N.Z Rugby is Homophobic? You gotta be kidding me!

It’s early days on this 2^nd alleged Cape Town incident The Crusaders players were involved-in over two weekends.

That’s right, the holy-than-though rugby franchise with a culture 2^nd to none.

Two incidents in two weekends. 

Good going, even by N.Z Rugby standards. 

The security footage from McDonalds that night will prove or disprove whether this"physically intimidating" behaviour occurred as stated.

Or it’s just a selfie gone wrong?

If it’s the former, All Black George Bridge’s World Cup may be over before he puts his boots on.

It’s also nice to see how much support there is for the potential victim of the alleged incident.

N.Z Rugby fans have peppered his Instagram page with abuse!

That will hearten his resolve one thinks. 

Boorish Drunken Behaviour from Crusaders & All Black player Richie Mo'unga in S.A

Boy oh boy, what a memorable tour The Crusaders have had to The Republic of S.A.

Read, what the local media terms as ‘Fresh Allegations’.  

Inappropriate touching is a euphemistic term for groping.   

Spitting beer at people?

Animalistic. 

Surely, this can’t be a player from the rugby franchise which considers itself to have a sporting culture above even The Vatican’s Sunday Soccer team.

 "I'm really sorry for that I'm not aware that I did that. Obviously was intoxicated and should've gone home long before that stage, I'm sorry to you and your friends and want to assure you I don't condone that behaviour and am sorry about that"  

Now, is this the reply of someone facing a false allegation, simple case of mistaken identity? 

N.Z Rugby players and management have made understatements like this into an art form.

They have the benefit of heaps of experience, I guess.   

Should I mention that Richie Mo'unga is also an All Black?

Or, is that just taken as a given?  

Here's a suggestion for the sport.

Why not instigate a Rugby Respect and Inclusion project? 

French Court hears how 45 Test All Black Physically & Mentally Abused his wife

Evidently all Kiwi’s want their sons to grow-up to be an All Black in the mold of Carl Hayman.

They breed them tough in Otago. 

See look. 

Who wouldn’t want to have a son like him, eh?

Go weak at the knees at the thought of your daughter marrying a bloke like 'Hard-Man Haymam'?  

Hell, if you play it right you could get The New Zealand Women’s Weekly to pay you ‘an undisclosed amount’ for the wedding day photos.

They can do wonders these-days disguising bruises.

Regan King Con All Black

The BBC Wales is reporting ex All Black Regan King owes five women and two men, money. 

The complainants come from Wales, Australia and New Zealand. 

Money he allegedly duped out of them with bull-shit stories, like his divorce proceedings were frozen.  

“Look at me I’m an ex All Black and an elite professional rugby player” 

Who likes to gamble.

Apparently. 

Well it’s more than apparently. 

Seven people with the same claims can’t all be wrong.

 

Kings lawyers have yet to sue all the media outlets running the same story-line. 

 

"Woe is me, lend me money and I'll pay you back"   

 

Including the N.Z Herald.

 

Nor for that matter launched proceedings against his victims for defamation. 

 

Regan King Con.   

 

 

Another day another pissed-up All Black, no make that All Blacks

Just a few beers claims Jordie Barrett.

"I had a couple drinks in town with mates and basically can recall everything that happened that night and I was not intoxicated".

Pull the other-one Jordie. 

Not even the most staunch All Black fan believes you simply walked into the wrong flat in the wee smalls because of a simple mix-up, unmitigated by your alcohol consumption. 

You went out drinking into the early hours and only “had a couple”? 

Maccers is the AB breakfast of choice and any aspiring junior player should take note.  

The Tui beer marketing company could have a field-day.

You and your mate were too-pissed to tell where you were, seems to fit the bill.

That is what anyone with half-a-brain-cell thinks is what happened.

But wait there’s more, the night after in what are called hi-jinks by All Blacks and Blues winger Rieko Loane.

Loane ends-up with a cut above his eye in an incident with an unnamed team-mate at an after-match piss-up.

Ooops typo sorry, I meant ‘private function’ it could never be a piss-up because these are top professional athletes with strict protocols.

I can't find any media report to indicate if Loane got Maccers on the way to or from hospital? 

