Rads gone

[bondi paul]

Radley needs to shut up. The less seen and heard the better for the club, staff, board and team mates.

[Lydon]

I feel like this is very similar to his response when he got in trouble for being an intoxicated idiot on a flight......
Victor goes to the the Mitchell Pearce school of doing minor stupid shit consistently.....

Totally agree..

[Chookies74]

He's got 2 yrs win another comp before he's shipped off to SL.
Burnt his bridge with Nick

[bondi.boy]

I feel like this is very similar to his response when he got in trouble for being an intoxicated idiot on a flight......
Victor goes to the the Mitchell Pearce school of doing minor stupid shit consistently.....

Seems to be, all good fun...until it's not.
This is his last chance, I believe.
He's *soon* to be a father, twice.
He'd be wise to spend his spare time at home.

[Rooster90]

Roosters star Victor Radley breaks silence on text message scandal, punishment
Dean Ritchie


Roosters star Victor Radley has broken his silence on drug text message scandal, lamenting how he ‘learns things the hard way’ over the embarrassing saga that he says hurt his loved ones.

“I made the people I love feel like shit,” said Radley, who feared being sacked by the Roosters.
“I have to stand up, be a man and move forward.”
Radley said his 32-week pregnant fiancee, Taylah, was being “bombarded” with messages before reluctantly conceding: “I learn things the hard way.”
The Roosters suspended Radley for 10 NRL games without pay — which equates to almost $150,000 in lost income — for his involvement in a police investigation that led to former teammate Brandon Smith facing allegations of drug supply and providing insider information for betting purposes.

Radley has not been charged with any wrongdoing.
A Roosters local junior, Radley was also told to donate $30,000 for cancer research at St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, which he did on Tuesday afternoon.
The incident will cost Radley almost $200,000, and the NRL may impose further punishment.
The Roosters board discussed terminating Radley’s $750,000-a-season contract, but ultimately agreed on the suspension.
“I felt embarrassed, to be honest,” Radley said.
“The club and my family were the two I had to worry about. I didn’t want the people I love to feel the way I felt. I want to make sure the people I love are all right and I made them feel like shit. That hurt the most. That was disappointing.
“I bought a negative spotlight on the club and that’s something I don’t want to do and it’s something I will learn from and move forward.”

For Radley, the emotional toll far outweighs the financial cost.
“The hardest thing is how this has (affected) my family. I don’t mind copping a bit of hurt myself but my family is the difficult one,” Radley said.
“I don’t want people around me hurting because of me.
“My fiancee is getting bombarded, but she has been the rock for me. As hard as it is for her, she hasn’t shown it too much.
“She is 32 weeks pregnant but has still stood there and made me feel safe and that everything is going to be okay.
“She hasn’t made me worry about it too much. I am very grateful for her.”
At 27, Radley is adamant he will take it as a wake-up call.
“I never want to be in this position again. That’s pretty clear for me. I like to learn things the hard way,” he said.
Radley got a dose of humility on Tuesday when he visited Professor Louise Emmett, St Vincent’s Hospitals’ Director of Theranostics and Nuclear medicine, who specialises in cancer treatment.
“It’s been a difficult few weeks but I just spent 15 minutes inside with Professor Louise Emmett and I feel a little embarrassed talking about me having a hard time after hearing what she has had to say,” he said.
Smith, 29, was charged by Queensland police by summons with unlawfully supplying a dangerous drug and using or disclosing inside knowledge of betting.
Smith’s lawyer Paul McGirr has said his client would plead not guilty to both charges.
Police have alleged Smith helped put Radley in contact with a drug dealer to source cocaine while Radley was on a golf trip with six Roosters teammates to the Sunshine Coast in June, during a bye round for the Roosters.
Radley, who was listed in Smith’s phone contacts as “Victor the Molester”, has not been charged and there is no suggestion he obtained or took illegal drugs.
Alleged text messages between the pair will form evidence in Smith’s case.
On May 30, according to the documents, a text message was allegedly sent from Radley’s phone to Smith, telling him to “tee-up your cousin in sunny coast for me; little short ball. Short eight-ball if you will.”
Police will allege that a “ball” or “eight-ball” are common slang terms for 3.5 grams, or one-eighth of an ounce, of powdered drugs.
In a statement, the Roosters claimed Radley brought the club into disrepute and hit him with a ban that “represents the heaviest sanction ever imposed on a player in the club’s history”.
On Tuesday, Radley admitted he feared the Roosters were going to sack him.
“Yeah, for sure,” Radley said.
“Probably a lot went on behind closed doors but, as much as I felt maybe this (my career) could be it, I still felt that the senior people at the club, ‘Robbo’ (coach Trent Robinson) had my back, regardless of what decision was going to be made.
“I felt like I could be in some trouble (around) leaving.”

