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The Penrith District Junior Rugby League has handed out suspensions of up to 25 years to players involved a vicious brawl following a match in the region.
Up to 40 players and spectators were involved in fight following a game between the Penrith Waratahs and Western City Tigers under-19 teams at Turnbull Oval in North Richmond on August 11.
The moment these idiots invaded the field we had 40 or 50 on there punching each other

Ten players fronted the judiciary and eight have subsequently been charged, with punishments ranging from six-game bans to a 25-year suspension. All of the players sanctioned represent the Western City Tigers side.
Players and spectators involved in a brawl at Turnbull Oval, North Richmond.
Players and spectators involved in a brawl at Turnbull Oval.
The harshest penalty went to a suspended Tigers player, who was charged with 'unauthorised entry onto field, behave contrary, punching and kicking'. The 17-year-old will be prohibited from playing rugby league until 2038. Two other teenagers received 20-year bans.
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One of them, Jordan (Fairfax Media has chosen not to reveal his family name), was photographed trying to stomp on the head of an opponent. The year 12 student, who penned a Fairfax Media column speaking of his remorse on the weekend, said he was shocked at the severity of his ban when informed of his fate on Thursday morning.
"I knew I wasn't going to get off easy but I didn't think it was going to be that bad," Jordan said.
"I wonder how much they can put it on one person when [so many others were involved] in the fight.
"I reckon six or seven years would have been alright. Even though my kick didn't connect - I didn't stomp - what they could get me for was punching.
"When my sentence ends, I'll be 38."
Jordan, who was charged with 'Behave contrary, punching and kicking', said he would consider playing rugby union and hoped the suspension wouldn't prevent him from coaching his younger brother's junior league team.
"They shattered me when I found out but there's nothing I can do now," he said.
His grandmother and legal guardian, Deborah Griffin, added: "He could have killed someone and got less." (um no if you kill someone you can still play footy, well in prison that is haha)
Panthers group chairman Don Feltis, who has been involved in junior rugby league for four decades, hoped the heavy sanctions would act as a deterrent.
"You've seen the vision of it. Some of the kicks - and they were wearing football boots - if they hit a bloke on the head they kill him or seriously injure him," Feltis said.
"With the exception of one boy, who showed no remorse, I found them to be decent kids. It's a shame they have ruined their careers with a moment of madness."
The matter isn't over as police are investigating the involvement of spectators who invaded the field. At least one parent is considering taking civil action.
"I have no doubt that if spectators stay off the field, this matter would have been cleared up by the referee and the touch judge and footy managers within minutes," Feltis said.
"The moment these idiots invaded the field we had 40 or 50 on there punching each other."

THE CHARGE SHEET:
Penrith Waratahs #49 – Behave contrary manner and punching – NOT GUILTY.
Western City Tigers #8 - Behave contrary and kicking - NOT GUILTY.
Western City Tigers #6 – Behave contrary and kicking – NOT GUILTY FOR KICKING, but suspended for 6 competition matches for behave contrary.
Western City Tigers #21 – Behave contrary and punching – Suspended for 12 competition matches.
Western City Tigers #4 – Behave contrary, punching and kicking - Suspended for 5 years.
Western City Tigers #1 – Behave contrary and threaten match official - Suspended for 10 years.
Western City Tigers (currently suspended) – Unauthorised entry onto field, behave contrary and punching – Suspended for 12 years.
Western City Tigers #19 – Behave contrary and kicking- Suspended for 20 years.
Western City Tigers #12 –Behave contrary, punching and kicking - Suspended for 20 years.
Western City Tigers (currently suspended) – Unauthorised entry onto field, behave contrary, punching and kicking – Suspended for 25 years.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...or-25-years-20130829-2ss34.html#ixzz2dJpU2OzR

check out some of the talented locals out at the riff in the pictures, i do believe a couple of them look related to sharks2010!
 
