BAD BOYS OF THE NRL - SOME OF THE MOST RECENT OFF-FIELD INCIDENTS TO PLAGUE THE GAME:
1. Mitchell Pearce, Sydney Roosters, Jan 2016:
The son of a famous teetotaller Pearce simulated a sex act with a dog at an Australia Day party while heavily intoxicated. The incident was not the first for Pearce, who was fined $20,000 in 2014 for an earlier indiscretion at a Kings Cross nightclub
2. Dylan Walker and Aaron Gray, South Sydney, 2015:
More in the category of making stupid decisions, Walker and Gray, both recovering from surgery, took too many prescription meds and ended up in hospital. South Sydney released Walker later that year, his lawyer claiming: "He has been sucked in, chewed out and well and truly spat out."
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3. Greg Bird, Gold Coast, Dec 2014:
One day after getting married, Bird - no stranger to trouble after having a 2009 conviction for glassing his then-girlfriend Katie Milligan in the face quashed in 2010 - was alleged to have urinated on a police car in Byron Bay
4. Todd Carney, Cronulla, June 2014:
Already done for speeding, drink-driving and leading police on a high-speed chase when at Canberra, Carney came with a reputation but it was what he did at Cronulla that earned him his NRL exit. Filmed by a supposed friend - just like Pearce - Carney performed a lewd act, known as 'the bubbler' in the bathroom of Cronulla venue Northies. The video was uploaded to social media and the Sharks tore up his contract
5. Blake Ferguson, Canberra, June 2013:
Ferguson was out and about in former haunt Cronulla when he 'inappropriately touched' a female patron at 2230 nightclub. Ferguson was convicted of indecent assault and sacked by the Raiders
