Alleged Wife Beater Makes All Black Training Squad

Julian Savea who faces a domestic assault charge ( a.k.a slapping the mrs about) could be representing New Zealand in Rugby when the All Blacks play France next month, first game 08^th June.  

Savea is due back in court tomorrow (15^th May) 

The first AB training camp runs from Sunday to next Tuesday.  

He’s still playing rugby for The Hurricanes whilst on bail.   

Ask yourself; does an innocent man tearfully apologise on television to his victim, family etc in the company of his employers and get let-off?  

Have the All Blacks no shame in their brand allowing him to remain in the squad given he has all but admitted the crime "doing wrong"? 

What do female rugby followers think about Savea’s inclusion?  

 

Why doesn't the mainstream media 'climb into' the NZRFU over this?

Aaron Gilmore had to resign from Parliament after a public out-cry over a few drunken barbs thrown at a waiter.

Julian Savea can, if proven guilty, can get convicted of domestic assault against his wife/partner and  play for the All Blacks yet no-one bats a bloody eyelid!   

Especially not his employers.

Up-Date Friday 25th: Police withdraw charges after apology and completion of a diversion programme. What more did you expect when an AB comes to court?  

 

 

 

Another Day and another New Zealand Professional Rugby Thug

At time I feel like I’m fighting a losing battle trying to expose the disproportionate amount of thuggery and criminality in New Zealand professional rugby.  

The Kiwi public are ironically quick to turn-on a MP who gets drunk in a restaurant and gives the waiter a bit of stick.  

This pissed parliamentarian didn’t (allegedly) put someone in hospital with critical conditions.  

He's not facing two charges of assault.

The media commentators, politicians of all persuasions, mums over tea cups and blokes in pubs all wanted Aaron Gilmores guts for garters. 

Who in the media, in parliament in blogging circles etc is now demanding NZRFU/Auckland Rugby dismiss George Moala?  

No one!  

The lack of caring, empathy indicates the general public in New Zealand are suffering en masse Stockholm Syndrome. 

New Zealanders are so conditioned to seeing professional rugby players in court they don’t give it a second thought.    

It’s only half way through the S15 season and three N.Z franchise players alone have come to the attention of the Police.  

Players' union boss fantasies rugby professionals in N.Z are uniquely predisposed to suffer behavioural and mental challenges because of factors such as performance and selection anxiety, loneliness, relationship stress, substance abuse, stress and a lack of social support. 

So these reasons, pick one any one, are why one of Rob Nicholls charges went out and (allegedly) beat the living shit of some guy outside a nightclub in the wee smalls. 

It’s all good Rob, probably selection anxiety was behind it eh mate?  

 

Fuck the victim we need him for Saturday's game which he's still due to play!      

Without sounding like a broken record why don’t we read with the same disturbing frequency New Zealanders playing professional soccer overseas coming in front of the courts in say England and Europe? 

Soccer players face greater issues than rugby players in New Zealand playing a more competitive code, living overseas well away from their so called ‘social support’and with the tabloid-press ready to pounce on the most trivial foible. 

Why aren’t professional soccer players beating-up their partners or some bloke outside a pub Rob (the clouds are a different colour in the world I live in) Nichol??  

It is high time New Zealanders, media and public alike, treated rugby criminality seriously and the NZFU admitted it has a serious endemic problem.  

 

Footnote: I am at pains to indicate the way to make this site disappear, wither at the vine is for professional rugby players in New Zealand to respect the laws of the land. Fat chance of that happening any-time soon. All players are considered innocent until we hear otherwise.  

 

Who blames The French for not wanting Zac Guildford?

So much for Guilford returning the recent faith shown to him by The Crusaders and NZRU, eh?  

His agent has been sniffing around for a lucrative off-shore deal.  

Guildford has hardly fired a shot in the Super 15.

 

His ‘stock’ on the field has been falling faster than Hanover Finance.   

Sadly for Zac the news out of Europe is French champs Stade Francais don’t want him in their ranks. 

Who blames the French, Japanese likewise? 

He’s an off-field liability and prospective clubs treat drunken escapades like his far more harshly there than here in N.Z where he gets paid to go to rehab.  

England must be the only bolt-hole left for him once he turns his back on N.Z Rugby.  

Ex Maori All Black jailed for stealing pokie grant money given to help Junior Rugby!

A former Maori All Black Lindsay Raki was sentenced today to two years and nine months in jail for stealing pokies grant money totalling more than $300,000. 

The intended recipients of the grants that ended up in his account were the Manurewa High School Rugby Academy and Counties Manukau Youth Development Inc. 

Both groups were set-up to promote Youth Rugby.  

Raki, an accountant, was the Academy's financial controller. 

Raki was described by the judge as: “A dishonest witness who has in part woven an account that might accord with some legitimate documentation he can produce, and then created documents after the event to fill in the gaps and back up his story.”

No mention has been made as to restitution, $300,000 is a hell of a lot of money to embezzle. 

With good behaviour he’ll be out in little over a year. 

I would consider a year in low security jail for $300,000 – wouldn’t you?