Legend's frank advice for 'frustrating' Roosters star

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Cronulla Sharks fable Paul Gallen has opened up connected the life-changing proposal helium received during his vocation arsenic the erstwhile NSW skipper urges Victor Radley to alteration his attitude.

Radley was fortunate to person not been sin binned against the Dragons erstwhile helium caput butted Blake Lawrie, but was subsequently fixed a three-match ban for the people 1 striking charge.

The incidental was his 3rd and consequent offence.

Gallen, who struggled with subject aboriginal successful his career, said immoderate timely proposal from 1 of the game's legends enactment him successful bully stead.

"He's (Radley) specified a prime player, it's truthful frustrating ... I had issues aboriginal successful my vocation for astir apt six, seven, 8 oregon 9 years and it took a speech with Ron Massey for maine to propulsion my caput in," helium said connected Nine's 100% Footy.

Victor Radley is placed connected study for a caput butt. (Fox League)

"He hammered me, helium tore shreds disconnected maine for an hr ... I'd ne'er met him, I was truthful excited to conscionable him, my dada knew precisely who helium was and what he'd done, helium hammered maine for an hour.

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"It wasn't until aft that clip I did propulsion my caput in, astatine the backmost extremity of my vocation I was beauteous bully and went connected to bash immoderate bully things.

"Victor's astir apt successful that presumption at the moment, he's specified a bully player."

'I can't judge helium wasn't sent off'

Gallen added helium was shocked the Roosters prima stayed connected the tract aft the incident, earlier stating Radley's signifier coincides with the Roosters existent descent down the ladder.

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"Yeah I americium truly amazed helium wasn't sent off, it was a headbutt, a blatant caput butt and he's conscionable truthful sick disciplined, but the happening is that's the Roosters astatine the moment," helium said.

"He should've been sent for 10 ... you conscionable privation to shingle him and accidental you're truthful good, you're hurting yourself, helium should beryllium playing for NSW successful my opinion, he's bully capable to beryllium determination but he's conscionable got to hole his ill-discipline but successful saying that truthful bash the full Roosters side."

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