'Slandering' Dragons great told to 'get over it'

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Rugby league great Scott Sattler has condemned erstwhile Dragons prima Matt Cooper implicit his inflammatory comments astir St George Illawarra, saying he's "disappointed" and telling him to "get implicit it".

Cooper, who's made it wide successful caller years that helium had a falling-out with the Dragons, past week caused different disturbance erstwhile helium snubbed the 2010 premiership reunion and dropped a spicy station connected Twitter.

Cooper said helium "didn't privation to marque a country and ruin a peculiar occasion", portion suggesting helium was irritated that "(a) erstwhile CEO and a subordinate who did not adjacent play successful the crippled were going to beryllium there".

The erstwhile New South Wales Blues and Kangaroos centre past revealed to Wide World of Sports that his choler was implicit a occupation connection that ne'er eventuated, portion declaring helium would spill connected the feud successful owed time.

"I privation to hold until adjacent play and the footy shows are backmost connected TV to scope a maximum audience," Cooper told Wide World of Sports' The Mole.

Sattler, a subordinate of the Panthers broadside that won the 2003 expansive final, panned Cooper connected SEN vigor connected Tuesday.

"Matty Cooper's been precise captious of his erstwhile club. (He's played) 250 games for the club, (he's) 1 of the large players, caput you," Sattler said.

"To spell connected Twitter and explicate to the fans wherefore helium didn't spell to their 10-year reunion ... it's baffling wherefore helium tried to bring the attraction onto him similar that.

"I'm a small spot disappointed, to beryllium rather honest. The reasons (for Cooper not attending) ... helium said a erstwhile CEO is going to beryllium determination and a subordinate who didn't adjacent play successful the crippled (2010 expansive final) was going to beryllium there.

"If there's a subordinate that's a portion of the first-grade squad, that was a portion of a squad that wins the comp successful 2010, for example, adjacent if they play 1 2nd oregon 1 infinitesimal of that year, they should beryllium invited to reunions."

Cooper played 243 games for the Dragons betwixt 2001 and 2013.

For the bulk of his NRL vocation helium was 1 of 2 weapon centres for the club, on with Mark Gasnier — different erstwhile Blues and Kangaroos star.

"We person a get-together each year, the 2003 (Panthers) side," Sattler added.

"We invitation each subordinate that played 1 2nd that year, and truthful they should (be invited).

"So, for Matty Cooper, I would similar to accidental we've each been determination upon status oregon getting adjacent to the extremity of our careers wherever we perchance get promised thing and it doesn't travel to fruition.

"You've conscionable got to get implicit it and we person to halt trying to destabilise a nine you served truthful proudly, effort and travel up with solutions connected however you tin beryllium palmy again.

"Going connected Twitter and slandering the nine again — I don't deliberation that's the close mode forward."

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