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  •   Home > News > Sports > Rugby League

    The Roosters have handed Victor Radley a 10-match suspension without pay and ordered him to make a 34-thousand dollar cancer research donation to St Vincent's Hospital for bringing the NRL league outfit into disrepute

    The Roosters have handed Victor Radley a 10-match suspension without pay and ordered him to make a 34-thousand dollar cancer research donation to St Vincent's Hospital for bringing the NRL league outfit into disrepute

    - article from www.rugbyleague.co.nz

    That's the heaviest sanction imposed on a player in the club's history.

    Text messages between the forward and fellow player Brandon Smith have been leaked, with the latter allegedly supplying his former teammate with a contact for a drug dealer.

    Smith has appeared in a Gold Coast court on charges of supplying illegal narcotics and disclosing inside information for gambling.

    NRL COVERAGE WITH PIT STOP. SAVE UP TO ONE-HUNDRED DOLLARS WITH THIS MONTH'S BRAKE SPECIAL

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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     07 Oct: The door's being left open for troubled NRL utility Brandon Smith's return to international league - despite his omission from the Kiwis squad for the Pacific Championships
     07 Oct: Kieran Foran has answered a halfback SOS to join the Kiwis for league's looming Pacific Championships
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