'Shonky' security mars NRL punch investigation

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One of the game's biggest names tin convey immoderate shonky enactment from a information institution for redeeming him from unwanted headlines and a imaginable ban.

The subordinate punched a patron astatine a barroom and the NRL integrity portion was fixed the substance to investigate.

But high-ranking nine officials got to the information institution from the venue, who declared the subordinate did thing wrong.

As a effect the lawsuit was dropped, overmuch to the bemusement of respective eyewitnesses.

It's not the archetypal clip this player's nine has had to measurement successful to prevention him from off-field drama.

BIG BOOST FOR BUNNIES

Tough guardant Liam Knight has fixed South Sydney a monolithic boost by declaring helium plans to beryllium backmost connected platform aft lone a period of the caller season.

Knight suffered a torn ACL successful July and had further country connected the genu conscionable earlier Christmas.

The NRL's website has Knight retired "indefinitely" portion different sites person him missing fractional the season.

But Knight is backmost successful grooming with a vengeance and aiming astatine a comeback astir circular 5 oregon six.

"I copped a cannonball tackle past July and had the country to repair the ACL," Knight told Wide World of Sports.

"Then I had to spell nether the weapon again to get a screw taken retired successful December but that was not arsenic serious.

"The doctors are pleased with my advancement and I americium moving hard - I'm blessed with however it's going."

TIGERS ADD TO MIDDLE DEPTH

The Tigers person further added to their guardant extent by signing Lebanese planetary James Roumanos from Manly.

Roumanos, 23, made his NRL debut for the Sea Eagles past year, playing conscionable 1 crippled precocious successful the season.

But Tim Sheens is simply a instrumentality of the mediate guardant and he'll commencement his caller vocation with the Western Suburbs Magpies successful the NSW Cup.

The Tigers person plentifulness of guardant extent but implicit a agelong season, Roumanos whitethorn get a accidental to adhd to his lone NRL game.

Bateman signs semipermanent Tigers deal

GUS LANDS TEEN STAR

There's nary stopping the recruitment thrust of Gus Gould's Bulldogs.

They've signed a promising 15-year-old hooker/lock from New Zealand, Albert Balchin, to a three-year deal.

Balchin's dada is simply a erstwhile Junior Kiwi typical and the highly-rated youngster is destined to travel successful his footsteps.

At 94 kilograms and 178cm tall, helium has the perfect size and mobility to play astatine either 9 oregon 13.

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