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Danger danger
Who is the top Super League player who allegedly got into trouble with the police recently? This player is believed to have failed to stop after being involved in a road accident. There is concern he is going off the rails, with sources at his club telling this column they are worried.
Grand Trafford
The Super League grand final was a thing to savour. Perhaps most amusing though was the large number of French media who turned up because of Catalans. A lot of them hadn't actually applied for accreditation, and just rocked up and flashed their French press passes to get in. You've got to love the chutzpah. These journos were not shy supporting and cheering on the Dragons on massively during the game, putting any impartiality aside, but were obviously quiet and disappointed at full-time. C'est la vie.
No show
Also catching the eye on Saturday was another example of a journalist not turning up to a game, and covering it off TV, for a major media brand. In this day and age, how does he get away with it, especially the biggest game of the year in the grand final? It boggles the mind. Sadly, some others are regularly following suit.
Fighting around the world
Who was the former player who got involved in fisticuffs with a fan at a recent Super League game? We can't name them, but the incident has been kept quiet so far by those involved.
No Lewis
Salford have signed Brodie Croft from Brisbane for next year, but they were originally after Lachlan Lewis. The Canterbury playmaker though wasn't too interested in a move to Super League, so the Red Devils went for Croft instead. Turns out it was a smart move, especially as after that Lewis stole a speaker and was sacked by his NRL club. Good ol rugba leeg.
Spotted
One our sources spotted this in a newspaper at the end of September and sent it to us. It reads: "Mark Campbell, age 56, of Wakefield Road, Ackworth, was found guilty after a trial of criminal damage to an Audi car at Featherstone Rovers' ground. He was given a 12-month conditional discharge, told to pay £500 compensation and £200 costs."
Forbidden
There was a bit of drama at Wakefield late last month when the club announced Willie Poching as its new head coach. The news was embargoed, but that embargo was broken and Trinity were not happy about it at all. Club CEO Michael Carter sent out this email to members of the media: "It is really disappointing that one of you felt the need to pass the information immediately on to James O'Brien of Rugby League Live, who then reported the news at 10:13. You've let the rest of your profession down who could keep their mouths shut until 12pm. The embargo was to allow me to contact those who had not been successful - something I was unable to do. From now on, invites, press interviews etc etc, will not be made available to anyone who has an affiliation to Rugby League Live, unless the person has the guts to apologise for breaking the embargo. You only have yourselves to blame. I know I am tarnishing you all with the same brush, which is absolutely not what I want to do as I know most of you can keep an embargo. Bitterly disappointing, Michael."
