Club Statement: Spencer Leniu - Leniu enters Guilty Plea

[milanja]

Choc the voice of reason.

Should carry the most weight too, happy with a fine and some cultural awareness seminars.

lets get back to the footy.

[mightyrooster]

Choc the voice of reason.

Agree.

[Dr. Voodoo Man]

Should carry the most weight too, happy with a fine and some cultural awareness seminars.

lets get back to the footy.

Have you heard black people roast the hell out of other black people? They say wild shit. On one hand it's a black on black incident on the other they are from different cultures. Any player who got in trouble during the LAS vegas showcase was going to be crucified.

[Random Rooster]

I think Spencer will receive a 8 week suspension and 50k fine plus compulsory participation is some sort of cultural awareness program as a minimum.

The Roosters play the Broncos again in Round 9, and despite people saying it will be a very marketable game if Spencer plays, I don't think the NRL would want any fallout from that game becoming headline stories.

Why would Spencer cop 8 weeks when Montoya did 4? What sort of message does it send if he gets more than 4 weeks ...that a homophobic sledge is not as bad as a racist sledge?

4 weeks is a hefty sentence and a strong deterrent.

Spencer deserves our support- like a man he owned it. . Already I love the enthusiasm and aggression that he brings to the team....it also takes a bit of heat off our best forward Lindsay Collins.

[Billy Gunn]

What will the clubs strategy on Monday? Will they apologise and plea for leniency? Or do they downplay the scale of the offense?

Will the fact he offered to fly up and meet face-to-face with Ezra reduce the sentence or do we just have to accept a ridiculous sentence?

[JAF]

Wouldn’t it be interesting if Mam called Spencer a “coconut” at any time during the game (like he allegedly did during last year’s GF)??

This would mean that they both should receive exactly the SAME punishment!!

Waiting for Fatrell’s response would be gold!!

But anyway, back on topic - I believe 4 weeks max and a $20k fine would be a reasonable punishment

[Jacks Fur Coat]

I stand corrected. I reckon I'm not the only person who thought that. I remember her running around at the Olympics waving an indigenous flag. Have a look at all the roles her now in prison brother had with various indigenous bodies back in his west coast days. Keep your shirt on bro

I don't care whether she's indigenous or not. The problem is people saying her comments weren't racist, while at the same time having conniptions about Spencer's comment.

[bondi paul]

Irrespective of what was said or meant, not even a week has passed has seen the commencement of tabloid media stories for another 31 weeks by the appointed NRL journo queens and pathetic freelancers posing as journos on whatever medium. If the NRL plays with its moral compass it will certainly interesting because they benefit financially.

[rcptn]

Sam scammer Kerr letting everybody think she is aboriginal when her mother is Indian and her father British.

[rcptn]

Just checked on Mary Fowler another Matilda father born in Ireland mother born in PNG.

[rented tracksuit]

I’m more a coffee at 11am kinda guy

Too many witnesses.

[rented tracksuit]

And anyway, the Broncos were just after a penalty Mam just got caught up in it all.
It wasn't even Mam going off it was Walters a white guy trying to make something out of not very much.
Go back and watch the video.

Walter’s is a stupid white…. Even Broncos fans hate him.

[King Salvo]

Why would Spencer cop 8 weeks when Montoya did 4? What sort of message does it send if he gets more than 4 weeks ...that a homophobic sledge is not as bad as a racist sledge?

4 weeks is a hefty sentence and a strong deterrent.

Spencer deserves our support- like a man he owned it. . Already I love the enthusiasm and aggression that he brings to the team....it also takes a bit of heat off our best forward Lindsay Collins.

Montoya said to Feldt "Get up Kyle you faggot" when he thought he was milking it - i.e injury or looking for a penalty

They will find a way - the following will come into play I assume

Because of where the game was played
The effect it had on the player subject to the slur
The Bad Press the game received
Spencer's Post Match Interview
Hotel Fracas - 2 different versions of what happened though
Spencer's Cousins Post

[The Marshall]

To the best of my knowledge, Spencer Leniu didn't take two junior players out with him, against the express instruction of the coach, to say what he said to Mam.

what I am saying is that Pearce got 8 games for a stupid drunken simulation of a sex act. He didn’t do anything wrong other than be a pissed fool. Do you think that deserves 8 games.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Being reported that Spencer has made an offer to fly to Brisbane and break bread with Ezra, but he has rejected it. Sounds like a good bloke.