NRL ban Jack Wighton for 10 matches, impose $30,000 fine

[edwahu]

Our record with Jack at centre is pretty awful. I'm sure he would be a good one but I don't think he has stood out in any of his stints there.

What is our record with Jack at centre?

6-15 and lost 12 of the last 13. To be fair they were very ordinary sides.

His record at fullback is obviously much better. 46-38.

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[BadnMean]

His best game at centre was at left centre filling in for Croker anyway. Scored a gangbusters try there I recall. He naturally fends and swerves suited to running on the left side of the field (same as he's more dangerous over that side as fullback) so he's not going to centre anytime soon. He was just ok as a right centre- some nice defence but it was more his youth and potential that was exciting than anything he actually did.

[cat]

A month seems fair.

I'd be interested to see the footage, maybe they will release it after all the court proceedings are over.

PUl Kent said on MTty Johns that the NRL is concerned about the footage becoming public, but it’s not as bad as we might have been led to believe. Or words to that effect.

No wonder the nrl doesn't want it made public, would show how biased they are!

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[raiderskater]

I know little about the ACT legal system. Do they take 'Victims impact Statements' and if so does this influence the penalties? Jack has put in a guilty plea but has he apologised to those on the receiving end of his Birthday bash? A public show of remorse/contrition could do no harm.

It sounds like this sort of thing could be included in this circle court setup. I was reading up on it and it sounds like the victims are included if they're willing. Whether that would be a good or bad thing for Jack I don't know.

[greeneyed]

Canberra Raiders board to help Jack Wighton face consequences of Civic brawl

The Canberra Raiders board vow to stand by Jack Wighton and help the fullback face the consequences of his late-night Civic brawl.

"We don't condone Jack's behaviour and he of course will have to face the serious consequences of that.,” Raiders chairman Allan Hawke said. "The board has no intention of tearing up his contract. We will stand by him and help him to address the issues he's facing, his family concerns, his welfare, his well-being and whatever else needs to be done."

Read more: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/ ... 4zor4.html

Raiders confident Jack Wighton case won't be a distraction

Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart is adamant the Green Machine can overcome the noise of Jack Wighton's looming court date as they look to keep their season from flatlining.

"It wasn't [a distraction against the Broncos], you saw the way we played," Stuart said. "It wasn't a distraction. I've got a very tough bunch of kids there that handled the change late in the week, and you can see the way we played. It didn't have any bearing on the result. We should have won that game. It was our own doing in regards to why we didn't."

Read more: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/ ... 4zotl.html

[bonehead]

excellent response Mr Hawke

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[afgtnk]

If he's only got a month off then he should consider himself very, very lucky considering what he's done

[BJ]

If he's only got a month off then he should consider himself very, very lucky considering what he's done

Based on other charges, fines and suspensions for fighting, I don’t know if a month is getting lucky.

Seems about par for the course. Unless the case was more serious than the charges suggest.

[gangrenous]

The world is getting fed up with the NRL’s Bull.

Par for the course is changing. Not fast enough.

[Johno]

The world is getting fed up with the NRL’s Bull.

Par for the course is changing. Not fast enough.

Depends which course, par seems to be quite different

[BJ]

The world is getting fed up with the NRL’s Bull.

Par for the course is changing. Not fast enough.

Depends which course, par seems to be quite different

Yep Wighton playing of scratch at Raiders and Lodge 36 handicap at Broncos.

[Bay53]

To be fair it was a couple of years after the incident before Lodge played again.

[greeneyed]

Lodge should never have been allowed back into the NRL, certainly not before his case in the USA was settled. Disgrac3ful from the NRL.

[LastRaider]

Lodge should never have been allowed back into the NRL, certainly not before his case in the USA was settled. Disgrac3ful from the NRL.

Completely agree


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[Sun Coast Raider]

Lodge should never have been allowed back into the NRL, certainly not before his case in the USA was settled. Disgrac3ful from the NRL.

Completely agree


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Agree.
I thought it was odd how upfront they claimed they were but yet no mention of his prior domestic abuse charge until the media dredged it up. Lodge is a without a doubt top of the pile when it comes to scumbags in the NRL.

Mind you if Jack was doing anything other than defending himself then he can bugger off too.

[Billy Walker]

Mind you if Jack was doing anything other than defending himself then he can bugger off too.

Do you plead guilty if you have acted in self defence?

[greeneyed]

Paul Kent on NRL360 saying the NRL want Jack suspended for 10 weeks, which the Raiders are resisting.

Kent also saying the guilty pleas are indeed a deal with the prosecution (for those claiming there’s no deal... there’s the answer), and part of the deal is the CCTV vision won’t be tendered into evidence. So the only way it will ever hit the media is it is illegally leaked.

[Green eyed Mick]

Mind you if Jack was doing anything other than defending himself then he can bugger off too.

Do you plead guilty if you have acted in self defence?

It think it would be pretty hard for a guy of Wighton's size and athletic ability to claim self-defence unless he was cornered or defending someone else.

[Raiders666]

Mind you if Jack was doing anything other than defending himself then he can bugger off too.

Do you plead guilty if you have acted in self defence?

