NRL great Paul Gallen left bloodied after alleged pub brawl - Daily Telegraph

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Paul Gallen has denied throwing punches after footage emerged of the former Cronulla and NSW captain caught up in a scuffle at a pub on NSW’s south coast.

Gallen, now a commentator with the Nine Network, was captured in a 90-second video grappling with a patron at the Shoalhaven Heads Hotel last Friday night.

However, Gallen said he refrained from throwing a punch during the bar room scuffle.

“I didn’t throw a punch,” Gallen told **this masthead.**

“The video doesn’t show the entire situation.

“I’m more disappointed for putting myself in this situation.”

Fellow Nine employee Mark Levy was also at the establishment and attempted to pacify the situation. Levy could be heard saying: ‘Stop it. Enough, enough. Gal, stop’ as the former international is wrestled to the ground in front of astonished onlookers.

In a second video, Levy watches on as a bar staff member is seen wiping Gallen’s face with a cloth.

Someone in the pub then comments, “Thinks he’s mad”, before Gallen turns and charges towards the voice.

The former Sharks and Blues star appears to have a bloodied face in the video of the incident, which was obtained by The Daily Mail Australia.

Levy and Gallen are friends and work together on 2GB’s Continuous Call Team during the NRL season.

Gallen was one of rugby league’s biggest names as well as a prominent figure in the boxing community after fighting for the Australian heavyweight title.

He has since drawn the curtain on his boxing career after repeatedly turning down multimillion dollar offers to fight fellow cross-code star Sonny Bill Williams.

Gallen was believed to be staying on the south coast.
 
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