NEWS Joan Taufua charged with manslaughter

[Broncs_Fan]

Not everyone agrees:

Paul Morgan Player of the Year: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Best Forward: 2020, 2021, 2022
Player's Player: 2019, 2020, 2021
Play of the Year: 2021
Australia: 2019 (made himself unavailable 2022)
PM's XIII: 2019
NSW: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

I don’t care about that. Jarryd Hayne won a Dally M and I wouldn’t want him at the Broncos in his prime now we know all we know.

 

[levikaden]

Makes "your Mum's a rig" look pretty tame....eh?

“Your mum’s a Payne” will get plenty of runs

 

[levikaden]

Grub of a mother fwiw

 

[I bleed Maroon]

“Your mum’s a Payne” will get plenty of runs

Back page of the Courier Mail the day of Brisbane's first trial. Book it.

 

[Kimlo]

Back page of the Courier Mail the day of Brisbane's first trial. Book it.

Shit journalism if so. Payne should not be punished for this by the media. This is well beyond football, unless he says something stupid to bring himself attention, the media focus should be purely on his mother, not him.

 

[McHunt]

Shit journalism if so. Payne should not be punished for this by the media. This is well beyond football, unless he says something stupid to bring himself attention, the media focus should be purely on his mother, not him.

Perfect storm this one, and unavoidable. Payne's mother had already become a household name because of both her son's high media profile and own her serial shitty behaviour.

This car accident would've been a front page story regardless, but the context of her being a celebrity's mother is significant and of public interest. It's normal to give a background in a story.

The papers aren't tarring Payne with the same brush, but many of the readers (fans) are. To some extent that's fair. We are a product of our upbringing, and Payne proudly puts family first.

It will be tricky for Payne to navigate his way through this one, but his mother has dumped it on him, and he's bound by his own code of loyalty.

I think, as fans, we should try to understand what he's going through and believe he can rise above his upbringing.

 

[McHunt]

I don’t care about that. Jarryd Hayne won a Dally M and I wouldn’t want him at the Broncos in his prime now we know all we know.

Payne is not the only one bound by a contract. So is the club. And, at this point, Payne has done nothing wrong. And not only that, the club has bestowed more awards on him than any player in recent history. A lot of us think Payne isn't playing to his full potential - including me - but no one else is impressing the club more.

So what I'm saying is the club obviously wants Payne at the club. And they know him better than we do.

 

[Bull Shark]

I see she's appointed colourful Sydney lawyer Leigh Johnson - who will not have come cheaply. Google her if you don't know the name. She represented Anita Cobby's murderer and conman Peter Foster, with whom she got mixed up in some sports betting racket.

Just on a side note for a second, what is the deal with Peter Foster and how frequently he’s arrested ? Do police just tag & release him like a marlin ?

 

[Broncs_Fan]

The club is walking a tight rope right now:

Coach under pressure
Robati stood down
Payne Haas’s mum circus
Staggs one incident away from getting deregistered.

Obviously got some talent but the place is a bit of a tinderbox right now. Donaghy needs to get the place in order.

 

[Wolfie]

Shit journalism if so. Payne should not be punished for this by the media. This is well beyond football, unless he says something stupid to bring himself attention, the media focus should be purely on his mother, not him.

I know hes pretty dumb, but surely this time he will be keeping quiet.

 

[ivanhungryjak]

I know hes pretty dumb, but surely this time he will be keeping quiet.

A competent manager would be giving him some quality advice sooo ….

 

[I bleed Maroon]

A competent manager would be giving him some quality advice sooo ….

In other words he's fucked.

 

[Jason Simmons]

That’s a big part of the problem we have in this state though. Kids breaking into houses and stealing cars are never going to get anywhere near the maximum sentence. This woman is never going to get life for these ones.

Please direct these comments to the local ALP office.

No upper house in Qld parliament so they are the only ones who could fix this, if they actually wanted to. The Youth Justice Act is an atrocious piece of legislation.

 

[Broncapz]

There's a hard lesson in life that not everyone has to learn, is that you really are just better off without some family.

 

[IceWorks]

I keep thinking about the family that was destroyed, the sister left from that family and the effect it will have on everyone connected with them.

 

[Santa]

There's a hard lesson in life that not everyone has to learn, is that you really are just better off without some family.

100%. Some people give too much power to "blood". I haven't talked to my parents (and my entire extended family) in over 8 years (except at 1 funeral), and my life has been easier for it.

 

[Foordy]

Shit journalism if so. Payne should not be punished for this by the media. This is well beyond football, unless he says something stupid to bring himself attention, the media focus should be purely on his mother, not him.

that's just something we're used to by now.

every report I've read on the incident has made sure to mention Payne several times during the article. they need to be sure to remind everyone she is Payne Haas mother (given they have different surnames)

 

[Galah]

The big thing is how will he handle fans getting at him from other teams. He really struggled last year after his contract break episode. This could be a lot worse than that if he gets targeted.

And they most definitely will.