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Tue February 19, 2008
Source: www.sydneyroosters.com.auThe Sydney Roosters have today been advised that infringement notices will be issued to Willie Mason and Anthony Tupou following an incident last Saturday night.
Both the club and the players are disappointed that their actions have generated poor publicity following the good work carried out over 3 days with the community.
Both players are remorseful regarding this embarrassing situation and regret their actions.
Due to the nature of the offence the club will require both players to carry out a program of community work with the PCYC.
The matter has now been resolved and the club will not be making any further comment.
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www.sydneyroosters.com.auWed June 20, 2007
by Matthew O'Neill
Sydney Roosters forward Anthony Tupou has been confirmed as the player Penrith lock Nathan Smith accused of biting him on the weekend.
Smith is believed to have told Sydney tabloid
'The Daily Telegraph' that a Roosters player who he refused to identify had bitten him during the Panthers narrow 24-20 loss in Saturday night's clash.
The NRL in it's weekly review of weekend action reported,
"Biting allegation raised in media by Smith against Tupou.
"Smith clearly wraps his arm around the head/face of Tupou in effecting the tackle. Contact with Tupou's mouth is initiated by Smith wrapping his arm around Tupou's face.
"Additional angles viewed of incident but difficult to identify any intentional action by Tupou.
"No evidence of biting to sustain a charge without a formal complaint.
"Panthers club contacted to request statement from player Smith regarding this incident which was declined by the player. No further action."The NRL match review panel headed up by Greg McCallum decided not to cite Tupou for the incident or Smith for the allegations made to the newspaper.
However, the NRL through Chief Operating Officer Graham Annesley wrote to the Panthers reminding them of the ramifications of making serious allegations and not going through with them.
The NRL is very strong on issues such as biting and eye gouging when a player makes a claim in the heat of the moment or in Smith's case to a newspaper and doesn't follow through with the allegations. While Smith was happy not to take action against Tupou, the NRL does not want players to make these allegations and than later on decide to back out of the process.
While some may view Smith's actions as heat of the moment and later decides to back down. The offences of eye gouging and biting are very serious and it leaves a slur on an innocent player and in this case Tupou's even though no action has been taken.
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2008 NRL Telstra Premiership
Sydney Roosters
20 games; 5 tries, 20 points.
[View] Round 1 [14 Mar 08] W 34-20 v Rabbitohs (A). [SR] 8 Pts; 2t [View] Round 2 [21 Mar 08] L 14-20 v Broncos (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 3 [29 Mar 08] W 10-6 v Storm (H). [SR] [View] Round 4 [04 Apr 08] W 40-12 v Bulldogs (A). [SR] [View] Round 5 [12 Apr 08] W 28-12 v Panthers (A). [SR] [View] Round 6 [20 Apr 08] L 20-34 v Knights (H). [SR] [View] Round 7 [25 Apr 08] L 6-26 v Dragons (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 9 [10 May 08] W 30-4 v Raiders (H). [BE] [View] Round 11 [25 May 08] W 38-12 v Warriors (A). [LK] [View] Round 12 [02 Jun 08] W 19-10 v Tigers (H). [BE] [View] Round 14 [13 Jun 08] W 32-12 v Panthers (H). [SR] [View] Round 15 [22 Jun 08] W 16-14 v Knights (A). [SR] [View] Round 19 [20 Jul 08] L 12-34 v Raiders (A). [SR] [View] Round 20 [27 Jul 08] W 34-12 v Sea Eagles (H). [BE] [View] Round 21 [02 Aug 08] W 32-20 v Cowboys (A). [SR] [View] Round 22 [10 Aug 08] L 24-28 v Eels (H). [SR] [View] Round 23 [15 Aug 08] L 6-30 v Storm (A). [SR] [View] Round 24 [22 Aug 08] L 0-20 v Sharks (A). [BE] [View] Round 25 [29 Aug 08] W 22-20 v Rabbitohs (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 26 [05 Sep 08] W 10-0 v Dragons (H). [BE]
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2007 State of Origin
New South Wales Origin
1 games; [View] Origin [23 May 07] L 18-25 v QLD Origin (A). [BE]
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2007 NRL Telstra Premiership
Sydney Roosters
21 games; 4 tries, 16 points.
