Not sure if this has been discussed, however:
As disgraced NRL star Manase Fainu prepared to go to jail for stabbing a Mormon church youth leader, his former teammates were declaring their support for him on national TV.
Once considered one of the brightest talents in the league, Fainu was
jailed on Monday as he awaits sentencing over the violent attack outside a Sydney church in October, 2019.
Despite the career-ending guilty verdict, his old Manly Sea Eagles teammates Josh Schuster Josh Aloiai and Haumole Olakau’atu were quick to throw their weight behind him over the weekend.
All three
refused to wear a rainbow-coloured jersey to show support for the LGBTI community just two weeks ago and stood themselves down from playing on moral grounds.
A clip of the try celebration, which was moments later ruled out over a knock-on, was then shared by western Sydney rapper and alleged senior member of the Alameddine gang Ali ‘Ay Huncho’ Younes.
“6 side king,” wrote Younes, tagging Fainu and Olakau’atu.
Schuster also showed his support for Fainu, with the initials MF scribbled on his wrist. “See ya soon my toko (brother in Tongan),” he shared on Instagram.
Didn't Fif get in the crap and there were calls for him to be suspended etc for having stuff written on his strapping? So these blokes have writting on their strapping in the same way, to show support for a mate of theirs who is going to do jail time, and also throwing some sort of gang related sign.
So...will there be the same outcry? Curious.