Despite the fact he won’t play for the Roosters until May next year, Radley is thankful to still be a part of the club.
“It was a weird one for me. I love this club. It’s my home. I have supported it since I was young and I was born and bred in the area,” Radley said.
“It is my whole life and has given me everything and I put them in a difficult spot and that hurt.
“I’m looking forward to moving forward and trying to make amends. This club is everything to me and I know I hurt it. I had a difficult meeting (with Robinson and chairman Nick Politis) but, at the same time, I felt the love from the club.
“And for that I will be eternally grateful. You have to get on with it. There’s not much I can do – it was plastered on the news. The only thing I could do was speak to the club and my family and make sure they’re okay. I have to stand up, be a man and move forward.”
Radley also spoke about the six Roosters teammates on the Sunshine Coast golf trip, who were unfairly implicated in the drama. There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by his teammates.
“That hurt as well,” he said.
“I would have gotten 20 messages over the past week or so from every single teammate. They have all had my back.”
Despite the heavy penalty, Radley will be free to represent England in the end-of-year Ashes series against Australia’s Kangaroos.
Smith has been released on bail with drug and betting allegations adjourned until October 9. The Rugby League Players Association has raised concerns with the Roosters over Radley’s sanctions.

I feel like this is very similar to his response when he got in trouble for being an intoxicated idiot on a flight......
Victor goes to the the Mitchell Pearce school of doing minor stupid shit consistently.....

[dice]

I think this will make him a more determined player and he will learn from his mistake. 10 weeks is a massive club-imposed fine. 6 would've been enough, IMO, but it certainly sends a message.

10 weeks seems more of an FU to the NRL regarding the Mam and Leniu suspensions.

[ccfc bondi]

He struck gold with his fiancee. A true champion.
He needs to do better, for her sake.

I think this will make him a more determined player and he will learn from his mistake. 10 weeks is a massive club-imposed fine. 6 would've been enough, IMO, but it certainly sends a message.

[bondi.boy]

He struck gold with his fiancee. A true champion.
He needs to do better, for her sake.

[A Country Member]

Roosters star Victor Radley breaks silence on text message scandal, punishment
Dean Ritchie


Roosters star Victor Radley has broken his silence on drug text message scandal, lamenting how he ‘learns things the hard way’ over the embarrassing saga that he says hurt his loved ones.

“I made the people I love feel like shit,” said Radley, who feared being sacked by the Roosters.
“I have to stand up, be a man and move forward.”
Radley said his 32-week pregnant fiancee, Taylah, was being “bombarded” with messages before reluctantly conceding: “I learn things the hard way.”
The Roosters suspended Radley for 10 NRL games without pay — which equates to almost $150,000 in lost income — for his involvement in a police investigation that led to former teammate Brandon Smith facing allegations of drug supply and providing insider information for betting purposes.

Radley has not been charged with any wrongdoing.
A Roosters local junior, Radley was also told to donate $30,000 for cancer research at St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, which he did on Tuesday afternoon.
The incident will cost Radley almost $200,000, and the NRL may impose further punishment.
The Roosters board discussed terminating Radley’s $750,000-a-season contract, but ultimately agreed on the suspension.
“I felt embarrassed, to be honest,” Radley said.
“The club and my family were the two I had to worry about. I didn’t want the people I love to feel the way I felt. I want to make sure the people I love are all right and I made them feel like shit. That hurt the most. That was disappointing.
“I bought a negative spotlight on the club and that’s something I don’t want to do and it’s something I will learn from and move forward.”