They play in the most successful international sporting team on the planet we are told by N.Z Rugby's marketing department & N.Z media. 

Which are locked at the hip. 

 

Now picture the German World Cup Soccer Squad getting ready for camp and two of their players getting involved in similar incidences.  

These two would be out of the Russian tournament before it started.

Disgraced by their actions, they would be dumped.

Contrastingly these two muppets will be playing test rugby next weekend.

Former All Black Prop Pleads Guilty to Drink Driving

Prop forward Tony Woodcock scored the match winning try in the 2011 World Cup Final. 

Has had public honours lauded upon his massive frame.

Well, he was fingered in March for drink driving.    

This incident won’t register with the N.Z public.   

 

Just the try.

Former All Blacks Player & Coach’s business going down the gurgler

The report on the state of Dunedinite Laurie Mains company Clan Construction is in today’s OTD. 

READ 

He owns 70 per cent and is the sole director, the buck stops with him. 

His protestations he has nothing to do with the company “I’ve had nothing to do with the business” clearly don’t wash with the creditors, nor myself.      

Mains is the Godfather of the sport of rugby in the region.  

Mains is a recipient of an Order of Merit for Services to Rugby. 

That will mean little to the small businesses compromised by the actions of his company.  

If he had any integrity he’ll dip into his own pocket and ‘do the right thing’.  

Clearly just joking on that last one.   

 

The vast majority of folk in Otago will still fawn over him.   

 

Now there’s a 4th Ex All Black in France facing trouble in the same year!

As I’ve said before, if all New Zealanders that visited France acted in the same fashion as our prized AB’s then we’d all be banned!  

We'd be put on the same list as ISIS. 

So far in the same calendar year we've had cocaine possession, accusations of gang rape, slapping the mrs around and now a good ol’ fashioned brawl. 

More about Jason Eaton here.   

 

Is it really necessary to indicate alcohol was involved?

 

Let's just take that as read

 

Just how far through the French penal code book are these ex AB's? 

 

Respect and Responsibility as long as you don’t happen to be a fag, eh Lima?

All Black Lima Sopoaga should engage his brain before telling the world of Instagramers what we already know.

All Blacks hate fags. 

The teams’ manly reputation is built on strictly heterosexual lines only. 

The number of outed All Black homosexuals sits at zero. 

Naturally the All Blacks want it to stay that way.  

 

The hits keep coming for N.Z Rugby.

N.Z media dubbed 2016 an annus horribilis for N.Z Rugby for what they like to term ‘off field incidences’. 

'Off field incidences' = anti-social, criminal behaviour. 

 

Well so far 2017 has trumped 2016 in spades.   

 

Media bias in favour of Rugby plumbs new depths

 

When is an ‘ex’ All Black not an ‘ex’ All Black? 

Firstly, when he goes to a different sporting code his history is wiped.  

 

Especially, when 'Mr X AB' gets into trouble. 

So rather than a headline which should read “Ex All Black star Matthew Ridge's car wash business pays up to migrant employees”   

Instead we get Lincoln Tan in the N.Z Herald telling us "Ex-league star Matthew Ridge's car wash business pays up to migrant employees”

Link HERE.

More ‘crawly’ and embarrassing journalism from the N.Z Media.   

If Kiwi visitors to France acted like professional rugby players we’d all be banned!

As if two cases in less than a month in France involving ex All Blacks wasn’t enough for the French judiciary to deal with – there’s a third.  

And this offender, Byron Kelleher, is a serial offender in the truest sense of the term. 

Kelleher is no stranger to how the French courts work. 

The latest is domestic violence related.   

And it goes without saying he was liquored to the eyeballs.   

French Judiciary will surely be contemplating building a special court just for cases involving ex All Blacks?  

These rugby buffoons are trashing our country’s reputation in France. 

All the N.Z Rugby Union can say is “we are disappointed” and constantly allude to the fictional line ‘this is a societal issue’. 

If all Kiwi passport holders acted like professional rugby players we’d be carte blanche banned from entering France, using the same rationale as English soccer hooligans. 

 

Footnote: Seriously give me a break with this constant offending would you? Don’t you know this isn’t my full-time job, try acting like good citizens for once. It’s like a full-time job keeping this site up-dated. There’s another two articles I need to post and frankly I would prefer to be doing other stuff. 

