Cleary defends 'great kid' freed to play after assault

Nathan Cleary has sprung to the defence of winger Taylan May, saying that the fallout from an incidental successful Queensland past twelvemonth served arsenic a timely reminder connected subordinate behaviour.

"I felt atrocious for him going done it all," helium told reporters.

"You evidently consciousness for your mate that has to spell done worldly similar that and the scrutiny astir it, arsenic we benignant of touched connected there's lessons to beryllium learned and I'll ever respect Taylan.

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"He's a large kid and if you cognize him personally you'll cognize that too."

May was recovered blameworthy of battle past week aft he was charged for an incidental connected the Sunshine Coast. He was seen coming to the assistance of Cleary, who said that the unfortunate had been causing a nuisance each nighttime long.

"There are ever going to beryllium those kinds of radical who are trying to get nether your tegument but that's the beingness we live," helium said.

"We've got to woody with it the close way. Being a rugby league subordinate is simply a precise privileged occupation but it's besides a 24/7 job."

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The incidental - which took spot astatine the Duporth Tavern connected the Sunshine Coast - resulted successful a tiny good and compensatory payout to the victim, with the NRL handing down its ain punishment connected Tuesday.

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Penrith's prima halfback said that it was "great" that their young winger was escaped to play successful this Friday's crunch crippled against the Eels.

"You privation your champion players connected the parkland and he's been monolithic for america this year," Cleary said.

The governing assemblage decided not to suspend May from the finals series, alternatively holding a two-game prohibition implicit until the commencement of adjacent season.

"We're conscionable grateful helium tin enactment up alongside america this week," Jarome Luai said.

The five-eighth added that it was a learning curve for each NRL players, not conscionable May.

"We request to beryllium cautious retired there, we are relation models to the youngers and everyone retired there, we can't gaffe up."

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