It think it would be pretty hard for a guy of Wighton's size and athletic ability to claim self-defence unless he was cornered or defending someone else.

Wasn't it 5 on 1?

[Botman]

Athletic ability and size has little to do with self defence.

He was either attacked and responded appropriately to defend himself and ceased the response when he was able to be safe. That's self defence.

What isnt self defence is if he was NOT attacked and instead was the aggressor OR, after being attacked and responding in self defence, he carried on with the job well beyond what was required.

Size and athletic ability really has little to do with it. LeBron James doesnt lose his rights to self defence because he's an athletic freak.

[Sun Coast Raider]

Mind you if Jack was doing anything other than defending himself then he can bugger off too.

Do you plead guilty if you have acted in self defence?

Fair point.
TBH I'm kinda over footy players drawing attention for all the wrong reasons. In particular to the club I support. I have no interest in seeing another club pick him up either so it is a no win really. EDIT.

[Sun Coast Raider]

Athletic ability and size has little to do with self defence.

He was either attacked and responded appropriately to defend himself and ceased the response when he was able to be safe. That's self defence.

What isnt self defence is if he was NOT attacked and instead was the aggressor OR, after being attacked and responding in self defence, he carried on with the job well beyond what was required.

Size and athletic ability really has little to do with it. LeBron James doesnt lose his rights to self defence because he's an athletic freak.

Well put.
I do believe in America athletic/fighting ability or training has been taken into account in sentencing and ofcourse in civil cases. I do assume
that is more in the second instance you wrote about carrying on put the end of the danger.
I am unsure whether it is considered here in sentencing.

[cat]

Mitchell pearce got 8 weeks for his "dog" act

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[Schifty]

Paul Kent on NRL360 saying the NRL want Jack suspended for 10 weeks, which the Raiders are resisting.

Kent also saying the guilty pleas are indeed a deal with the prosecution (for those claiming there’s no deal... there’s the answer), and part of the deal is the CCTV vision won’t be tendered into evidence. So the only way it will ever hit the media is it is illegally leaked.

Don't we have only 9 matches left?

With the season over we'd be insane not to take this deal. Can probably count one of the trial matches as a suspension as well.

[Botman]

From GE's post, sounds like we'd be well advised to take the 10 weeks, eat **** on a year that's going no where in a **** hurry and hope the footage never gets leaked...

[edwahu]

Just cop the 10 weeks.

[Botman]

Mitchell pearce got 8 weeks for his "dog" act

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actually scrap that, simulating a sexual act on a dog is WAAAAAY more serious than assaulting a man. 2 weeks MAX

Seriously if wighton is only getting 2 weeks more for assault than Pearce got for that, we got off lightly

[Schifty]

TBH now that I've thought about it being forced to play in this team and have last minute losses is a bigger punishment than sitting on the sidelines and watching us do it.

Name him at fullback next week.

[cat]

Corey norman got 8 weeks for drugs charges, in both these cases (pearce) they were not first offenses

Cant find any assault ones

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[gerg]

This is the NRL we're talking about. Of course the footage will get leaked. Before the grand final, before next year's State of Origin, before a Test match. It'll happen sooner or later.

[Botman]

Corey norman got 8 weeks for drugs charges, in both these cases (pearce) they were not first offenses

Cant find any assault ones

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Rec drugs >>>> Assault... is that what you're saying Cat?

This is quite a scene.

[Schifty]

This is the NRL we're talking about. Of course the footage will get leaked. Before the grand final, before next year's State of Origin, before a Test match. It'll happen sooner or later.

Nah it will be used on the Matty Johns show as a gag by next week "Ohh HIndy, you were a bit upset after that Eels loss, actually we have footage of you leaving the club..."

[Schifty]

Corey norman got 8 weeks for drugs charges, in both these cases (pearce) they were not first offenses

Cant find any assault ones

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Making Instagram **** videos>> Rec drugs >>>> Assault... is that what you're saying Cat?

This is quite a scene.

fixed.

[gangrenous]

Paul Kent on NRL360 saying the NRL want Jack suspended for 10 weeks, which the Raiders are resisting.

Kent also saying the guilty pleas are indeed a deal with the prosecution (for those claiming there’s no deal... there’s the answer), and part of the deal is the CCTV vision won’t be tendered into evidence. So the only way it will ever hit the media is it is illegally leaked.

Don't we have only 9 matches left?

With the season over we'd be insane not to take this deal. Can probably count one of the trial matches as a suspension as well.

What do you mean... trial matches...?

[Schifty]

Paul Kent on NRL360 saying the NRL want Jack suspended for 10 weeks, which the Raiders are resisting.

Kent also saying the guilty pleas are indeed a deal with the prosecution (for those claiming there’s no deal... there’s the answer), and part of the deal is the CCTV vision won’t be tendered into evidence. So the only way it will ever hit the media is it is illegally leaked.

Don't we have only 9 matches left?

With the season over we'd be insane not to take this deal. Can probably count one of the trial matches as a suspension as well.

What do you mean... trial matches...?

Apologies,

2019 will probably see us play zero trial matches because the burnout from the pre season games we played this season is why we faded in those first 3 matches.