   

 

Ali Williams suspected of possessing cocaine in France

French Rugby Club Racing 92, must be lamenting its Kiwi squad additions as news breaks Ali Williams has been arrested in Paris for allegedly possessing cocaine. 

Reports out of France suggest Williams allegedly tried to throw away several packets containing cocaine after being approached by plain clothes police officers outside a nightclub near the Arc de Triomphe.  

He was also allegedly found to be heavily intoxicated, detained by Police.  

I’ve used the term allegedly a few times here. 

My lawyer is only good at conveyance, not litigation.  

But any mainstream media running this story must have fairly good ‘oil’.  

2017 is turning into a annus horribilis for N.Z Rugby.  

 

A 'super' rugby year for me.

 

Sorry couldn't resist that.

Two big-name All Blacks collared by French gendarmerie in what a week?

 

 

Rugby God Caught Pissed behind the wheel

 

When it comes to Rugby Royalty ‘demi-Gods’ they don’t get any bigger that Dan Carter. 

World Player of the Year at one point.  

Caught pissed behind the wheel in Paris, where rugby is the sporting equivalent of say hockey in N.Z.

Twice the allowable level. 

Carrying no licence.  

The French judiciary will court no favours.   

The hits keep coming.  

What a stellar year it’s looking for this blog!

 

Tuipulotu’s alleged positive drug test will have HUGE ramifications

Sponsors hate having their names tarnished.  

For example in the case of Losi Filipo, Wellington Rugby buckled in part under threats sponsors would pull-out unless he was dumped. 

One global sponsor that takes a hard-line on its athletes taking drugs is Adidas. 

The International Association of Athletics Federation and Tyson Gay have recently had their lucrative deals put through their Bavarian shredder.   

So how will Kasper Rorsted (CEO Adidas) be feeling as he thumbs through Das Spiegel to find All Blacks lock Patrick Tuipulotu has reportedly been caught using a banned substance? 

 

Read the initial story here.   

What sort of drugs/chemical substances we don’t know at this stage.

One would presume ‘performance enhancing’ for example would be viewed in a very, very dim light. 

Were Tuipulotu to be found – these are only allegations at this stage – to be using a performance enhancing substance as opposed to getting caught-out smoking a joint whilst listening to Pink Floyd, this has the potential to develop into a major embarrassing issue for N.Z Rugby.

And they damn well know it. 

That’s why NZ Rugby and ’s local union. Auckland, have been plying the line since November that he’s simply had an "on-going personal matter".     

This from an entity which brandishes the words ‘standards’  and ‘professionalism’ like confetti from Richie McCaws wedding.  

What action will the International Rugby Board take? 

Protocols dictate they know the moment any professional player tests positive even for recreational use.

Especially one playing in the world’s top ranked team. 

The World Rugby dot org site is strangely silent? 

Perhaps they were trying to think of something more original than “on-going personal matter”? 

But now the story has broken.

 

This has legs, ten-times the size of Tuipulotu's.  

It will now run and run despite obvious attempts by N.Z Rugby to snuff-it-out and hide it in the closet.  

Steve Tew will be forced to front the media today. 

"Steve, when did you first know of this positive test?"

"Did Patrick play any games after the positive test was first reported?" 

"What sort of banned substances are we talking here Steve? Recreational or performance enhancing?"

Don't think you'll get a straight answer to any of these pertinent questions. 

Not right away.

But it will all come-out.  

This comes close after the failed Wellingtons Seven’s and my bet is Tew’s time is up.

 

Potentially this could be the most embarrassing thing to happen to N.Z Rugby in the professional era depending on what the banned substance was, when it was first discovered.  

Tarnishing the All Black name forever.

Up-Date Friday 10^th February: The B-Test for a performance enhancing drug came in negative. Apparently 1 positive + 1 negative = you are off the hook. I bet the cycling fraternity would look at this ‘benefit of the doubt’ decision and shake their heads. Sure, mistakes can occur in the testing process, but from the same sample? What are the chances? What exactly was the drug involved? Something you could innocently acquire off the Chemist shelf, or more nefarious akin to under-the-table body-building supplement? Kindly point it out to us on the World Anti-Doping Agency's 2016 Prohibited List.  Why call a positive drug test ‘personal reasons’ when the next time an All Black has to depart from a tour if say his child is sick, the public could think “that’s a smoke-screen”? Why wait so long for the B Sample to be tested? Why, when the news media askes these questions no-one can get a straight answer? One could feel they are hiding something were one was a nasty prick. Not me though.           

