Been arrested according to this: www.fanatix.com/news/billy-slate ... up/162842/ Australia's Channel Nine news twitter feed are also reporting that he has been detained by police. If he is guilty of breaking the law it will be interesting to see if they send him home or not.

Been arrested according to this: www.fanatix.com/news/billy-slate ... up/162842/ Australia's Channel Nine news twitter feed are also reporting that he has been detained by police. If he is guilty of breaking the law it will be interesting to see if they send him home or not.

He was released without being charged.

Oh, that's not very interesting is it.

Billy Slater has endured tremendous trauma following the attempt by the English cannibal, Hannibal James Lecter Graham, to devour part of Billy's ear during the 2012 NRL Grand Final. The fact that Billy could come through such a hideous experience and still play rugby league at the highest level is testimony to his character. Still, Billy Slater may well be suffering from PTSD, for which he would need treatment.

I have no doubt that someone in the pub, quite possibly an intoxicated Irish male, reignited that James Graham induced cannibal victim trauma once again, and Billy responded in self defence, like the good jockey that he is. Isn't it time that we stopped blaming the victim?

Why would you assume it was an Irish male when the incident took place in Manchester?

Worse than what Gareth Hock did or not? Will be interesting to see how the Aussie's deal with it.

Taken from BBC -

Australia full-back Billy Slater was detained but released without charge by police in Manchester following a nightclub incident in the early hours of Monday morning, team management confirm.

The Australian management are satisfied that Slater was the victim of the incident, which comes as the team prepare to begin their preparations for Saturday's quarter-final against USA in Wrexham.

Going off that you would assume the night out was sanctioned unlike in Hock's case.

Well the police have finished dealing with it. Released without charge apparently, after acting in self defence. I wonder how stupid the attacker feels deciding to jump a smaller guy and finding out he's a pro rugby player

considering there is no drinking ban for the aussie team and he acted in self defense 100% NOT.

GET OVER IT.

Imagine if he had been English? There would be a ten page thread by now saying he had disgraced the game etc etc.

To be fair to his attacker, Slater has a very punchable face I think.

He has been released without charge and has no case to answer, either from the police or Australia.

He tried to split up a fight and then got a slap and acted in self-defence.

Maybe England should take note of the statement that the Aussies made and learn from it.

Recognisable too though

Except Slater didn't do anything wrong so it's a considerably easier statement to make!

Fair comment, but I think the point still stands

Ah yes, one bloke gets into a scuffle with a few wannabes, probably trying to incite the situation, and one bloke can’t even be bothered to go to training the next day after a boozing session.

I can see the parallels.

How do you know that Billy Slater was the small guy, were you there?

Personally if I was an Aussie supporter, I wouldn't be over the moon to learn players are out to the early hours drinking. However if there is no drinking ban, no curfew and no charge, its story over. I'm taking it from this thread that the first two surprising (for me anyway) facts are correct.

Considering how many representative trophies he's won if he was English I'd say he could do what he liked.

Gareth hock and the rest have won f' all in an England or GB shirt

Was the aggressor a Midget?
Slater is not big in anyone's imagination.
He is 5ft 10 inches
195Lbs

There are hundreds of Irish males residing in Greater Manchester.

So the chances of it having been an Irish male are not nonexistent.

On the other hand it could have been an Englishman, or even a German, with Irish sympathies. I am not going to be categorical on this because I was not there (I had another engagement). But it is worth noting that Australia showed no mercy to the Irish in the game at Thormond Park. And the Irish, or those with Irish sympathies, residing in Manchester, would not have been exactly chuffed with the result.

Seems the aussie coach as no control over his players,out boozing in the early hours of a world cup

Lets hope they continue getting popped up before every match

Hahaha WELL SAID

Maybe, maybe not, but what we can be sure of is that it wasn't a French male....if it had have been, he would have assaulted Slater with his white flag!