For Radley, the emotional toll far outweighs the financial cost.
“The hardest thing is how this has (affected) my family. I don’t mind copping a bit of hurt myself but my family is the difficult one,” Radley said.
“I don’t want people around me hurting because of me.
“My fiancee is getting bombarded, but she has been the rock for me. As hard as it is for her, she hasn’t shown it too much.
“She is 32 weeks pregnant but has still stood there and made me feel safe and that everything is going to be okay.
“She hasn’t made me worry about it too much. I am very grateful for her.”
At 27, Radley is adamant he will take it as a wake-up call.
“I never want to be in this position again. That’s pretty clear for me. I like to learn things the hard way,” he said.
Radley got a dose of humility on Tuesday when he visited Professor Louise Emmett, St Vincent’s Hospitals’ Director of Theranostics and Nuclear medicine, who specialises in cancer treatment.
“It’s been a difficult few weeks but I just spent 15 minutes inside with Professor Louise Emmett and I feel a little embarrassed talking about me having a hard time after hearing what she has had to say,” he said.
Smith, 29, was charged by Queensland police by summons with unlawfully supplying a dangerous drug and using or disclosing inside knowledge of betting.
Smith’s lawyer Paul McGirr has said his client would plead not guilty to both charges.
Police have alleged Smith helped put Radley in contact with a drug dealer to source cocaine while Radley was on a golf trip with six Roosters teammates to the Sunshine Coast in June, during a bye round for the Roosters.
Radley, who was listed in Smith’s phone contacts as “Victor the Molester”, has not been charged and there is no suggestion he obtained or took illegal drugs.
Alleged text messages between the pair will form evidence in Smith’s case.
On May 30, according to the documents, a text message was allegedly sent from Radley’s phone to Smith, telling him to “tee-up your cousin in sunny coast for me; little short ball. Short eight-ball if you will.”
Police will allege that a “ball” or “eight-ball” are common slang terms for 3.5 grams, or one-eighth of an ounce, of powdered drugs.
In a statement, the Roosters claimed Radley brought the club into disrepute and hit him with a ban that “represents the heaviest sanction ever imposed on a player in the club’s history”.
On Tuesday, Radley admitted he feared the Roosters were going to sack him.
“Yeah, for sure,” Radley said.
“Probably a lot went on behind closed doors but, as much as I felt maybe this (my career) could be it, I still felt that the senior people at the club, ‘Robbo’ (coach Trent Robinson) had my back, regardless of what decision was going to be made.
“I felt like I could be in some trouble (around) leaving.”

Despite the fact he won’t play for the Roosters until May next year, Radley is thankful to still be a part of the club.
“It was a weird one for me. I love this club. It’s my home. I have supported it since I was young and I was born and bred in the area,” Radley said.
“It is my whole life and has given me everything and I put them in a difficult spot and that hurt.
“I’m looking forward to moving forward and trying to make amends. This club is everything to me and I know I hurt it. I had a difficult meeting (with Robinson and chairman Nick Politis) but, at the same time, I felt the love from the club.
“And for that I will be eternally grateful. You have to get on with it. There’s not much I can do – it was plastered on the news. The only thing I could do was speak to the club and my family and make sure they’re okay. I have to stand up, be a man and move forward.”
Radley also spoke about the six Roosters teammates on the Sunshine Coast golf trip, who were unfairly implicated in the drama. There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by his teammates.
“That hurt as well,” he said.
“I would have gotten 20 messages over the past week or so from every single teammate. They have all had my back.”
Despite the heavy penalty, Radley will be free to represent England in the end-of-year Ashes series against Australia’s Kangaroos.
Smith has been released on bail with drug and betting allegations adjourned until October 9. The Rugby League Players Association has raised concerns with the Roosters over Radley’s sanctions.

[nayfo]

A bit off topic but i hope Robbo gives Hugo a chance to trial at the #13 in the off season, with his running game and defense he could make a decent run of it.

The more I think about it I like it.

[nayfo]

There must be a reason why it's without pay instead of a fine by the club though.

Under the CBA, clubs can fine players up to 25% of their salary. — No mention of standing down players without pay, which would be the RLPA's main concern in setting a precedent that other clubs could use.

Technically, if the Roosters are not paying Victor 150k or so of his salary, then that 150k or so is available to use to pay other players, i.e. top up contracts.

This is a different circumstance to a player being fined as they are still technically being paid even though the payment is not made to the player in question as it is used to pay off the fine over time.

Will the NRL give the Roosters salary cap concession to have Victor Radley's 10-week suspension without pay removed from their salary cap - have to wait and see?

Season	Base Salary Cap	Motor Vehicle Allowance	Veteran & Developed Player Allowance	Total Top 30 Salary Cap
2026	$11,550,000	$100,000	$300,000	$11,950,000

That’s some good googling there King Salvo

[theGman]

A bit off topic but i hope Robbo gives Hugo a chance to trial at the #13 in the off season, with his running game and defense he could make a decent run of it.

Exactly my thoughts as well.
Hugo roaming off DCE and Sammy, creating opportunities either side of the field is salivating.
Allows Robbo to inject Watson into the game as he sees fit.

[Bates]

A bit off topic but i hope Robbo gives Hugo a chance to trial at the #13 in the off season, with his running game and defense he could make a decent run of it.

Interesting thought.

[Rooster90]

A bit off topic but i hope Robbo gives Hugo a chance to trial at the #13 in the off season, with his running game and defense he could make a decent run of it.

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

Make this make sense
maybe is victor radley unlicensed got in an unregistered car under the influence of drugs and alcohol crashed his car into another nearly killing a young family he may have copped a week less

honestly the world is ****ed

Well said. This is how fkd the NRL authorities are. It's all about the $$$$ for certain NRL HQ decision makers.