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Darby Loudon (17)
I wouldn't be surprised if Beale hasn't been canned yet due to concerns about his welfare if he was.
Quade still pays the price for laptop acquisition but his biggest issue in the 6 years since then was sending some tweets.
JOC (James O'Connor) has had some issues with police but most of his stuff is just being a dickhead.
Beale on the other hand has been charged with assault twice and gone the punch on with team mates twice. That's what we know of. What happens to Beale when he can't "settle" before trial or such?
As I've mentioned before, any other workplace in Australia and he would be instantly sacked after this issue, with police called. To be fair we still don't know the entire picture of what happened, but based on what we've heard.
The other side of the coin is from Patstons view. You would have to imagine she'd have the most open and shut case to sue the ARU (or whatever the protocol would be). Only female staffer on plane, possibly physically threatened, Beales track record. ARU would be open to a lot of issues as a result of this. I'd imagine the culture and conversations amongst a rugby team would create a slam dunk case at the best of times, but if you actually wanted to run with it......
What if THIS was the reason for the quagmire. Female staffer tired of 4 years in rugby culture, takes opportunity to snap, demands she's leaving, threatening to pursue legal avenues. Link realises he needs to manage that situation more than attend a training session.
This would result in Link and a bunch of other staffers, probably players as well, getting fired (maybe not immediately), not to mention the impact on next years campaign.
All hearsay and speculation, and I like the "eddie jones at the reds" based theory better in terms of likelihood, but you never know.
Quade still pays the price for laptop acquisition but his biggest issue in the 6 years since then was sending some tweets.
JOC (James O'Connor) has had some issues with police but most of his stuff is just being a dickhead.
Beale on the other hand has been charged with assault twice and gone the punch on with team mates twice. That's what we know of. What happens to Beale when he can't "settle" before trial or such?
As I've mentioned before, any other workplace in Australia and he would be instantly sacked after this issue, with police called. To be fair we still don't know the entire picture of what happened, but based on what we've heard.
The other side of the coin is from Patstons view. You would have to imagine she'd have the most open and shut case to sue the ARU (or whatever the protocol would be). Only female staffer on plane, possibly physically threatened, Beales track record. ARU would be open to a lot of issues as a result of this. I'd imagine the culture and conversations amongst a rugby team would create a slam dunk case at the best of times, but if you actually wanted to run with it......
What if THIS was the reason for the quagmire. Female staffer tired of 4 years in rugby culture, takes opportunity to snap, demands she's leaving, threatening to pursue legal avenues. Link realises he needs to manage that situation more than attend a training session.
This would result in Link and a bunch of other staffers, probably players as well, getting fired (maybe not immediately), not to mention the impact on next years campaign.
All hearsay and speculation, and I like the "eddie jones at the reds" based theory better in terms of likelihood, but you never know.