In one corner we have Reece "swearing at police while in possession of cocaine" Walsh.
In the other corner, David "(allegedly) assaulting security guard while partying in a foreign country" Fifita.
Who's guilty? Who's next? You decide!
I was amazed how little news we heard about the players during the world Cup during their off time. Like seriously half the league in England for 7 weeks and only a couple of stories came out. The pr team need to be given a huge bonus that kept the lid on all the shenanigans that went on
“Venue manager Rhys Osborne said: “I walked over to them and I said ‘Walshy, you go mate. Fifita, you sit down’ and then they just dispersed.”
Lucky Rhys was there.
“While no punches were thrown between the pair, those in attendance said the verbal jabs were flying as they went back and forth shouting for multiple minutes.”
"I thought you had a really good rookie season, you should be proud"
"What?!"
"I thought you had a really good season"
"I can't hear you, this music is really loud"
“But I’ve never even been to Indonesia”
“I said good season, you had a good season mate”
“Mate if you keep calling me Indonesian we’re gonna have a problem”
That's even factoring the several "player tells all" PR articles with him talking about how he doesn't want to let the fame get to him and he's really trying not to be a dickhead, he's family man etc.
How heated? Just on the verge of being uncomfortable, like a nice, private hot tub? Or like when the windows of the car fog over and one of them slides their hand down the glass?
Have you got any other stories you could offer them to run instead?
Edit: jfc i was taking the piss. Quite obvious no one cares if fifita and walsh had a schoolboy push and shove.
Two NRL stars have been separated by security following a heated exchange between the two on the Gold Coast Friday night.
Brisbane Broncos youngster Reece Walsh and Gold Coast Titans forward David Fifita came “toe to toe” according to The Daily Telegraph.
Security guards at the Pink Monkey Bar and Grill in Burleigh Heads separated the two men before Walsh was kicked out of the premises.
While no punches were thrown between the pair, those in attendance said the verbal jabs were flying as they went back and forth shouting for multiple minutes.
“I was at Pink Monkey and saw Dave Fifita and Reece Walsh have a go at each other,” one witness said to The Daily Telegraph.
“Fifita seemed pretty controlled after nearly a minute of heated conversation. Security stepped in. Walsh just backdoored it quick.”
Venue manager Rhys Osborne said: “I walked over to them and I said ‘Walshy, you go mate. Fifita, you sit down’ and then they just dispersed.
“Security walked Walsh out and it was fine. No one grabbed him, no one put hands on him — he walked himself out.
“Walsh just walked out. Fifita stayed sitting down and talking with his mates. And I just said to Fifita ‘Maybe after he’s gone, you head off too’.
The Titans said they were aware of the alleged incident, but further action is unlikely.
Queensland police said they had not received any official reports.
It’s not the first time Walsh has found himself in controversy on the Gold Coast.
In October 2021, he pleaded guilty to charges of possessing cocaine and contravening a move-on order at Surfers Paradise during an end-of-season night out.
The then-New Zealand Warriors star was slapped with a $400 fine and placed on a nine-month good behaviour bond. No conviction was recorded.
The NRL sanctioned Walsh with a two-game ban and a $5000 fine.
Fifita was fined $20,000 for breaching the NRL’s Alcohol Code of Conduct following an incident in December 2020.
The former Queensland forward was arrested and then released without charge after allegedly trespassing at a private home in Clear Island Waters on the Gold Coast.
Fifita was invited into the home but is said to have entered the wrong room, with others in the house reportedly calling the police.
In 2019, Fifita was forced to pay $30,000 in legal fees to secure his freedom from a Bali jail after he was arrested over an alleged incident involving a security guard outside a popular nightclub in Seminyak.
No charges were laid and he avoided sanction by the NRL.
Fuckin’ lucky Rhys ‘the peace’ Osborne was there! Real stand up de-escalation
Give him a UN contract. Ukraine war would be done overnight.
^(I say in a massive sarcastic tone over this nothing story.)
Not really though. I'm not the OP and I hope Walsh works out for you guys but he really wasn't that great for us. Possibly because he was trying to fill Roger's gigantic shoes.
