a bit touchy aren't we?...
i think if you read my post, I actually said that I don't KNOW the details of the incident, and make no assumptions regarding his fault or otherwise... I am however happy to give him some benefit of the doubt until I find out more about the circumstances, that seems to upset you - are you so insecure?
Maybe he didn't inform the ARU - I don't know - but I am very interested to find out... in normal circumstances one would have expected the player, or his manager, to be talking to management inside the Wallaby camp (about the logistics for his departure to melbourne), prior to saturday's match - given he would likely have had to leave on the Sunday, and therE were likely to be Sunday commitments within the Team...
Added to that, his legal representation - if there was any, were unable to prevent a warrant being issued, which suggests that perhaps there is in fact, some background leading up to his non-appearance...
Whilst I don't expect the tale to be particularly gripping, I think there is more specifics to come out of this than what appears in the news so far - and I expect the ARU statement may clear up a few loose ends...
in summary, I have not read anything about the details of the assault, and so I no more assume that Ioane was the instigator, or at fault, than I assume the other fellow was... Having said that, I have some doubts that D.I. would walk up to a nameless stranger in a public place and start mouthing off, whereas in the reverse situation... ?
Wasn't Quade Cooper having drinks thrown over him in Melbourne the other week? Hardly sounded like "the players fault to take responsibility for his own actions or take meet their own responsibilities. Lets blame someone else" applied in that case, either.