Bulldogs officers have reportedly been fabricating quotes from rival gamers in an try and encourage their underperforming squad.
The Daily Telegraph printed a picture of a printed signal which was caught contained in the membership’s Belmore coaching floor forward of their conflict towards the Knights two weeks in the past.
It included statements which had been supposedly mentioned by Newcastle coach Adam O’Brien, halfback Jackson Hastings and utility Phoenix Crossland.
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The piece of paper reads:
“He probably could play Sunday but we didn’t think it was worth the risk”: Adam O’Brien on Bradman Best.
“A home final would be insane. I’m sure it’s in the back of everyone’s minds”: Phoenix Crossland.
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“It was like a training run”: Jackson Hastings on the 66-0 win over the Bulldogs earlier within the season.
According to The Daily Telegraph’s Phil Rothfield, a member of the Bulldogs teaching workers concocted the quotes.
He informed Big Sports Breakfast: “They just made the quotes up and stuck them on the wall at Belmore and in the sheds at McDonald Jones Stadium!”
The ploy didn’t work, as they suffered one other 42-6 drubbing by the hands of the Knights.
Canterbury-Bankstown powerbrokers are additionally investigating how the photograph was launched to the media alongside the news of Tevita Pangai Junior’s NRL retirement.
Rothfield mentioned on Big Sports Breakfast: “I don’t think it’s fair to the Knights to be doing that sort of thing.”
He added: “I guess it sums up the Bulldogs’ season. It’s been a bit of a disaster.”
Source: www.foxsports.com.au