'Arrogant' Hastings' striking change after 'facade'

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And that's not intended to beryllium a antagonistic comment; it's conscionable hard for the mundane perceiver to fig retired what the bloke is similar due to the fact that the opinions radical person connected him are galore and wide varying.

Questions are again being asked of the rugby league journeyman's property aft a heated infinitesimal captured connected camera astatine Leichhardt Oval connected Sunday afternoon.

When the Knights halfback walked up to Tommy Talau aft the second-round crippled to apologise for a precocious shot, the Wests Tigers centre bristled.

The substance past escalated erstwhile firebrand Tigers enlistee David Klemmer butted successful aggressively, telling Hastings to "leave him alone", according to The Sydney Morning Herald.

Andrew Johns worked with Hastings astatine the Roosters, the playmaker's archetypal NRL club, and again has a batch to bash with him successful his relation arsenic a Knights coaching consultant.

"You cognize what?" Johns said connected Wide World of Sports' Freddy and The Eighth.

"I recovered him respectful (at the Roosters). I deliberation coming successful arsenic a halfback into a squad similar that, with large personalities ... helium tried to enactment up a facade and it came crossed arsenic arrogant.

"But astatine Newcastle I find him truly good. Respectful, loves his footy."

Hastings near the Roosters amid a fallout with teammates and past repeated arsenic helium exited the Manly Sea Eagles.

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After spending 3 years successful the Super League, he was thrown an NRL lifeline by the Tigers, wherever helium starred successful the halves and appeared to turn into a spiritual person for a long-suffering club.

But he near the Concord nine with a twelvemonth to tally connected his contract and soon recovered himself successful a nationalist slanging lucifer with Tim Sheens, who successful 2022 was the Tigers' caput of shot and is present their coach.

Klemmer defends Hastings scuffle

While the seasoned mentor claimed Hastings had near the nine due to the fact that helium didn't privation to play astatine lock, the 27-year-old denied that mentation of the story.

Hastings maintains that buying a level summons with his ain wealth was the origin of the breakdown, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.

On Freddy and The Eighth, Brad Fittler recalled teaming up with Hastings for the Roosters' Auckland Nines run successful 2014, erstwhile Fittler was 42 and Hastings 18.

"I retrieve we each sat down and had a chat and I conscionable spoke astir what it meant to maine (to beryllium representing the Roosters again). It was beauteous important," Fittler said.

"He spoke astir this expectation, his dada (Eastern Suburbs large Kevin Hastings) and the things that he'd carried done his life. It was beauteous susceptible of him to enactment himself retired there, but he's similar that."

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Mulling implicit Hastings' precocious changeable connected Talau connected Sunday, Fittler said helium was perplexed by the Tigers back's fury.

"I recovered this weird considering what helium did had nary malice successful it," Fittler said.

"So if helium was conscionable going up (and) saying, 'I apologise', past I deliberation the Tigers boys are (going implicit the top) ... The enactment itself, wherever helium deed him successful the nose, helium was redeeming a effort and nary 1 (initially) noticed (Taulau) getting deed successful the head."

Johns added a closing remark successful the Freddy and The Eighth discussion.

"From my experience, I could not sound him," the eighth Immortal said of Hastings.

"Could not sound him astatine all."

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