Phil Rothfield’s saint, sinner, shoosh

First it was the road rage and then the abuse of a junior rugby league referee. Now Andrew Fifita is supporting coward-punch killer Kieran Loveridge. What a bloody disgrace, writes Phil Rothfield.

BUZZ Rothfield is back and looking behind the doors the sporting world would rather see left closed. It’s Buzz’s saints, sinners, shoosh.

SAINTS

September. Spring. Finals football. Big racing. Father’s Day. Sharks.

SINNER I

First it was the road rage and then the abuse of a junior rugby league referee. Now Andrew Fifita is supporting coward-punch killer Kieran Loveridge. What a bloody disgrace.

The Socceroos won, but many fans wouldn’t have seen it.

SINNER II

No free-to-air TV coverage of Australia’s World Cup soccer qualifier against Iraq robbed thousands of fans of the round ball game of the opportunity to watch our national team.

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SHOOSH

Which NRL club official is so paranoid about people knowing his whereabouts that he still uses a 16-year-old Nokia 6210 mobile phone without the location services that come with today’s smartphones.

SHOOSH II

Which big name player was out on the town with mates a couple of weeks ago until almost daylight, only to pull out of a game the next day, claiming he had a virus.

SHOOSH III

The NRL’s 16 clubs are still no closer to signing participation agreements with the NRL beyond next season following further delays over a future funding agreement.

SPOTTED

Veteran Manly Sea Eagles official Peter ‘Zorba’ Peters leaving Chemist Warehouse at Erina with cheap and heavily discounted Calvin Klein after-shave.

Anthony Mundine has been spending a bit of time in country NSW this week.

SPOTTED II

Boxer Anthony Mundine at a Shannon Noll concert in Gunnedah on Wednesday. The pair later travelled to Wee Waa for an indigenous community event.

SPOTTED III

Parramatta Eels assistant coach Peter Sharp wearing one of his old Cronulla Sharks tracksuit tops in a Shire coffee shop.

SPOTTED IIII

Manly’s boom fullback Tom Trbojevich meeting club legend and form champion fullback Graham Eadie in the Manly dressing room last weekend.