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dylan the villian said:
The Penrith District Junior Rugby League has handed out suspensions of up to 25 years to players involved a vicious brawl following a match in the region.
Up to 40 players and spectators were involved in fight following a game between the Penrith Waratahs and Western City Tigers under-19 teams at Turnbull Oval in North Richmond on August 11.
The moment these idiots invaded the field we had 40 or 50 on there punching each other

Ten players fronted the judiciary and eight have subsequently been charged, with punishments ranging from six-game bans to a 25-year suspension. All of the players sanctioned represent the Western City Tigers side.
Players and spectators involved in a brawl at Turnbull Oval, North Richmond.
Players and spectators involved in a brawl at Turnbull Oval.
The harshest penalty went to a suspended Tigers player, who was charged with 'unauthorised entry onto field, behave contrary, punching and kicking'. The 17-year-old will be prohibited from playing rugby league until 2038. Two other teenagers received 20-year bans.
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One of them, Jordan (Fairfax Media has chosen not to reveal his family name), was photographed trying to stomp on the head of an opponent. The year 12 student, who penned a Fairfax Media column speaking of his remorse on the weekend, said he was shocked at the severity of his ban when informed of his fate on Thursday morning.
"I knew I wasn't going to get off easy but I didn't think it was going to be that bad," Jordan said.
"I wonder how much they can put it on one person when [so many others were involved] in the fight.
"I reckon six or seven years would have been alright. Even though my kick didn't connect - I didn't stomp - what they could get me for was punching.
"When my sentence ends, I'll be 38."
Jordan, who was charged with 'Behave contrary, punching and kicking', said he would consider playing rugby union and hoped the suspension wouldn't prevent him from coaching his younger brother's junior league team.
"They shattered me when I found out but there's nothing I can do now," he said.
His grandmother and legal guardian, Deborah Griffin, added: "He could have killed someone and got less." (um no if you kill someone you can still play footy, well in prison that is haha)
Panthers group chairman Don Feltis, who has been involved in junior rugby league for four decades, hoped the heavy sanctions would act as a deterrent.
"You've seen the vision of it. Some of the kicks - and they were wearing football boots - if they hit a bloke on the head they kill him or seriously injure him," Feltis said.
"With the exception of one boy, who showed no remorse, I found them to be decent kids. It's a shame they have ruined their careers with a moment of madness."
The matter isn't over as police are investigating the involvement of spectators who invaded the field. At least one parent is considering taking civil action.
"I have no doubt that if spectators stay off the field, this matter would have been cleared up by the referee and the touch judge and footy managers within minutes," Feltis said.
"The moment these idiots invaded the field we had 40 or 50 on there punching each other."

THE CHARGE SHEET:
Penrith Waratahs #49 – Behave contrary manner and punching – NOT GUILTY.
Western City Tigers #8 - Behave contrary and kicking - NOT GUILTY.
Western City Tigers #6 – Behave contrary and kicking – NOT GUILTY FOR KICKING, but suspended for 6 competition matches for behave contrary.
Western City Tigers #21 – Behave contrary and punching – Suspended for 12 competition matches.
Western City Tigers #4 – Behave contrary, punching and kicking - Suspended for 5 years.
Western City Tigers #1 – Behave contrary and threaten match official - Suspended for 10 years.
Western City Tigers (currently suspended) – Unauthorised entry onto field, behave contrary and punching – Suspended for 12 years.
Western City Tigers #19 – Behave contrary and kicking- Suspended for 20 years.
Western City Tigers #12 –Behave contrary, punching and kicking - Suspended for 20 years.
Western City Tigers (currently suspended) – Unauthorised entry onto field, behave contrary, punching and kicking – Suspended for 25 years.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...or-25-years-20130829-2ss34.html#ixzz2dJpU2OzR

check out some of the talented locals out at the riff in the pictures, i do believe a couple of them look related to sharks2010!
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second photo, the ref with the shaved head standing by the goal post, good guy, nice family, lived across the road from me for years
 
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Bad photos. That kind of stuff does far more damage to the game than a punch thrown in origin.
 