[View] Round 1 [19 Mar 07] L 6-18 v Rabbitohs (H). [PR] [View] Round 2 [24 Mar 07] L 6-43 v Cowboys (A). [LK] [View] Round 4 [06 Apr 07] L 10-32 v Broncos (H). [LK] [View] Round 5 [16 Apr 07] L 28-37 v Raiders (A). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t (71st) [View] Round 7 [25 Apr 07] W 18-4 v Dragons (H). [LK] [View] Round 8 [05 May 07] L 10-28 v Eels (A). [LK] [View] Round 9 [13 May 07] W 24-18 v Gold Coast (H). [LK] [View] Round 11 [26 May 07] W 13-12 v Sharks (A). [LK] [View] Round 12 [02 Jun 07] L 18-22 v Knights (H). [LK] [View] Round 13 [09 Jun 07] W 64-30 v Cowboys (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 14 [16 Jun 07] W 24-20 v Panthers (A). [SR] [View] Round 15 [23 Jun 07] L 16-36 v Eels (H). [SR] [View] Round 16 [02 Jul 07] L 6-38 v Bulldogs (A). [SR] [View] Round 17 [07 Jul 07] L 0-56 v Sea Eagles (A). [LK] [View] Round 18 [14 Jul 07] W 23-12 v Sharks (H). [SR] [View] Round 19 [21 Jul 07] W 20-17 v Knights (A). [SR] [View] Round 20 [27 Jul 07] W 26-16 v Storm (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 21 [05 Aug 07] D 31-31 v Warriors (H). [SR] [View] Round 23 [19 Aug 07] L 18-22 v Gold Coast (A). [BE] [View] Round 24 [25 Aug 07] L 22-28 v Panthers (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 25 [01 Sep 07] W 26-12 v Rabbitohs (A). [SR]
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2007 International Test Matches
Australian Kangaroos
1 games; [View] Bundaberg Rum Test [20 Apr 07] W 30-6 v New Zealand (H). [BE]
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2006 Tri-Nations Test Series
Australian Kangaroos
4 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] Tri-Nations Match 2 [21 Oct 06] W 20-15 v New Zealand (H). [BE] [View] Tri-Nations Match 4 [04 Nov 06] L 12-23 v Great Britain (H). [BE] [View] Tri-Nations Match 6 [18 Nov 06] W 33-10 v Great Britain (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Tri-Nations Final [25 Nov 06] W 16-12 v New Zealand (H). [BE]
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2006 NRL Telstra Premiership
Sydney Roosters
21 games; 4 tries, 16 points.
[View] Round 1 [12 Mar 06] W 40-22 v Rabbitohs (A). [BE] [View] Round 2 [19 Mar 06] L 18-22 v Storm (H). [SR] [View] Round 3 [26 Mar 06] W 56-20 v Raiders (H). [BE] 8 Pts; 2t [View] Round 4 [01 Apr 06] L 22-30 v Sea Eagles (A). [BE] [View] Round 5 [08 Apr 06] W 28-24 v Sharks (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 6 [14 Apr 06] L 6-24 v Broncos (H). [SR] [View] Round 7 [25 Apr 06] L 12-22 v Dragons (A). [BE] [View] Round 8 [29 Apr 06] W 22-18 v Cowboys (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 9 [07 May 06] L 14-30 v Bulldogs (H). [BE] [View] Round 11 [21 May 06] W 28-26 v Rabbitohs (H). [BE] [View] Round 13 [03 Jun 06] L 16-20 v Storm (A). [BE] [View] Round 14 [11 Jun 06] L 12-22 v Warriors (H). [SR] [View] Round 15 [17 Jun 06] L 14-26 v Tigers (A). [SR] [View] Round 19 [16 Jul 06] W 38-32 v Sharks (H). [SR] [View] Round 20 [22 Jul 06] L 0-25 v Bulldogs (A). [SR] [View] Round 21 [30 Jul 06] W 40-20 v Cowboys (H). [SR] [View] Round 22 [06 Aug 06] L 18-32 v Knights (H). [SR] [View] Round 23 [12 Aug 06] W 40-20 v Panthers (A). [PR] [View] Round 24 [20 Aug 06] L 26-40 v Eels (H). [SR] [View] Round 25 [27 Aug 06] L 16-42 v Warriors (A). [PR] [View] Round 26 [02 Sep 06] L 16-36 v Dragons (H). [PR]
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2005 NRL Telstra Premiership
Sydney Roosters
22 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 2 [20 Mar 05] W 28-20 v Panthers (A). [BE] [View] Round 4 [03 Apr 05] L 26-32 v Tigers (H). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t (48th) [View] Round 5 [10 Apr 05] L 16-24 v Raiders (A). [PR] [View] Round 6 [15 Apr 05] W 29-16 v Bulldogs (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t (30th) [View] Round 7 [25 Apr 05] L 24-26 v Dragons (H). [BE] [View] Round 8 [30 Apr 05] L 18-38 v Cowboys (A). [BE] [View] Round 9 [08 May 05] W 32-2 v Knights (H). [BE] [View] Round 10 [15 May 05] W 10-6 v Warriors (A). [BE] [View] Round 12 [28 May 05] W 30-16 v Raiders (H). [BE] [View] Round 13 [03 Jun 05] L 18-22 v Sea Eagles (H). [BE] [View] Round 15 [17 Jun 05] L 10-16 v Sharks (A). [BE] [View] Round 16 [24 Jun 05] W 12-8 v Eels (H). [SR] [View] Round 17 [02 Jul 05] W 28-14 v Knights (A). [SR] [View] Round 18 [10 Jul 05] L 16-26 v Tigers (A). [PR] [View] Round 19 [16 Jul 05] L 22-24 v Warriors (H). [BE] [View] Round 20 [24 Jul 05] L 10-24 v Storm (A). [BE] [View] Round 21 [29 Jul 05] L 6-44 v Dragons (A). [BE] [View] Round 22 [07 Aug 05] L 28-30 v Panthers (H). [SR] [View] Round 23 [13 Aug 05] W 14-8 v Sharks (H). [SR] [View] Round 24 [20 Aug 05] L 16-17 v Souths (A). [BE] [View] Round 25 [26 Aug 05] W 17-10 v Broncos (A). [BE] [View] Round 26 [04 Sep 05] W 32-12 v Bulldogs (H). [BE]
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2004 NRL Telstra Premiership
Sydney Roosters
2 games; [View] Round 1 [14 Mar 04] W 26-16 v Rabbitohs (H). [BE] [View] Round 2 [20 Mar 04] W 42-20 v Sea Eagles (A). [BE]
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