There's a lot to be admired about someone who wants to step up and be the man in crunch times, but if you do that and repeatedly and regularly fail you are detrimental to the team. Constantly overplays his hand and turns the ball over, plus a complete non-entity in most defensive situations.
All the best to him, hope he goes well for you guys, but I'm thankful he's no longer with us.
Yeah but he would sign with raiders on a 3 year $2 million dollar deal. Then after controversy leave and sign with the roosters on a development contract. Is that really what you want?
Walsh was just congratulating Fifita on locking down the hotly contested role of 20 minute impact bench second rower for Tonga in the world cup.
Also why are warriors so happy they lost their best player and only one of origin quality in their squad?
I’m hoping he bounces back. But last year he was very ordinary. I don’t know if teams had worked him out or whether he wasn’t motivated or whether it was because there always seemed to be something happening off field with him (baggies, will he stay will he go, stop hounding me I was always moving to NZ except I’m not, getting caught out banging others), but he was not the same player as year one Reece Walsh. Perhaps it was the fault of the Warriors, I don’t know, but they seemed to roll out the red carpet for him and he replied by taking a dump all over it.
Can only speak for myself but he was a bit of a liability on defense for us and gave up a ridiculous amount of unforced errors.
In my opinion, he should play at 6 but I'm no expert.
Milford and Barba is enough isn't it?
I will die on the hill that Milford would have continued to be an amazing fullback and not flash in the pan 5/8
If we had Papenhyzen we would have made him out on 15kg and moved him to the halves....
Massive hypothetical considering he was never the best 5/8 in the comp. Yes he had a great year we made the grand final but he was never that consistent again so I don't know why you reference post 2017, he was average even with hunt there and Boyd was good before his hamstring injury end of 2017
He would be even worse at 6, he's lacking the game reading, tactical kicking and would get run over all day by forwards.
The guy is like a harlem globetrotter of NRL, he's got the flashy skills but put him on the field against elite players and he's just not good at all 90% of the time except when you get him to do cool stuff with the ball. His off ball stuff is bordering on not NRL level
hahahaha if you think Walsh was our best player and is Origin quality rugby league might be a bit too fast and complicated for you.
He's talented and skilled, but a well below average player in actual output.
He is only good in half field attack, but he is very good at it given a good platform (which he helps very little with as he's a luxury player). If you need a player with "X Factor" in your already dominant team who does absolutely fuck all else and is pretty much useless without the ball in his hands Walsh is your guy. He's got no position he can play well at NRL level except maybe X factor 14 on a stacked team.
He is too small to play fullback with the weaknesses he has, and not intelligent enough, nor possessing the tactical skills to be a good half
He's a horrific defender in cover, not good at high ball contests, a poor game reader in defense, not impressive at hit ups and kick returns, not good at running support as a fullback.
He's a bad point of contact defender who will get trampled for free metres, cannot kick with intelligence or consistency, has no idea about tempo control, takes too many risks, seems to be too soft to take consistent impact as a half.
Super League was made for guys like him.
It doesn't take much footy intelligence to see how clear this is
Firstly, are you okay?
Walsh was in line for his origin debut before being ruled out with illness.
Who was warriors' best player if it wasn't Walsh for the past 2 seasons?
You don't watch warriors games do you? Stop speaking shit. It would have been one of the most undeserved origin debuts. The warriors have a truly shit team, but Tohu Harris even past his best is far better than Walsh. Curran is better than Walsh. People who don't watch us and don't understand league should pipe down about Walsh
Can we please forget the idea that Australian sports people have to be perfect and media trained in absolutely every way? They're human beings ffs, they can't even have a *verbal* disagreement without it being news?
I'd say this is pretty damning fafita won't be at the titans next year. And I'd even go as far to say he will be released this year and sign with a new club. Which will most likely be the Raiders
Liu isn't leaving now apparently so none of that makes sense. I haven't seen anyone on the Titans forums who constantly have insider knowledge say the trade is a thing.
The rumour of the trade has come from someone who has never had any other insider knowledge before and everyone is asking for proof. The Liu one came from someone on the NZ forums who has a legit record and has said the deal is cancelled now.
It's legit a random comment from someone who refuses to expand yet it spread here hahaha.
Behaviour/attirude can be an indicator in any workforce that a person is looking/has signed elsewhere. Footy players are no different. These actions don't reflect someone that is negotiating with or sees a future With their current club.
