The moments leading up to Greg Inglis’ alleged DUI revealed
THE moments leading up to Greg Inglis being charged with speeding and drink driving have been revealed with the South Sydney star fronting the cameras a day after he was pulled over by police.
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JUST hours before South Sydney Rabbitohs star Greg Inglis was named captain of the Kangaroos, he got drunk at the Koori Knockout community games and slept it off at his hotel in Dubbo on Sunday night.
On Monday morning after the Kangaroos team list was unveiled, Inglis, who thought he was “right to drive”, began the five hour journey back to Sydney but there was still booze in his system from the night before.
At 2pm as he drove through Lithgow on the Great Western Highway he was pulled over by police and breathalysed where he returned a reading of 0.085.
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“I am sincerely apologetic. I hope we can get this sorted and move on from this,” the 31-year-old said in Redfern this afternoon.
“I went out to the Knockout, giving back to the community and seeing all the kids smile in Dubbo. I went back to the hotel and thought I’d be right to drive (the next day).
“As a player in this community, it’s not good enough. This is a lesson everyone should take out of this: if you’re not right to drive, have a Plan B.”
Inglis told reporters he was sorry for drink driving, said he immediately called coach Mal Meninga who told Inglis that he would “sort it out”.
In a statement, NSW Police on Monday said: “About 2.15pm today officers attached to the Traffic and Highway Patrol Command were conducting stationary speed enforcement on the Great Western Highway at Lithgow when they detected a black Mercedes-Benz travelling above the speed limit.
However Inglis said he would not voluntarily step down as captain of the Australian team saying his fate was in the hands of the NRL.
“That’s entirely up to Mal and the selectors, I spoke to Mal and at the end of the day there are a lot of suggestions out there, but I can’t control what’s going to happen,” he said.
“I’m here today to say I’m sorry and to go through the process.