* blueandblack high-5s all the Lote-bashers
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he may go back to league now.....
Two minds again:
1.Gee look I don’t think the guy is worth the dollars but to be ridiculed for losing your job is going a bit far when we don’t know what happened!! He was at one stage a great player for the Wallabies.
2. For the ARU to tear up a significant dollar contract it must be something pretty bad and more than likely worth the disdain of the rugby public and players. If the IRB doesn’t get involved at least he can play out is career in the northern hemisphere or return to League.
Generally speaking you aren’t learning much if your lips are moving!!!
ARU should have enough to float the ARC again now...
"Bloody oath we did!"
Nathan Sharpe, Legend.
So I guess the question is whether that is his Waratahs contract ripped up too? You have to be Wallabies eligible - I suppose he still technically would be, but having been sacked...?
But it'll be Japan or Europe rather than league, if possible. Like it or not, he is box office and to be honest I couldn't begrudge him that (presuming whatever offence he has committed is only "ARU heinous" - maybe he provoked the food fight)
I love that all the rumours about 'that incident' are now being targetted at him...takes the heat of the other boys to concentrate on their game. Wonder if this will make it onto his website for this week's blog?
Drew's a certain starter for the Tahs and Lachie Turner will be set to become a permanent Wallabies winger for the rest of the season, fantastic news for the Wallabies!! Not to mention there's now a free spot in the team for Cummins to make his mark as a bolter now and a permanent inclusion in 2010/2011 & RWC!!
Last edited by laura; 01-07-09 at 18:25.
thats what i was thinking andy, a possible move to league as he's no longer contracted to the ARU/warratahs...Originally Posted by AndyS
haha. bye Lote.
Hmmm, thinking about that, I believe the players get paid out of a pool...I imagine there will be a few lads asking for a pay raise now the cash is available again (and reminding them of the pay cuts they had to take when Lote and Tahu were signed).
There's a surprise.....I'm not gloating but I have pretty much said it all along and as for Tahu who can't make it through a game without pulling a hammie....poor buy and sure as shit not up to Wallaby standard.
Just happy to be here
wow .. unexpected this is!
By David Beniuk
July 01, 2009 .Lote Tuqiri has engaged lawyers and will launch immediate legal action against the Australian Rugby Union following the shock termination of his lucrative contract.
Tuqiri's agent Les Ross confirmed the former Wallabies winger would fight his sacking, which was announced on Wednesday evenin by an ARU email.
"All I can tell you is that Lote disputes that the ARU are entitled to terminate his contract and he has retained solicitor Mr Mark O'Brien and Mr Tony Marr, senior counsel, to immediately commence proceedings against the ARU," Ross said.
Mystery surrounds the reason for Tuqiri's dismissal, but the ARU had been conducting
an investigation into a possible breach of the players' code of conduct.
The ARU statement read: "The employment contract of Lote Tuqiri has been terminated effective today.
"ARU has treated this issue as a standard employment matter.
"The ARU will not make any further comment on the matter as it may be the subject of legal proceedings."
It is understood the "legal proceedings" referred to are Tuqiri's action against the ARU and the winger has not broken the law.
It is also understood Tuqiri's absence from Australia's first four international matches this year was not related to the reason for his sacking.
One of Australia's highest paid rugby players, Tuqiri was contracted to the ARU until 2012.
July 1, 2009 - 8:00PM
Lote Tuqiri has engaged lawyers and will launch immediate legal action against the Australian Rugby Union following the shock termination of his lucrative contract.
Tuqiri's agent Les Ross confirmed the former Wallabies winger would fight his sacking, which was announced late on Wednesday by an ARU email.
"All I can tell you is that Lote disputes that the ARU are entitled to terminate his contract and he has retained solicitor Mr Mark O'Brien and Mr Tony Marr, senior counsel, to immediately commence proceedings against the ARU," Ross told AAP.
Mystery surrounds the reason for Tuqiri's dismissal, but the ARU had been conducting an investigation into a possible breach of the players' code of conduct.
The ARU statement read: "The employment contract of Lote Tuqiri has been terminated effective today.
"ARU has treated this issue as a standard employment matter.
"The ARU will not make any further comment on the matter as it may be the subject of legal proceedings."
It is understood the "legal proceedings" referred to are Tuqiri's action against the ARU and the winger has not broken the law.
It is also understood Tuqiri's absence from Australia's first four international matches this year was not related to the reason for his sacking.
One of Australia's highest paid rugby players, Tuqiri was contracted to the ARU until 2012.
He was signed to a massive deal in 2007 as the ARU regime of Gary Flowers fought off an offer from NRL club South Sydney.
Speculation about the ARU investigation had pointed to a late night visit to the Crown Casino in Melbourne in the lead-up to last month's Test against Italy, which also reportedly involved backs Adam Ashley-Cooper and Peter Hynes.
An internet report had also suggested four high-profile rugby players were involved in a serious off-field incident.
Another report said Tuqiri had been issued with a "final warning letter" after a late-night drinking session with Wallabies teammates in 2007.
An ARU spokesman refused to comment further but the body's chief executive John O'Neill will front the media when the Wallabies Tri-Nations squad is announced on Thursday.
A spokesman for Tuqiri's Super 14 team, the NSW Waratahs, said the franchise would be making no comment as the matter related to an ARU investigation.
Rugby Union Players Association boss Tony Dempsey was unaware of the situation when contacted by AAP.
"It certainly comes as a surprise," he said.
"We always represent our members, we always look to provide them with advice and we always ensure that all dealings are fair and reasonable."
Tuqiri, 29, has a far from squeaky clean off-field record since switching to union from NRL club Brisbane in 2003.
In 2005 he was involved in the infamous "ice-throwing" incident in Cape Town which resulted in Matt Henjak being sent home.
Tuqiri was fined $500 and given a suspended two-match ban following the incident.
He was sent home from a Wallabies training camp in January 2007 for failing a fitness test and months later apologised to teammate Sam Norton-Knight for shoving him and giving him a verbal spray during a match for NSW.
Later that year, he apologised to Wallabies selector Michael O'Connor for putting a conversation on speaker-phone as O'Connor was being critical of Waratahs teammate Peter Hewat.
And in July 2007 he was banned for two matches and fined $20,000 for failing to attend a team medical and registering an alcohol reading at a team breath test.
Speculation arose that the 67-Test veteran may consider a move back to rugby league when he was left out of Australia's first four internationals of 2009, with Lachie Turner, Drew Mitchell and Hynes all preferred on the wings.
But Tuqiri denied he would quit rugby in his newspaper column last weekend, and would earn considerably less in the 13-man game.
The Gold Coast Titans have already expressed an interest in Tuqiri, while rebuilding Cronulla and St George Illawarra, the home of former clubmates Wendell Sailor and coach Wayne Bennett could also hold appeal.
AAP
http://www.rugbyheaven.com.au/news/n...e#contentSwap1
hahaha contest it all you want mate. they wouldnt have given you the boot unless you gave them an ironclad reason.
overseas or back to leauge for you!
Well, I can't say I'm sorry. Maybe those who tried to present Lote as something he wasn't will be a bit quieter now?
Seems awfully convenient timing....
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