Kurtley Beale

[Pfitzy]

Heres some news. Makes some interesting claims:
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...101595086?nk=e377c2430faf2276b57592ee943a7124

News? Fuck that's just an absolute mocking of the ARU. I love this phrase especially - the implications that ARU moles are undermining the hierarchy is making the whole place a joke:

The ARU subsequently leaked those six messages, again without matching them to Beale’s phone records.

 

[Tip]

So he's getting a 40k fine for sending a picture of a obese, naked woman with a caption "Di" to everyone in his team, including the woman herself.

That's cool. Move along people.

The big incoming shitstorm is when Chieka picks Beale at 12 and leaves Cooper out of the team for the next 5 games.

 

[Tangawizi]

Kurtley's new nickname should be the Transformer.

Coz to get off yet again there's clearly much "more than meets the eye" going on with him.

 

[qwerty51]

Can tell the ARU is offside with Fairfax haha.

 

[matt james]

I get so angry reading Rebecca Wilson's articles.
It is now accepted that Beale sent a picture of an obese naked woman with Di's name attached to Di.
Wilson considered this a "silly schoolboy prank had gone awry". Bullshit.
I fail to see how you can trivialise what Beale sent to the extent that people clearly have. Coupled with his past history this latest incident surely should have been enough to terminate his ARU contract or at the very least suspend him from the current touring party.
He is a lucky lucky man

 

[Pfitzy]

Article written by Rebecca Wilson. Love her expertise:

To my mind, Pulver’s handling of this mess suggests he needs more experience as a chief executive in order to fulfil his role.

 

[Train Without a Station]

So he sent the message, with the pic, labelling it "Di"? But somebody else said "who wants to have a go at fucking this?". Fuck me, I'm pretty sure the first one was just as offensive as the second. To draw a difference between the 2 makes a mockery of the supposed standards they claim to hold.

 

[Train Without a Station]

And who sent the second? When's they're code of conduct hearing?

 

[ACT Crusader]

I'm not sure about that. From the footage on the news all the players were at the airport and he was asked questions as he was standing in the departures hall. From what I saw on the news he didn't say anything that anyone could construe as either criticising the process or criticising the victim/s.

Really anyone trying to find fault in what he said is doing just that - trying to find a fault. Plenty of things haven't been done well in this whole fiasco, this isn't one of them.

Hey QH, thanks for clarifying. I didn't see the footage, just read the print.

Look I'm not overly critical of Foley and wasn't of Hooper (put it down to lack of experience and poor choice of words), but with this latest development I can guarantee everyone will be singing from the same song sheet from now on......

 

[Quick Hands]

All rage goes to Mark Williams, David Giffin and Dominic Villa

Don't you love the Pulver sidestep.

Talk about all care and no responsibility.

 

[ArmchairGeneral]

So who's distributing the Justice4Di armbands??

 

[cornetto]

If half of what RW says in that article is true then that really is going to be a very interesting chapter in Links book.

TWAS - the texter was on the grassy knoll.....

 

[Joe Blow]

And who sent the second? When's they're code of conduct hearing?

PLEASE........NO

 

[Quick Hands]

And who sent the second? When's they're code of conduct hearing?

The elusive second sender.

 

[AnthemX1]

Australian rugby needs Chemo

 

[Train Without a Station]

PLEASE....NO

I guess. What's the point after tonight.

 

[nugget]

There goes the last remaining female rugby fan...

 

[qwerty51]

If he goes on the tour and plays most of the games, he'll make 40k.

 

[USARugger]

If he goes on the tour and plays most of the games, he'll make 40k.

And he'll be pulling absolutely none of it from the Ireland v. Aus ticket I'm no longer purchasing.

The ARU is actually run by a pack of monkeys in suits.

 

[Pfitzy]

So he sent the message, with the pic, labelling it "Di"? But somebody else said "who wants to have a go at fucking this?". Fuck me, I'm pretty sure the first one was just as offensive as the second. To draw a difference between the 2 makes a mockery of the supposed standards they claim to hold.

TWAS - we've had a few disagreements lately, but trust me when I say:

I am as gobsmacked as you are about this. And more than a little shitty.

But this was predicted as soon as the words "70 page submission" popped up in the news feeds.

This was never about proving Kurtley "innocent" - it was about lowering the standard of all those around him until he didn't look like shit any more.