000.[25
Willie Mason, Trent Waterhouse, Craig Wing, Craig Gower and Mark O'Meley were fined for unprofessional behaviour and for leaving the team hotel after the side had returned from the night out.[25
(Players unknown) were questioned the alleged rape of a 23 year old woman by six members of the Canterbury Bulldogs in Coffs Harbour on 22 February, however no criminal charges were laid after police investigation found insufficient evidence in the case.[26 Half a million dollars in fines were subjected to the club by the NRL[27
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