 

   

All Black Hot-Head Allegedly Starts Brawl and then Scarpers.

Malakai Fekitoa admits he has anger management issues. 

Yet, he wants us to believe he didn’t start a fight at a Seven’s tournament back in his own stomping ground over Christmas. 

 

Writer makes 'ah-hmm' noise as if removing something from his throat.   

LINK

Then if reports are correct does a runner and blames it on petty jealousy. 

I know who I believe. 

The locals.    

 

Footnote: Great start to the year guys. Two articles in two weeks and the season hasn’t even begun.

N.Z Rugby should start an enquiry to get to the bottom of this. Oh that’s right - they have. Not that you’d know it. It's looking like a bumper year for me.

Aaron Smith Spreads the All Black Kulture all up the toilet wall

For the record what Aaron Smith gets up-to in his own time is his own business. 

He only has to answer to himself and his family for his conduct.  

But this loo-shagging incident wasn’t on his watch. 

He was representing his sport at the time. 

 

In the public domain.

Yet again (starts to yawn, think about grabbing a coffee) All Black management were questioned about this incident before it became more than internet gossip and they did what they normally do: wait and hope it goes away. 

This all took place on September the 18^th after-all.  

 

Half if not all the team knew what went on within minutes.   

Kiwi’s hear ad nauseum about The All Black culture as if it was something to aspire to. 

This team is world-beaters, not because rugby is secondary sport in many countries, but because of this special culture.    

Well Aaron Smith is currently doing a brilliant job of spreading this culture globally.

 

Still, it can't be said that Aaron isn't one not to spread his love.

 

Just ask the cleaners at Christchurch Airport.

 

The Age in Melbourne.

 

Bangkok Post.

 

BBC

 

Irish Times

 

Le Matin (France)

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

Rene Ranger adds to AB’s illustrious history

Booze.

Drink Driving.

All Black.

Next I'll be blogging about it snowing in Russia during winter.

Troy Favell wants Kiwis to “Do as I say, not as I do”

Kiwis are very forgiving people. 

We appreciate that people make mistakes. 

Like former All Black Troy Favell who this week plead guilty to a count of driving with excess breath alcohol.  

Hankies at the ready.

 

Favell wants the whole country to know "I made a terrible, disgusting mistake and an embarrassingly poor decision. Obviously my actions come with consequences and I want to take that on the chin and move forward from this. I want to urge young people to understand - don't get behind the wheel after drinking."

 

Not a dry eye in the court that day.

 

Only Troy forgot to mention in his pleading for forgiveness, that this is the second time he’s been caught DIC, the last time was 1995. 

Do as I say not as I do.  

Then there’s also the little matter of last time he appeared in court. 

No not 1995.  

In 2004 when he admitted assaulting a 23-year-old man.  

His lawyer must love recidivist buffoons like him.

 

Ex All Black Destroys Image of all Kiwis in France

Drunken destruction and domestic violence. 

Hmmm? 

Where have I heard those terms before in relation to a N.Z sportsman? 

Give me a starter for 10. 

Oh that’s right, now I remember!   

And if one was to visit Byron Kelleher’s rugby themed pub in Toulouse – what would I expect in terms of a customer experience?  

Punch bags with dresses?  

Roman Vomitorium?  

Hopefully it will be 3^rd time unlucky with the French judiciary for Byron Kelleher.

 

His girlfriend won't need to 'fear his reprisals' knowing he's behind bars, facing deportation.   

Hung-over All Black Misses the Team Flight

The All Blacks are held up as some template for sporting professionalism in New Zealand.   

They set the bench mark. 

New Zealanders are constantly bombarded with AB’s in adverts from cell-phones to deodorant sticks. 

Even booze sales which is rather fitting given the propensity of the players like Aaron Cruden to use the product to excess.   

“It’s out of character”. 

That’s why my site never has anything to write about.