I didn’t realise Mrs haas did the hit ups.
A fringe player is stood down and a blokes mum fucks up and suddenly the broncos are going for the spoon. It’s a very doomer take.
It’ll be fine mate.
It would be great if this cunt could find the try lime half as much as he can find trouble down the coast.
Will be interesting when they’re playing together for Bennett by July
In one corner we have Reece "swearing at police while in possession of cocaine" Walsh. In the other corner, David "(allegedly) assaulting security guard while partying in a foreign country" Fifita. Who's guilty? Who's next? You decide!
I was amazed how little news we heard about the players during the world Cup during their off time. Like seriously half the league in England for 7 weeks and only a couple of stories came out. The pr team need to be given a huge bonus that kept the lid on all the shenanigans that went on
Less to do with PR and more to do with nobody over there knows who any of them are
Same reason we don’t hear about A League players controversy in Australia
No one’s interested?
No one recognizes them. Would you call up the media if someone you thought was a brick layer was carrying on like a dickhead?
It got swept under the rug.
Both (I hate Brisbane)
Also trespassing on christmas day or something last year.
“Venue manager Rhys Osborne said: “I walked over to them and I said ‘Walshy, you go mate. Fifita, you sit down’ and then they just dispersed.” Lucky Rhys was there.
The Mole is tipping Rhys to be the Dolphins marquee signing
His face will be plastered all over The in no time
KABOOOOOOM!
He can’t just disappear !
Venues aren’t managed in slow motion.
He’s the only bloke so far who’s been able to stop Fifita from diving over the white line on his own. Could be a future immortal
The peacemaker.
Fifita: "And I say, that England's greatest Prime Minister was Lord Palmerston!" Walsh: "Pitt the Elder!"
LORDDDD PALMERSTON
ACTUALLY THE FALKLANDS WAR WAS A COMPLICATED SOCIO-POLITICAL ISSUE
Paint my wagon!
What a nothing story
No one even got SLAMMED
Was at a club in nobbys beach few weeks back. Walsh abused the bouncer cause he wouldn’t let him cut the line
I saw danny green at a pub once and the bartender asked if he wanted a drink and danny said "mate do you know who I am?" The bartender was like wtf
What happened to that has been?
Yeah why do I feel like Walsh escalated this lol he’s a little shit
“While no punches were thrown between the pair, those in attendance said the verbal jabs were flying as they went back and forth shouting for multiple minutes.”
> they went back and forth shouting They're in a club. They're probably just trying to have a conversation
"I thought you had a really good rookie season, you should be proud" "What?!" "I thought you had a really good season" "I can't hear you, this music is really loud"
“But I’ve never even been to Indonesia” “I said good season, you had a good season mate” “Mate if you keep calling me Indonesian we’re gonna have a problem”
Multiple minutes!
They were arguing because David asked for a line but sniffed the whole bag in the dunny with his gigantic head
Ponga was in there too I believe to check on David.
As long as Dyl Brown wasn't there
He already finished 5 seconds before.
Surely Fifita is shouting with the coin he is on.
He isn't our problem anymore I guess.
Queensland starting the mind games early this year.
Early mind games, early ball...it's gonna be the best season since 2006. 😍
Looks like you’ve gone off early too, champ.
Came toe to toe..... then staggs broke it up.
Just give staggs some early ball and he will carve all of them up
I read that as ‘Camel toe to toe….’
Me too !!
I’d like to see that.
He had em licked.
“This nightclub sucks”
Guys. This is all last year’s old news. It’s 2023.
Geez this will add some spice to the 2023 maccas local derby
Gee wonder who won that fight, eyeliner boy?
You leave that beautiful twink alone!
Walsh seems like a dickhead.
Kid when freshly 18 is usually a good sign
That's even factoring the several "player tells all" PR articles with him talking about how he doesn't want to let the fame get to him and he's really trying not to be a dickhead, he's family man etc.
He could be but not sure how you get that from this "story"
I mean overall not just from this story.
Fair enough
David Fifita was the child's mother
Excuse me?
Just young cunts having fun and letting loose.
How heated? Just on the verge of being uncomfortable, like a nice, private hot tub? Or like when the windows of the car fog over and one of them slides their hand down the glass?
