Rugby League 2014

Like batting and golf, it's all about the timing.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-considers-radical-changes-to-game-day-with-four-quarter-football-on-the-cards-phil-rothfield/story-fn2mcuj6-1227147534705

Clearly a cash grab.

Tell them to GFT.

sometimes I think JGK stands for Jeffrey Gibb Kennett...tell me aint so Mr K

Craig Field given 10 years gaol for manslaughter.


http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nrl-player-craig-field-sentenced-to-10-years-for-onepunch-killing-20141217-1298d0.html

JGK wrote:Craig Field given 10 years gaol for manslaughter.


http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nrl-player-craig-field-sentenced-to-10-years-for-onepunch-killing-20141217-1298d0.html

Fair call. No excuse for a 'Coward Punch'.

Aye. Nice to see a magistrate/judge upholding public expectations for once. He'll appeal and the sentence will be downgraded, but he should still do plenty of porridge.

Former State of Origin star Jason Smith charged for cocaine trafficking

January 6, 2015 - 10:15PM
Nick Ralston
Crime Editor

Former Queensland rugby league player Jason Smith has been charged for allegedly trafficking cocaine in the state's south-east.

Smith, 42, who also represented Australia and won a premiership with the Bulldogs, was arrested on Monday along with 34-year-old prominent local restaurateur Jason Wood.

The pair are alleged to have trafficked 280 grams of cocaine between June and December last year.

Their arrests follow a joint investigation by Queensland police and the Crime and Corruption Commission.

Smith, who played 15 games for Queensland between 1994 and 2000, owns a local Toowoomba pub, the Mill Street Tavern. Wood, operates his Olive Branch eatery about a kilometre away.

Smith moved to Toowoomba upon finishing his NRL career in 2007 with the North Queensland Cowboys. He played 289 first grade games in a career that spanned 17 seasons and also took him to Parramatta and Canberra as well as a stint in the UK with Hull FC.

Smith and Wood will appear before Toowoomba Magistrates Court on February 11.

And another:

Former league player Matt Seers charged with drug trafficking

January 15, 2015 - 3:17PM
Beth Newman

Former NRL player Matt Seers has been charged with supplying and trafficking cocaine.

Queensland Police confirmed a 40-year-old Chinderah man was arrested on 15 counts of supplying a dangerous drug and one count of trafficking a dangerous drug.

The arrest was part of a joint investigation between the Queensland Police and the Crime and Misconduct Commission.

The man has been released on bail and will appear at Southport Magistrate Court on February 10.

Seers played rugby league for the North Sydney Bears and Wests Tigers between 1993 and 2002 and played State of Origin for New South Wales from 1995-97.

The arrest comes a week after another former NRL player, Jason Smith, was arrested for allegedly trafficking cocaine.

Is this one of those pro-forma articles were you can insert a name?