CRONULLA captain Paul Gallen landed himself and his club in an ugly racism row last night after an altercation with St George Illawarra prop Mickey Paea.
An aggrieved Paea went after Gallen in the 73rd minute with stunning accusations picked up on the Fox Sports microphones. Paea confronted Gallen after a tackle and was heard to say, "he called me a black ... he's a racist''.
And even when the two referees, Tony Des La Heras and Jason Robinson, tried to separate the players, Paea continued to rage at the Sharks captain. He added: "Don't ever say that again''.
Dragons skipper Ben Hornby and Paea approached the referees, with Hornby clearly saying "he wants to make a complaint''. But when the whistle-blowers pressed the matter, Paea decided not to go on with it.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25527929-5001021,00.html
I don't understand why they ask the players "do you want to go on with it?". It's like biting, players never go on with it because they don't want to be seen to be taking it off the field. And Gallen would have to be the biggest grub going around, ripping out players stitches out, biting people, the next thing you know he'll be ripping kittens heads off at half time. The guy is disturbed.
And do you want that on the front page Dan?