Sad news about Wigan star Brett Dallas

[Allora]

Speedster Brett Dallas has fallen on tough times and appeared before the Courts on charges of theft.

Sad to see a player like Dallas who was the youngest player to turn out for Queensland in SOO.

I hope he  can turn it around and get on with his life. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6862291/NRL-legend-1million-contract-caught-stealing-board-shorts.html#comments

 

 

[ghost crayfish]

With the speed he had I'm surprised he didn't get away! Still, sorry to hear. He was top quality and certainly produced some great moments for Queensland.

[Damien]

Awful news. Hopefully he can turn his life around. It just shows nobody really knows what is around the corner and a few bad events can change everything.

[Spike]

Sad news. But hopefully with the right help he can turn his life around. 

[The 4 of Us]

Mail online had to dig deep for that one. Not even bothered translating it from Aussie.

[Damien]

3 minutes ago, The 4 of Us said:

Mail online had to dig deep for that one. Not even bothered translating it from Aussie.

They often get Australian Rugby news like this. Cheap filler for them I suppose 

[DlEHARD]

Anyone who spied his twitter and instagram over the last couple years would know the bloke is in a very deep hole. Sad.

[Rupert Prince]

21 minutes ago, Damien said:

They often get Australian Rugby news like this. Cheap filler for them I suppose 

Not that I read the Mail....  (!!) but... !   well anyway the odd spin through does pop up... and they seem to pick up on Australian articles.

I should add in fairness to other papers that I think all papers are rubbish!

And on topic, very sad for Dallas. 

[Cheshire Setter]

What actually happened to him?   The report states he wanted to start an electrical business in 2007 but doesn’t carry the story through.

Was he a victim of the GFC? 

[BenGilesRL]

That's a real shame I hope he can get help and maybe use his history in the game to be a coach at some level or conditioner or something. I'll never forget him running the ball out of defence STRAIGHT AT a defender. Didn't know what hit him. Can't remember who it was against but I was behind the posts so must have been either a Magic Weekend or a Cup Final

[Oliver Clothesoff]

Interesting angle some taking here. I don’t imagine if this was one of the game’s perceived bad boys, this story would have gained the same reaction. 

 

[Damien]

3 minutes ago, Oliver Clothesoff said:

Interesting angle some taking here. I don’t imagine if this was one of the game’s perceived bad boys, this story would have gained the same reaction. 

 

Probably not but maybe some recognise that he was never like that as a player and realise that for various reasons a lot of players fall on hard times after playing. He is obviously one of them.

[welshmagpie]

On 3/29/2019 at 9:00 AM, DlEHARD said:

Anyone who spied his twitter and instagram over the last couple years would know the bloke is in a very deep hole. Sad.

Just had a look through his twitter account, the bloke is really in a bad way. Like, seriously messed up.

 

[Mister Ting]

This is sad.

I hope he get's through his problems.