Excerpt of footage of Brett Stewart getting out of a car, mobbed by reporters. But today's young players have moved with the times, sexting and circulating pornographic videos on mobile phones. NRL officials expressed shock but they should have seen it coming.
Two years earlier the details of another horrifying incident were kept from the public. CLARE: There was always hands on me and there was always um, if one person had stopped, someone was touching me and doing something else. There was never a point where I was not being handled. It has once again, and for that I can't say sorry enough. Alright, let's get on with the show.
When I opened my eyes there was just a long line at the end of the bed. Game day at Newcastle stadium, a big day for the local fans, this is the first home game of the season for the Newcastle Knights. In the dressing room the players are in the final stages of preparation before kickoff. It's not as bad as going to war and I wouldn't suggest that, but it's probably like the old gladiator days and they get out there and they belt the hell out of each other and there's probably no other game that is like it.
Last year's champions, Manly haven't won a game since their alcohol-fuelled season launch. One of Manly's key players Anthony Watmough punched a sponsor at the season launch, the Knight's are preparing to single him out on the field. Manly's star player Brett Stewart is still on suspension for being drunk at the same event.
For the home side it's the first game of the year, on their home ground. That's the nature of the game. Now anyone that does that for a job is a risk taker. Willingly loves a risk and challenges himself on risk. They've got to make tackles, they've got to be fearless, then we want them to do things that other people don't do. So we attract an aggressive, young, risk taking male. We give him a shower, put a suit on him and then say now we want you to be you know a submissive male.
