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Wed December 23, 2009
Source: www.newcastleknights.com.auDanny Wicks today announced he has voluntarily terminated his playing contract with the Newcastle Knights.
In a statement released through his lawyer this morning, Wicks said:
"I have a very high regard for the Club, its supporters and its sponsors."
"Importantly, the players have been put under enormous scrutiny and pressure which they do not deserve.
"It's the right thing for me to do so the club can move forward.
"The Knights have a strict code of conduct which I have always supported and I feel obliged to disassociate myself from the Club until my matter is resolved."
Wicks' solicitor, Mark Hanlon said his client would strenuously defend all charges.
"Danny maintains his innocence and will defend the charges," Hanlon said.
He said Wicks would not be commenting further on the matter.
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Newcastle Knights CEO, Steve Burraston said Wicks' decision is in the best interests of himself and his former club.
"We support Danny's decision and understand that this is in the best interests of all involved," said Mr Burraston.
"Danny has many challenges ahead and we understand the reasons behind his decision."
Mr Burraston reaffirmed the club's position following more media reports this morning quoting unnamed sources and fuelling further speculation.
"As I said in a statement earlier this week, some very serious allegations have been reported in the last week. There is an ongoing police investigation and we have no intention of hindering their investigation in any way."
"We don't act on rumours and innuendo and until such times that we are presented with solid evidence we won't be taking matters into our own hands. It is a matter for police and they are much better placed to deal with such matters."
The Newcastle Knights will not be making any further comment.
Tue December 22, 2009
by Matthew O'Neill
Parramatta and Canterbury-Bankstown are currently ahead of defending premiers Melbourne in updated betting markets released today to take out the 2010 NRL competition.
The Eels started as $5.50 favourites to take out the title ahead of Melbourne at $6.00 and St George Illawarra at $7.00.
Since the markets opened up in October the Eels have drifted out slightly to $6.00 with the Storm slipping $1.50 to $7.50 and the Dragons easing out to $8.00.
Punters have obviously ignored the paranoia of Bulldogs supporters on various internet blogs following the departure of interchange forward Greg Eastwood to Leeds Rhinos as they have come in from 5th favourites to 2nd favourites. Canterbury-Bankstown started the betting at $8.00, but have now come in ahead of the Dragons, Storm and Sea Eagles and only behind the Eels.
Manly have been major drifters in the market moving out from $7.00 equal 3rd favourites to $11 equal 5th favourites following the departure of captain Matt Orford.
Gold Coast have been the big movers on the market coming in from 10th favourites at $21 to equal 5th favourites at $10.
The likely arrival of Lote Tuqiri has seen the Wests Tigers move in from $17 to $13 as 7th favourites to take out the title.
Brisbane have drifted out $2.00 and Souths come in $2.00 with both sides equal 8th favourites to take out the premiership at $15.
Penrith and the Sydney Roosters are both in $5.00 each into $21 and share the betting just on the fringe of the top eight.
Newcastle remains steady at $26 with wooden spoon betting now suspended due to the Danny Wicks drug allegations whilst the Cowboys have been major sliders in the betting markets going out from $17 to $26 with the distraction of Johnathan Thurston's contract talks putting the punters into fear about another under-achieving season by the Thurston led Cowboys.
Canberra and the Warriors remain steady at $34, but are no longer in equal last place on the betting markets with Cronulla drifting out from $34 to $41 to take out the title following Paul Gallen's fine for off-field misbehaviour and reports circulating that he wants out of his contract due to alleged harsh treatment by the Sharks.
Parramatta $6.00 (5.50)
Canterbury-Bankstown $7.00 (8.00)
Melbourne $7.50 (6.00)
St George Illawarra $8.00 (7.00)
Gold Coast $11 (21)
Manly $11 (7.00)
Wests Tigers $13 (17)
Brisbane $15 (13)
South Sydney $15 (17)
Penrith $21 (26)
Sydney Roosters $21 (26)
Newcastle $26 (26)
North Queensland $26 (17)
Canberra $34 (34)
NZ Warriors $34 (34)
Cronulla $41 (34)
Wooden Spoon betting is currently suspended.
The market before betting was suspended on Sunday morning.
