Party Drug Fuelled Maroons ?

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Party Drug Fuelled Maroons ?
Topic Started: Jul 23 2009, 01:58 PM (384 Views)
arh21980	Aug 2 2009, 12:03 PM Post #16
Posts: 114 Group: Member Member #22 Joined: Jul 5, 2009	Justin Hodges, Karnichael Hunt named as Queensland Origin party boys By Josh Massoud and James Phelps August 03, 2009 WITH their proud club in unprecedented crisis after a record hiding on Saturday night, Brisbane Broncos stars Justin Hodges and Karmichael Hunt have been named as two Maroons players at the centre of Queensland's party-fuelled preparation for Origin III. Lending weight to suspicions the raucous camp has sent Brisbane's season into freefall, The Daily Telegraph has reported that Broncos chief executive Bruno Cullen was tipped off about two players breaking curfew and misbehaving on the Friday night before the July 15 series finale. Instead of investigating himself, Cullen hand-balled the claim to Maroons team management. One player was alleged to be in a "comatose state" on the Gold Coast party strip. Hunt has admitted to partying at exclusive Broadbeach nightclub East on the night in question. He is believed to have been in the company of Hodges, who is also alleged to have broken Maroons curfew by returning 24 hours later. Two workers from an all-night kebab shop below East said they served the firebrand centre just before 2am on the Sunday, producing CCTV footage to support their claim. Although there's no evidence to suggest Hodges struck trouble, claims that he snuck out of Camp Maroon to go nightclubbing on the Saturday night have infuriated Queensland coach Mal Meninga and put the 27-year-old's future Origin aspirations on tenterhooks. Under-pressure Brisbane coach Ivan Henjak last week questioned the condition in which his Origin stars returned from Queensland duty. "We always like our players to come back in the state that we sent them," Henjak said. "That's all we expect from (the Queensland Rugby League). I thought they probably could have come back in a bit better state." His side has since suffered three successive defeats, conceding 134 points, culminating in the club's darkest hour on Saturday night - the 56-0 drubbing against 12th-placed Canberra. Questions are being asked about how deeply the Maroons' party-fest has infected Brisbane, whose season was already showing signs of unravelling after Hunt's defection to AFL and Joel Clinton's $50,000 fine for bringing a woman back to the team hotel in May. It can now be confirmed that - contrary to QRL assertions - the Maroons partied as hard as a team on an NRL end-of-season trip. Staff at Surfer's Paradise nightspot Melbas said that several players drank at the legendary Cavill Avenue bar over the weekend after the Maroons shifted base to the Gold Coast following a XXXX Club luncheon in Brisbane on Friday afternoon. Hodges and five teammates were also seen drinking at 3am the day after Origin III on the roof deck of Brisbane hotel The Exchange. Cullen received the anonymous tip-off about the drunken state of two unnamed players - presumed to be Broncos - on Sunday morning, July 12. According to Cullen, the informant did not give him any names. Cullen admitted he did not ask for their identities. "I got the phone call on the Saturday morning from a man who said he was a Brisbane fan," Cullen said. "He didn't give me any names, but did allege that one player was in a comatose state." Asked why he didn't feel the need to investigate, Cullen said: "Because the players were on Origin duty so it was a matter for the QRL boss." Cullen passed the report on to Livermore for further investigation on the Saturday, which was a "free day" for the players. "Bruno contacted me with some allegations during camp that I passed on to team management," Livermore said. "The allegations were followed up during the camp and it was found no players had a case to answer. "But we certainly don't want to see players out at 2am in the morning at any time, whether or not they have training the next day." Sources said that Meninga questioned a number of his troops about breaking team rules, including Hodges. The Daily Telegraph has been handed CCTV footage from Broadbeach fast-food stall Mesopotamia Kebabs, which claims to have vision of Hodges out and about in the early hours of Sunday, July 12. The QRL has requested a copy of the footage, which shows a man resembling the fiery Queensland centre buying kebabs and flirting with two women below East nightclub between 1.45 and 1.50am. Two Mesopotamia employees alleged Hodges ordered a kebab before being hassled by a vocal passer-by. "After he