“We were there to celebrate Jack’s 30th with family and friends. While everyone enjoyed a great night, we understand that our wrestle, as harmless as we believed it to be, was a poor decision and may have looked bad.The incident came a week out from the pre-season Indigenous v Māori All Stars clash, which takes place in Rotorua on Saturday. The alleged offences do not meet the threshold for NRL’s no-fault stand-down policy, and both players are expected to line up in the showpiece match.
“We remain great friends, and are looking forward to proudly representing our community at All Stars this weekend,” the pair added. Witnesses saw the two players allegedly clash in the Canberra CBD outside a club on Bunda St at 3.45am and rang police. ACT police subsequently charged Wighton with fighting in a public place and failing to comply with an exclusion direction. Mitchell was charged with resisting territory public official along with fighting in a public place and failing to comply with an exclusion direction.Topics
Victor Radley is constantly persued by the NRL. One pre season in fun he tackled a guy on the Nth Coast and was harrassed for weeks by the NRL.... But you watch Mitchell be let off by the NRL. A public brawl on a main street using up police efforts and time. If Radley got a week?
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