Cronulla 5
NZ Warriors 6
North Queensland 7
Canberra 7
Sydney Roosters 8
Penrith 11
Newcastle 13
Brisbane 17
South Sydney 19
Wests Tigers 23
Manly 26
Melbourne 41
St George Illawarra 41
Gold Coast 41
Canterbury-Bankstown 51
Parramatta 61
Odds supplied to Rleague.com by TABSportsBet
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 2009 NRL Telstra Premiership
Newcastle Knights
20 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 4 [05 Apr 09] W 26-12 v Sea Eagles (H). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [12 Apr 09] W 24-22 v Warriors (H). [BE]
[View] Round 6 [18 Apr 09] W 24-18 v Dragons (A). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [26 Apr 09] L 24-26 v Tigers (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [02 May 09] W 28-12 v Broncos (H). [BE]
[View] Round 9 [10 May 09] W 23-18 v Titans (H). [BE]
[View] Round 10 [16 May 09] W 38-6 v Roosters (A). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 11 [25 May 09] L 10-36 v Cowboys (A). [BE]
[View] Round 12 [31 May 09] W 22-14 v Bulldogs (H). [BE]
[View] Round 13 [07 Jun 09] L 18-20 v Eels (H). [PR]
[View] Round 14 [12 Jun 09] L 0-13 v Warriors (A). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [29 Jun 09] W 25-20 v Rabbitohs (H). [BE]
[View] Round 17 [04 Jul 09] L 14-18 v Storm (A). [BE]
[View] Round 18 [11 Jul 09] W 23-4 v Raiders (H). [BE]
[View] Round 20 [24 Jul 09] L 20-44 v Sea Eagles (A). [BE]
[View] Round 21 [01 Aug 09] L 18-30 v Roosters (H). [BE]
[View] Round 22 [09 Aug 09] L 8-40 v Eels (A). [PR]
[View] Round 24 [22 Aug 09] W 32-26 v Cowboys (H). [BE]
[View] Round 25 [31 Aug 09] L 14-30 v Raiders (A). [BE]
[View] Round 26 [06 Sep 09] W 35-0 v Panthers (H). [BE]
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2008 NRL Telstra Premiership
Newcastle Knights
19 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 1 [15 Mar 08] W 30-14 v Raiders (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 2 [22 Mar 08] W 13-12 v Sea Eagles (H). [BE]
[View] Round 3 [28 Mar 08] L 23-24 v Eels (A). [BE]
[View] Round 4 [06 Apr 08] L 20-26 v Warriors (A). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [13 Apr 08] L 22-34 v Broncos (H). [BE]
[View] Round 6 [20 Apr 08] W 34-20 v Roosters (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [03 May 08] W 13-12 v Gold Coast (H). [PR]
[View] Round 9 [12 May 08] L 4-18 v Storm (A). [PR]
[View] Round 10 [18 May 08] L 26-38 v Tigers (H). [PR]
[View] Round 12 [31 May 08] L 16-18 v Warriors (H). [BE]
[View] Round 13 [07 Jun 08] W 22-12 v Bulldogs (A). [PR]
[View] Round 14 [16 Jun 08] W 30-18 v Cowboys (A). [BE]
[View] Round 15 [22 Jun 08] L 14-16 v Roosters (H). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [28 Jun 08] L 12-28 v Sea Eagles (A). [BE]
[View] Round 17 [05 Jul 08] L 16-24 v Dragons (H). [BE]
[View] Round 18 [11 Jul 08] W 30-18 v Panthers (A). [BE]
[View] Round 19 [19 Jul 08] L 13-16 v Sharks (A). [BE]
[View] Round 23 [17 Aug 08] L 18-38 v Raiders (A). [BE]
[View] Round 24 [23 Aug 08] W 38-24 v Cowboys (H). [BE]
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2007 NRL Telstra Premiership
St George Illawarra Dragons
12 games; [View] Round 1 [18 Mar 07] W 20-18 v Gold Coast (A). [BE]
[View] Round 2 [23 Mar 07] L 12-16 v Knights (H). [BE]
[View] Round 4 [09 Apr 07] L 4-40 v Sharks (A). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [14 Apr 07] L 10-24 v Storm (H). [PR]
[View] Round 7 [25 Apr 07] L 4-18 v Roosters (A). [PR]
[View] Round 8 [04 May 07] W 28-16 v Panthers (H). [BE]
[View] Round 9 [13 May 07] L 8-27 v Tigers (A). [BE]
[View] Round 10 [18 May 07] W 28-10 v Titans (H). [BE]
[View] Round 11 [25 May 07] L 6-30 v Raiders (A). [BE]
[View] Round 13 [11 Jun 07] L 16-20 v Sharks (H). [SR]
[View] Round 14 [17 Jun 07] L 12-20 v Eels (A). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [01 Jul 07] W 26-22 v Sea Eagles (H). [BE]
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2006 VB NSWRL Premier League
St George Illawarra Dragons
3 tries, 12 points.
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2006 NRL Telstra Premiership
St George Illawarra Dragons
17 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 10 [13 May 06] W 22-16 v Warriors (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 12 [26 May 06] W 38-12 v Knights (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 13 [02 Jun 06] W 8-1 v Eels (H). [BE]
[View] Round 14 [10 Jun 06] W 20-10 v Panthers (A). [BE]
[View] Round 15 [16 Jun 06] W 18-16 v Broncos (A). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [24 Jun 06] W 34-14 v Cowboys (H). [BE]
[View] Round 19 [14 Jul 06] L 16-22 v Bulldogs (H). [BE]
[View] Round 20 [23 Jul 06] L 12-31 v Raiders (A). [SR]
[View] Round 21 [30 Jul 06] L 24-34 v Storm (H). [BE]
[View] Round 22 [04 Aug 06] L 6-28 v Eels (A). [BE]
[View] Round 23 [13 Aug 06] L 10-26 v Bulldogs (A). [BE]
[View] Round 24 [20 Aug 06] W 46-16 v Tigers (H). [BE]
[View] Round 25 [26 Aug 06] W 18-4 v Sharks (H). [BE]
[View] Round 26 [02 Sep 06] W 36-16 v Roosters (A). [BE]
[View] Finals Week One [09 Sep 06] W 20-4 v Broncos (A). [BE]
[View] Finals Week Two [15 Sep 06] W 28-0 v Sea Eagles. [BE]
[View] Finals Week Three [23 Sep 06] L 10-24 v Storm. [BE]
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