Former Maori & Junior All Black found guilty after SFO investigation

Former Junior & Maori All Black Matene Love pleaded guilty to one charge under Section 4 of the Secret Commissions Act back on September 21 last year. 

The reason why this charge, and his sentencing to six months' home detention, has only just surfaced is his father Sir Ngatata Love is currently up for similar charges.  

Love junior accepting a secret commission from the same developer linked to his old man who is about to stand trial for defrauding the iwi his once was the leader of. 

One presumes Matene no longer runs Maori business programme at Victoria University. 

During the same period of his SFO investigation Love Jnr was the Rugby Development Office at Palmerston North Boys High.   

Rugby Clubs and Schools love (pun intended) to laud the ‘exploits’ of their old-boys. 

I’m more than happy to ‘put up in lights’ Matene Love also has links to: Manawatu, N.Z Maoris, Wanganui and let’s not forget Palmerston North HSOB for good measure.  

They too can be proud.

Homophobic Slurs – A Normal Day in N.Z Rugby

Rugby is possibly the world’s most homophobic sport. 

Most certainly the most homophobic sport in N.Z.   

Little wonder the number of known gay All Blacks sits at zero. 

Little wonder to read reports of homophobic slurs coming out of the mouths of leading players. 

Probably not even newsworthy given it’s the norm in Michael Allardice’s sporting circles. 

 

It's great the mainstream press is giving him stick but in reality it won't change rugby 'kulture' in New Zealand.  

School’s National Championship 1st XV Coach Done for Assault

Robert Simpkins (a.k.a Robert Ngarimu) was a hooker for the Bay of Plenty Steamers NPC at one stage. 

 

Let's not forget North Harbour and The Chiefs for good measure. 

Since his retirement from the sport he’s now turned his hands, as in clenched, to coaching rugby. 

To the highest level you can in N.Z Schoolboys.  

He’s the coach of the current N.Z champs; Rotorua Boys High. 

Well up-till last Friday that was.  

Him and his old-man have just pled guilty to two charges of assault on a child under 14 and one charge of injuring to injure – if the later charge makes sense?  

Far be it for moi to suggest this affair may well make him an even more a suitable candidate to coach rugby in this country.

 

The gory details can be located here. 

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.   

St Bede's College Rugby: A History of Violence and Abuse.

In a country where being the captain of the national rugby team bestows you the title of ‘New Zealander of The Year’ it will come as little surprise that secondary schools get all weak at the knees over the performance of their first fifteens. 

More-ever secondary schools jump at the chance to publicise success of their rugby teams, even offering scholarships for top players, rather than say top mathematicians. 

I mean who really cares about trifling matters like scholastic subjects?  

So parading and lauding your top rugby players as being the epitome of what the school represents is the norm. 

More-so single sex boy’s schools. 

Like St Bede's College a private integrated Catholic boys-high school down in Christchurch.  

If the school name sounds familiar think two litigious parents and that rowing coach the southern decile 9 so-called college left out to dry. 

St Bede's Rugby has a history of serious off-field violence, controversy which ‘the wider Bedean’ family would rather was wiped under the carpet.  

Beadeans as they gormlessly like to be known and the rugby community would rather prefer we knew just about their ex best-in-show All Blacks, sundry old-boys that have done good. 

 

Not scum-bags who use to scrum down.   

Diddums to that revisionist approach.   

Not least the 2005 assault of the current rector by what was termed by The Christchurch Press at the time as; ‘two unknown mystery assailants.’  

Really Rector Justin Boyle?  

Hand on a St James bible?    

Far be it for me to suggest these two thugs were ‘sporty-type’ ex pupils of Mr Boyle and the case stalled because of the ‘tarnishing’ scandal that would ensued had it gone to court and everyone knew how some St Bede's old-boys act.     

Then there was the brutal assault by the former captain of the St Bede's first XV captain in 2010. A charge which was upgraded to injuring in circumstances where, if death had occurred, he would have been guilty of manslaughter. 

A year later after losing to Wesley College (Pukekohe) members of the St Bede's First VX aided by fellow pupils engaged in on-line racial abuse.

Now we come to the latest case, involving Tyrone Davies a player St Bede's ironically poached from another South Island school.  

Rugby junketing Davies is awaiting sentence in Ireland after admitting ‘glassing' a patron at a pub. 

That’s right he smashed a broken glass into some poor Irish punters face.  

Tyrone clearly benefited from the ‘core values’ instilled during his time at St Bede's College.  

What a disgraceful legacy St Bedes has produced from its rugby ranks.