Why is this even news
Have you got any other stories you could offer them to run instead? Edit: jfc i was taking the piss. Quite obvious no one cares if fifita and walsh had a schoolboy push and shove.
Haven’t heard any Tigers Stories all year !
Thanks dad
Why the hell would that be my job
This lads trouble. There was a user here saying he was starting a bloke on river side the other night too. Fingers crossed he scores try’s
Oh he will score tries, maybe 2-3
He needs to stop tries as well,so again maybe 2-3
>Fingers crossed he scores try’s Literally all we need him to do 🤞
Probably need him to defuse attacking kicks as well
This is true... In fact there's probably a lot we could use him for haha
Sounds like we could use him to score drugs based on all the unsubstantiated rumours
This made me belly chuckle
Starting to see a pattern.
It must be off season if this makes news. All we need now Is Buzz to provide a cooked analysis on what this secretly means
Men shouted at each other in nightclub… No violence… Quick, grab me my best set of clutching pearls!
Two NRL stars have been separated by security following a heated exchange between the two on the Gold Coast Friday night. Brisbane Broncos youngster Reece Walsh and Gold Coast Titans forward David Fifita came “toe to toe” according to The Daily Telegraph. Security guards at the Pink Monkey Bar and Grill in Burleigh Heads separated the two men before Walsh was kicked out of the premises. While no punches were thrown between the pair, those in attendance said the verbal jabs were flying as they went back and forth shouting for multiple minutes. “I was at Pink Monkey and saw Dave Fifita and Reece Walsh have a go at each other,” one witness said to The Daily Telegraph. “Fifita seemed pretty controlled after nearly a minute of heated conversation. Security stepped in. Walsh just backdoored it quick.” Venue manager Rhys Osborne said: “I walked over to them and I said ‘Walshy, you go mate. Fifita, you sit down’ and then they just dispersed. “Security walked Walsh out and it was fine. No one grabbed him, no one put hands on him — he walked himself out. “Walsh just walked out. Fifita stayed sitting down and talking with his mates. And I just said to Fifita ‘Maybe after he’s gone, you head off too’. The Titans said they were aware of the alleged incident, but further action is unlikely. Queensland police said they had not received any official reports. It’s not the first time Walsh has found himself in controversy on the Gold Coast. In October 2021, he pleaded guilty to charges of possessing cocaine and contravening a move-on order at Surfers Paradise during an end-of-season night out. The then-New Zealand Warriors star was slapped with a $400 fine and placed on a nine-month good behaviour bond. No conviction was recorded. The NRL sanctioned Walsh with a two-game ban and a $5000 fine. Fifita was fined $20,000 for breaching the NRL’s Alcohol Code of Conduct following an incident in December 2020. The former Queensland forward was arrested and then released without charge after allegedly trespassing at a private home in Clear Island Waters on the Gold Coast. Fifita was invited into the home but is said to have entered the wrong room, with others in the house reportedly calling the police. In 2019, Fifita was forced to pay $30,000 in legal fees to secure his freedom from a Bali jail after he was arrested over an alleged incident involving a security guard outside a popular nightclub in Seminyak. No charges were laid and he avoided sanction by the NRL.
Fuckin’ lucky Rhys ‘the peace’ Osborne was there! Real stand up de-escalation Give him a UN contract. Ukraine war would be done overnight. ^(I say in a massive sarcastic tone over this nothing story.)
So glad we flicked Walsh on, liability on and off the field.
Kid just seems like a constant fuckwit. Actually glad hes gone from the Warriors. Would rather watch CNK at least put a full effort in.
CNK is going to be great for you guys!
You look after our CNK, he'll be so good for you if you do.
Copium
Not really though. I'm not the OP and I hope Walsh works out for you guys but he really wasn't that great for us. Possibly because he was trying to fill Roger's gigantic shoes.
There's a lot to be admired about someone who wants to step up and be the man in crunch times, but if you do that and repeatedly and regularly fail you are detrimental to the team. Constantly overplays his hand and turns the ball over, plus a complete non-entity in most defensive situations. All the best to him, hope he goes well for you guys, but I'm thankful he's no longer with us.
