Monday Buzz: Weekend highs, lows — Why bad boy Tyrone May is cleared for French exit
Questions have been raised about Tyrone May’s move to the Super League. PHIL ROTHFIELD has the answers and more in his wrap of the weekend’s highs and lows.
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Phil “Buzz” Rothfield runs his rule over the weekend sporting action.
HIGHLIGHT
Aussie coach Justin Langer and his heartfelt support and visit to Hobart last week to see his fallen skipper, Tim Paine. It was a lovely touch and showed Langer as a very genuine person who cares so much for the welfare of his players.
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LOWLIGHT
Media veteran Peter ‘Zorba’ Peters slamming his former club, owned by his nephew Scott Penn on the Big Sports Breakfast on the weekend over Manly’s handling of the Don Singe vaccination issue. Ho ho ho. No-one wants to see a family feud going into Christmas.
MAY CLEARED
Readers have asked how Penrith Panthers discard Tyrone May can join Catalans in the UK Super League while serving a community service court order for his sex-tape scandal. We checked in with Correctional Services and were advised he had completed his 300 hours.
SHOOSH
The Redcliffe Dolphins have been linked to yet another potential superstar — Melbourne Storm hooker Harry Grant. This is despite him being under contract until the end of 2023. We checked it out with Grant’s agent Steve Gillis. “He’s got a two-year contract,” came the short and sharp reply.
SPOTTED
Aussie tennis star Nick Kyrgios at the very swish Totti’s restaurant in Bondi on Friday night with his media minder and mate Tristan Hay.
SPOTTED
A host of rugby league’s big names at Wayne Bennett’s favourite restaurant Grappa in Leichhardt over the weekend including Moses Mbye, Mitchell Pearce, Sammy Ayoub and Benny Elias.
SPOTTED
The soon-to-be-completed Wests Tigers high-performance facility at Concord is as good as any your columnist has seen. It even has a barber shop. A hairdresser will come in one day a week for the players and staff members, not that Madge has got much left to trim.
SPOTTED
South Sydney Rabbitohs stars Cameron Murray, Cody Walker, Tom Burgess and Liam Knight having a beer in Double Bay on Friday night.
SPOTTED
The Sharks have appointed two corporate high-flyers to their board of directors — Tynan Motors boss Madeline Tynan and one of Sydney’s wealthiest investment advisers, Morry Waked.
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Originally published as Monday Buzz: Weekend highs, lows — Why bad boy Tyrone May is cleared for French exit