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Wests Tigers lurch from bad to worse in cash crisis

DateAugust 30, 2013

Glenn Jackson
Rugby League Writer


The crisis engulfing Wests Tigers has taken another turn with their major sponsor, the billionaire property developer Harry Triguboff, telling the club to look for another major backer.

The comments by the founder and managing director of Meriton come as details emerge of an $8 million rescue package put forward during a meeting between NRL chief executive Dave Smith and key officials from Western Suburbs and Balmain. That potential package was due to be discussed during a critical meeting of the Wests Tigers board on Thursday night.

Fairfax Media understands Smith has offered four repayable instalments of $2 million in exchange for a restructure of the club board. Smith is believed to be pushing the club to install a seven-member board, which would include two Balmain directors, two Wests directors and three NRL-appointed directors. The delegation - Wests Tigers and Wests Ashfield chairman Mike Bailey, Wests Tigers deputy chairman and Balmain director Nick Di Girolamo, Wests Ashfield chief executive Simon Cook and Balmain chairman Leslie Glen - met with Smith on Wednesday night.

The move comes after Fairfax Media last week revealed the Tigers needed an injection of $1 million to survive - funds the rich Wests Ashfield were not prepared to provide unless given full control of the joint venture's board.

Triguboff's remarks, on ABC's The Business on Wednesday night, highlight how much the club's boardroom problems could be affecting the joint venture.
Asked if he was happy with the way the club was progressing, Triguboff said: ''No, I'm not happy at all. I've been with them for many years, and I believe that probably it's better that somebody else becomes the major sponsor. I think that they need somebody that really will devote more time to it than I can.''

Triguboff, the merger's inaugural major sponsor, lamented the power struggles at the club, as well as the fact he was not asked for help while Balmain attempted to re-develop their Rozelle leagues club - which has left the Tigers side of the merger struggling financially. ''I think I could have been of help to them when they were trying to develop their site in Balmain, but they never came to me,'' he said.

''It's not that I wanted to buy it, but I thought I could be of help, because I think I could talk on their behalf to the council much better than what they could do. They didn't use that help of mine. But that's only part of the problem. The other problem is that the Tigers from Balmain have done badly, and the Tigers from the Western Suburbs have done very well. The balance of power has changed now towards the ones in the west.''

He maintained he would not pull his financial investment out of the club unless the Tigers found a replacement.

''They'll definitely sort it out,'' he said. ''We have young kids coming up which are very good, we have new management, so I hope everything will be OK. But I think that … I'll always be there.

''If they can't find anyone, I'm always there. But if they can find somebody who really understands football better than I do … I don't understand much … I like it, I love it, I look at it. So if they can, they can. If not, I'm always there for them anyway.''

Triguboff's frank assessment came less than 24 hours before the club's board meeting. Alongside financial decisions, directors were due to discuss a review of the coaching structure at the club.

What has become clear recently is that coach Mick Potter will almost certainly lead the club into the second year of his contract, despite board agitations to sack him earlier this month.

The board is understood to be focusing on the coaching staff around Potter, including the prospect of hiring current Melbourne assistant coach David Kidwell, who is moving back to Sydney.

''I just want to get on with winning footy games - it's a distraction I could do without,'' Potter said, ahead of his side's clash with South Sydney on Friday night.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...cash-crisis-20130829-2stnn.html#ixzz2dOwiJOeW
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Oh look. Another club with financial troubles.

While it's convenient for everyone to point and laugh at the Sharks, this needs to be addressed for everyone's sake.

If I recall correctly, the only club in the country making money is the Broncos.

Clubs need more money from the NRL through the TV rights deals and merchandise etc. This is where the games cash flow comes from and the clubs are entitled to it, given that they are really providing the main goodwill and marketable product. Where would the League be without the clubs that make it up? People love their clubs and follow the game because of them.

I know they got more money recently, but is it enough?
 
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