bought the kebab, a bloke in a Gold Coast Titans shirt walked past and gave him a gobful for playing for Brisbane," said one of the kebab shop workers, Sam Koch. "He said something back to the guy and they had a bit of an argument. Hodges looked like he'd had a big night, but there was no trouble or fighting or anything like that." The Daily Telegraph has attempted to contact Hodges through his manager, George Mimis, and club, Brisbane, for the player's response. Mimis said he could not reach Hodges, while a Broncos spokesman declined to approach him because the matter related to Origin duty. Hunt admitted through his manager, David Riolo, that he went to East on the Friday night. A female partygoer at East has also told friends she saw Hodges and Hunt over the same weekend. Hunt has denied going out on Saturday night. The owner of East did not answer or return calls. Meninga is understood to be furious over the "disrespect" shown to his team values during the shoddy camp. He had previously warned players that they would be kicked out of camp if they damaged the reputation of the game during the Origin series. A Maroons insider was adamant the flippant preparation derailed Queensland's dream of a clean sweep, and Meninga has publicly lamented the team's lack of intensity at their match-eve training run at Suncorp Stadium. "It was like something from a school camp, like kids sneaking off in the dead of night behind their teachers' backs," a Maroons insider said. "You could tell about three days into the camp that something wasn't right. We did want to reward them for winning the series, but they were told in no uncertain terms not to abuse that. It seems some couldn't help themselves." The QRL last week finalised its investigation into the camp, announcing two players would be reprimanded for breaking camp on the Sunday night before the game. Livermore has confirmed he acted on an emailed tip-off from a person claiming to be a taxi driver, who said he drove two players 20km from Jupiters Casino to their Sanctuary Cove resort in the early hours of Monday morning. The QRL has come under fire for refusing to reveal their identities, and failing to hire an independent person to investigate disturbing claims that some players mixed sleeping tablets with energy drinks.
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kane2000	Aug 2 2009, 01:58 PM Post #17
Posts: 78 Group: Member Member #17 Joined: Jul 4, 2009	Its stupid o'clock in the morning here and I should really be asleep but lets see if I have got this right: The 'big exclusive' that the intrepid and fearless from the DT have been whispering about for th last couple of days, is the shocking news that the biggest and highest paid star that the AFL have, was lying comotose on a street while his mate, an NRL player, chatted some women up and replied in kind to a passing drunk whilst buying a kebab!? All this five days before a game and when they should of been asleep. It could of been worse I suppose, the above and thier mates could of got drunk and broke a car window before shouting threatening abuse and spitting at people in a nightclub queue. But that would make one of them an S14 wallabies player. Or they could of gone for true drunken gold and got absolutley smashed on well...absolute and then got in a car and tried to drive home through traffic, only to be stopped by the police and found guilty and convicted by the courts. Twice. But that would make one of them a Sydney Telegraph journalist. Is anyone else getting sick of the beat ups by the media? IF this true, then neither should be allowed anywhere near rep rugby until they have proven they know how to behave. But crime of the century it probably aint. As for the QRL squad having a few beers before the game? Well, in the age of the camphone and with recent incidents fresh in the mind, doing it in public definately makes them stupid. But would anyone suggest they didn't show commitment during game 3? Hands up all those who expected the super Blues to play that well? [redit][/redit] Edited by kane2000, Aug 2 2009, 02:02 PM.
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stacey	Aug 2 2009, 04:44 PM Post #18
Administrator Posts: 2,571 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 22, 2009	Well well, it will be interesting to see what will happen with hunts new AFL career? I don't know much about AFL, whether or not they tolerate that sort of behaviour or not, i don't know. But it isn't a good look for hunt to be seen as not really giving a rats arse about his attitude towards giving %100 commitment while on origin duty..



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