Club Statement: Spencer Leniu - Leniu enters Guilty Plea

[King Salvo]

7.23pm: McLeod said a four-game penalty would send a significant message while taking into account Leniu’s contrition and remorse, as well as a lack of understanding of the severity of the word.

He also said Warriors winger Marcelo Montoya received a four-week suspension for a homophobic slur in 2022 and it would be consistent for Leniu to receive the same penalty.

[Thirteen]

What round do we play the broncos again?

Get there if you can. There will be fireworks!

[SamKerrSimp]

It was reported on NRL 360 that Ezra Mam has asked for certain parts of his 12 paragraph statement given to the NRL judiciary to be withheld from public record and that wish has been granted what could he possibly want hidden from the public record when he's simply giving his version of events that happened on the field? I wonder

[rented tracksuit]

It was reported on NRL 360 that Ezra Mam has asked for certain parts of his 12 paragraph statement given to the NRL judiciary to be withheld from public record and that wish has been granted what could he possibly want hidden from the public record when he's simply giving his version of events that happened on the field? I wonder

Not fact but my ‘guess’ would be his original comments weren’t exactly becoming of a rough and tough footy player but his sledging isn’t as important as the indigenous spotlight Spencer finds himself in so we go with the one that makes a bigger headline.

[SamKerrSimp]

Get there if you can. There will be fireworks!

Brisbane fans will be extra feral than usual

[King Salvo]

7.23PM: ROOSTERS CALL FOR FOUR-WEEK BAN

Roosters asking the panel to consider a language issue within the NRL that needs to be stamped out, that dark-skinned players use slang words with each other casually, and that in this instance it’s caused offence.

Says it would be out of step for the panel to impose a penalty greater than the four weeks Marcelo Montoya copped for using a homophobic slur two years ago.

[King Salvo]

7.30PM: NRL COUNTERS MONTOYA ARGUMENT

NRL points out the difference between the Montoya sentence and this one. The homophobic slur was picked up on a referees microphone and no complaint was made by the player, Kyle Feldt. Nor did he say he was offended.

[King Salvo]

7.33pm: Gyles countered: “The submission that a racial remark came from someone with dark skin makes it less significant, is wrong.

"In the Montoya case the player who the comment was made to, there was no suggestion that he was homosexual or was offended by the comment.”

[King Salvo]

7.34pm: NRL judiciary chair Geoff Bellew told panel members they must determine if Leniu had said the words as a racial remark.

He told them to ignore any media reports since the game in Vegas on March 3.

[Spirit of 66]

I see this heading towards a six week ban - half way between what the prosecutor has asked for and what the defence says is reasonable. I suspect this was decided long ago.

[Thirteen]

I see this heading towards a six week ban - half way between what the prosecutor has asked for and what the defence says is reasonable. I suspect this was decided long ago.

I agree.

[Mr Whippet]

Brisbane fans will be extra feral than usual

Especially if we beat them on their home turf.

[Thirteen]

Brisbane fans will be extra feral than usual

Not sure that this is possible.

[King Salvo]

7.46pm: The hearing has adjourned while the panel deliberates to determine the length of Leniu's ban.

[Thirteen]

I see this heading towards a six week ban - half way between what the prosecutor has asked for and what the defence says is reasonable. I suspect this was decided long ago.

Or will they go 5 or 7 weeks so they don’t just appear to have gone straight down the middle.

I just want Spencer for the Suncorp game.