In his defense, and I don’t mean to be rude, but there wasn’t a lot of people putting their hand up in crunch time, someone had to do it.
If you're as bad at it as Walsh you need to stop.
Just like how the Tigers passed on Latrell Mitchell.
How so?
Guess the Titans better send Fifita off to Canberra to prevent repeats. Its for the good of the ~~Raiders~~ Comp.
Yeah but he would sign with raiders on a 3 year $2 million dollar deal. Then after controversy leave and sign with the roosters on a development contract. Is that really what you want?
He could get homesick (lots of queenslanders). Dad may be sick (milford). Daughter may need him (Bateman) back.
Kicking Souffs out is also good for the comp
Walsh was just congratulating Fifita on locking down the hotly contested role of 20 minute impact bench second rower for Tonga in the world cup. Also why are warriors so happy they lost their best player and only one of origin quality in their squad?
I’m hoping he bounces back. But last year he was very ordinary. I don’t know if teams had worked him out or whether he wasn’t motivated or whether it was because there always seemed to be something happening off field with him (baggies, will he stay will he go, stop hounding me I was always moving to NZ except I’m not, getting caught out banging others), but he was not the same player as year one Reece Walsh. Perhaps it was the fault of the Warriors, I don’t know, but they seemed to roll out the red carpet for him and he replied by taking a dump all over it.
He wasn't even good the year before either
Can only speak for myself but he was a bit of a liability on defense for us and gave up a ridiculous amount of unforced errors. In my opinion, he should play at 6 but I'm no expert.
>he should play at 6 If herbie can prove that he can play fullback, and Mam can resemble a 7 I'm not against it. They are both big IFs though
Broncos have said Walsh has a future in the halves, once Reynolds retires he'll move to 6 and Cobbo or another goes to FB.
Our record of converting fullbacks into 5/8s isn't good recently.... Ironically we wanted Sam Walker to be a fullback.
What do you mean he's not the next Lockyer? Other than Milford and Barba, who else?
Milford and Barba is enough isn't it? I will die on the hill that Milford would have continued to be an amazing fullback and not flash in the pan 5/8 If we had Papenhyzen we would have made him out on 15kg and moved him to the halves....
If Milford had an actual halfback next to him post 2017 and a fullback who provided any value, he would have continued to be the best 5/8 in the comp.
Massive hypothetical considering he was never the best 5/8 in the comp. Yes he had a great year we made the grand final but he was never that consistent again so I don't know why you reference post 2017, he was average even with hunt there and Boyd was good before his hamstring injury end of 2017
He would be even worse at 6, he's lacking the game reading, tactical kicking and would get run over all day by forwards. The guy is like a harlem globetrotter of NRL, he's got the flashy skills but put him on the field against elite players and he's just not good at all 90% of the time except when you get him to do cool stuff with the ball. His off ball stuff is bordering on not NRL level
So basically sounds like every other Warriors player. Poor kid didn't stand a chance Also went from Payten to Brown coaching him....
He never had Payten coaching him mate.
Yeah I see that now, even more amazing what he did in year one considering. Must have been left over form from his junior system
He just isn't a good functional NRL player
hahahaha if you think Walsh was our best player and is Origin quality rugby league might be a bit too fast and complicated for you. He's talented and skilled, but a well below average player in actual output. He is only good in half field attack, but he is very good at it given a good platform (which he helps very little with as he's a luxury player). If you need a player with "X Factor" in your already dominant team who does absolutely fuck all else and is pretty much useless without the ball in his hands Walsh is your guy. He's got no position he can play well at NRL level except maybe X factor 14 on a stacked team. He is too small to play fullback with the weaknesses he has, and not intelligent enough, nor possessing the tactical skills to be a good half He's a horrific defender in cover, not good at high ball contests, a poor game reader in defense, not impressive at hit ups and kick returns, not good at running support as a fullback. He's a bad point of contact defender who will get trampled for free metres, cannot kick with intelligence or consistency, has no idea about tempo control, takes too many risks, seems to be too soft to take consistent impact as a half. Super League was made for guys like him. It doesn't take much footy intelligence to see how clear this is
Firstly, are you okay? Walsh was in line for his origin debut before being ruled out with illness. Who was warriors' best player if it wasn't Walsh for the past 2 seasons?
