Strife and times of the Sydney Roosters NRL club in 2009

[Adolf Fittler]

Strife and times of the Sydney Roosters NRL club in 2009:

March 17 - Hooker Jake Friend charged with high level drink driving. He was fined $A10,000 by the club and banned for two games by NRL. Friend was later disqualified from driving for 16 months by the court and fined $A850.

March 30 - Representative forwards Willie Mason and Nate Myles stood down for one game after breaking team rules by drinking alcohol on a non-authorised day.

May 8 - Forward Anthony Cherrington ordered to perform 150 hours of community service after pleading guilty to assaulting his then girlfriend Monique Mears in November 2008.

May 18 - Forward Willie Mason fined $A2000 for urinating in public place, after being caught by a photographer peeing on a wall outside a Double Bay pub.

June 20 - Coach Brad Fittler fines himself $A10,000 after he was discovered by police trying to gain access to the wrong room at the Townsville Holiday Inn at about 3am while heavily intoxicated.

June 29 - Hooker Jake Friend and winger Sandor Earl charged with assault following an incident at an inner Sydney nightclub in the early hours of the morning. Matter still before the courts.
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July 5 - Roosters Origin star Nate Myles suspended for six games and fined $A50,000 after defecating on the floor of a Central Coast hotel in the early hours after attending a junior rugby league function.

August 31 - Centre Setaimata Sa charged with assault, resisting arrest, failure to leave a licensed premises and malicious damage following an alleged incident at a Sydney hotel.

ROOSTERS' 2009 SCORECARD:

Off-field dramas - 8

NRL match wins 5

Ladder position: Last


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cant remember a team with this much scandal throughout the season....
what a disgrace to the club AND to past players that have doaned the jersey..

Are you ****ing kidding me!!??.......can you imagine the 2009 Roosters Men of League calendar if we can manage just another 4 more indiscretions!!?

It would set new sales records, be a wonderful souvenir of a groundbreaking season for the fans, and let everyone know what this club is all about!!

You might want to make sure Mum or the in-laws dont pay any surprise visits during July as explaining a glossy full colour photo in the kitchen of Big Nate backin a brown Cadillac out of the garage may prove awkward!!

The Useless Log splashin the boots in May could also prove troublesome.

[melon....]

What's wrong with Pearce? Friend seems like a decent kid too... I know plenty of people who have drunk then drive... doesn't make them trouble makers just stupid.

Cherrington well the jury is out, everyone deserves a second chance and he seems remorseful... it's the first case I can think of where a player has come out and put his hand up, copped the punishment on the chin and faced up to the media. What he did can't be forgiven but the way he has acted since the incident for me at least gives him another chance to prove himself.

The problem with Pearce is his ****wit mates the Foran Morons.
Now there's some trouble making dickheads.

[Guest]

Clearly there is no authority figure controlling what's happening within the team environment and team culture. I mentioned this before, Freddy shouldn't have been appointed head coach in the first place. It is the wrong mix to have a coach who has played with many of the players in the team. This takes away the authority needed to put some of the players into line, and I guess most of the players still saw Freddy as a team mate, more than the head coach.