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Leo-Latu, Tevita |
  Tevita LEO-LATU [Player Stats] + Submit additional information or a correction to this player 
Leo-Latu out for 12 weeks Fri May 23, 2008 Source: www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk Wakefield Wildcats hooker Tevita Leo-Latu will miss the next three months of the season with a broken hand. Leo-Latu sustained the injury in last week's defeat to Leeds Rhinos and has undergone surgery this week. He joins the ever growing injury list at Belle Vue with long term injuries to Brett Ferres, Adam Watene, Luke George, Jason Demetriou and Dale Ferguson. Ricky Bibey also picked up a rib injury last week and is on the side lines for the immediate future. News Source: www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk The NRL Bad Boys Thu October 12, 2006 by Chris Walker Source: www.chriswalkersport.blogspot.com This year the NRL has again failed to shake the footy 'bad-boy' tag. Ask any NRL fan and they will most likely be able to real off three or four different off-field incidents that have tainted rugby league in 2006. Parramatta Eels youngster Tim Smith had a forgettable year, twice guilty of alcohol-induced errors. The first was back in May when he and team-mate Mark Riddell arrived late to training still feeling the effects of a big night out. Less than a month later Smith was ejected from a pub for fighting with Australian cricketer Michael Clarke. The Cronulla Sharks' Tevita Latu failed to learn from Smith's errors and was kicked out of the NRL for punching and breaking a girl's nose late in May. Surely the players would have learnt to avoid trouble by now? Apparently not as Brisbane Broncos player Brett Seymour found himself at the centre of a head-butting controversy, following a night out at a Brisbane pub. Former Australian captain Gorden Tallis was forced to apologise for losing his cool at the same pub just a few days later. The NRL was then hit with a drink-driving charge for the Brisbane Broncos' Neville Costigan and then North-Queensland Cowboy's Mitchell Sargent cocaine shame. The two players both had their contracts torn up. Costigan's and Sargent's disregard for the law was harshly handled by their respective clubs in a bid to remove the constant flow of NRL offenders. Tallis has this year defended the NRL's reputation of off-field problems by saying the problems aren't restricted to rugby league and are happening in society as well. This defence fails to stand up and is essentially an excuse. NRL players have to accept responsibility for their actions. Rugby league players are role-models and whether they like it or not they are in the spotlight and need to set a good example. It is hard to fathom the potential damage these NRL controversies have had on young children watching and emulating their rugby league heroes. The NRL has clearly taken a much firmer stance against offenders this year. This stance will hopefully translate to less off-field controversies as the NRL hopes to rid its unwanted 'bad-boy' tag. Chris Walker also has his own Sports blogspot, found at: www.chriswalkersport.blogspot.com
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