Sydney Morning Herald: Former Australian rugby league international John Hopoate was banned for 12 weeks Wednesday after being found guilty of "interfering" with opponents.
The Wests Tigers winger was said to have jammed his fingers into the anusses of three North Queensland players during a match last weekend. NRL judiciary commissioner Jim Hall said: "I must say in my 45 years involvement in rugby league I've never come across a more disgusting allegation than I've had to deal with now."
Hopoate denied the charges, but television replays appeared to support them. Hopoate, who is as well known for his antics off the field as his ability to score tries on it, continued his protest, saying he thought he had nothing to answer for.
"I'm a great believer in what happens on the field should stay there," he said.
But the graphic accounts of Hopoate's three victims helped condemn the giant Tongan-born winger to another lengthy suspension. "There was pressure there. I know he wasn't doing it accidentally. He was definitely pushing," said North Queensland player Paul Bowman. "I was disgusted. I couldn't believe it."
2 comments:
WTF??? That happened in 2001 already!! Is that what you Aussies call News?
Um, don't remember saying it was "News" and am most aware that it happened a few years ago. Hadn't seen the image around for a while and not at all on the Queer Click Stickys, so thought it was worth a revisit.
But while we're critiquing Australia, what foreign-invasion quagmire are you-all Yankees gonna drag us down-under dummies into next?
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