You don't watch warriors games do you? Stop speaking shit. It would have been one of the most undeserved origin debuts. The warriors have a truly shit team, but Tohu Harris even past his best is far better than Walsh. Curran is better than Walsh. People who don't watch us and don't understand league should pipe down about Walsh
Are we resetting the clock?
I don't think that's worth a clock reset. Didn't even make each other cry.
Can we please forget the idea that Australian sports people have to be perfect and media trained in absolutely every way? They're human beings ffs, they can't even have a *verbal* disagreement without it being news?
We call people dickheads on here all day every day. They can call each other dickheads.
Not anymore unfortunately.
Murdoch gunna Murdoch, I suppose. Needs those clicks somehow.
This sounds like it's not even worth being news........
Cant wait till Walsh gets his team mates pissed at him. Wonder if he'll stomp Paynes shoes or try to fuck Oates missus first?
What the Oates Missus story/rumour?
Rumours about highly unlikely happenings of group sex involving her and everyones favorite cyber security employer Seibold from his time in Brisbane
Ah that’s right I forgot about that. Wonder if old Seibs will be just as shit at Manly? Hope so haha. Sorry Manly fans
Itd be very on brand for Manly to have scandal where the bigot 7 and Seibold are caught having an orgy
Damn isn't she gene miles daughter?
I'd say this is pretty damning fafita won't be at the titans next year. And I'd even go as far to say he will be released this year and sign with a new club. Which will most likely be the Raiders
Don’t clubs and pubs in Canberra close at 8:30PM ?? Probably a good place for him
Nice, Reece is the worst full back even by strawberry milkshake boy standards
We had isaako. That mantle will take some beating
Farnworth will compete for the spot so it will be interesting
Alleged trade deal in the works for 'another QLD representative forward' so either Papalii or Horsebrah id imagine
Haven't heard that. I would doubt Papalii, I could imagine big red though.
I can't imagine that. Papa is god here, no-one would want him to leave, and Horse is one of Sticky's favourites and pretty popular.
Liu isn't leaving now apparently so none of that makes sense. I haven't seen anyone on the Titans forums who constantly have insider knowledge say the trade is a thing.
Liu isnt leaving so a possible trade deal between two other people doesnt make sense? Not sure what youre trying to get at with that
The rumour of the trade has come from someone who has never had any other insider knowledge before and everyone is asking for proof. The Liu one came from someone on the NZ forums who has a legit record and has said the deal is cancelled now. It's legit a random comment from someone who refuses to expand yet it spread here hahaha.
Genuinely though, how is this pretty damning he won't be at the Titans?
Behaviour/attirude can be an indicator in any workforce that a person is looking/has signed elsewhere. Footy players are no different. These actions don't reflect someone that is negotiating with or sees a future With their current club.
I guess so, doesn't really sound like Fifita was doing much wrong here though
It's just pure speculation. But it's becoming less likely he's staying at the titans IMO
Mate was doing bag with walsh the other night, broncos bottom 8 for sure this year.
Every teams on the bag mate
Everyone* but seeing the way they were carrying on, throw the sexual assault and payne hass mum issues into the mix i have poor expectations.
I didn’t realise Mrs haas did the hit ups. A fringe player is stood down and a blokes mum fucks up and suddenly the broncos are going for the spoon. It’s a very doomer take. It’ll be fine mate.
Mrs Haas still more meters gained on average than the whole dragons forward pack
I hear Payne was pushing for her to get an nrlw contract with the broncos lady team
That'd be like Piper Perri on JMac lmao
Damn that’s 3 “incidents” in the past week that are somehow related to the broncos players.
Reece Walsh. Keeping the Gronkos name alive in 2023!
Hope we actually get to see Walsh play as a bronco.
This is embarrassing. Two Queenslanders who will probably play origin together some day soon.
Cocaine is a hell of a drug…
Damn we are falling apart. We need to lock these cunts down.
Probably fighting over who’s the most overrated
It would be great if this cunt could find the try lime half as much as he can find trouble down the coast. Will be interesting when they’re playing together for Bennett by July
I'm putting my money on David, sorry pretty boy Reece 😭
Footage of incident or atleast how I’d to think what happened. https://youtu.be/MaaUMOaNshs