Frizell assaults woman
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This was NZR's prime opportunity to set some standards and make an example of a player who isn't even first choice. Arguably, Ethan Blackadder and Tom Robinson, and certainly Akira and Jacobson, would be better in that position. So they're not even losing much by cutting him for longer. This weak punishment might even cause some players to be a little disenchanted.
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I'm surprised you can get diversion for slapping, then punching a woman and knocking her teeth out. Followed up with text harrassment.
@kirwan said in Frizell assaults woman:
I'm surprised you can get diversion for slapping, then punching a woman and knocking her teeth out. Followed up with text harrassment.
That is what makes me question things. Not sure how it works in NZ, but knocking someone's teeth out in Qld will earn you a higher charge than assault. Harassment via text is another offence.
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@kirwan said in Frizell assaults woman:
I'm surprised you can get diversion for slapping, then punching a woman and knocking her teeth out. Followed up with text harrassment.
That is what makes me question things. Not sure how it works in NZ, but knocking someone's teeth out in Qld will earn you a higher charge than assault. Harassment via text is another offence.
@crazy-horse said in Frizell assaults woman:
@kirwan said in Frizell assaults woman:
I'm surprised you can get diversion for slapping, then punching a woman and knocking her teeth out. Followed up with text harrassment.
That is what makes me question things. Not sure how it works in NZ, but knocking someone's teeth out in Qld will earn you a higher charge than assault. Harassment via text is another offence.
Well I guess if the facts were more in Frizzel's favour he woudn't have blocked their release.
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'’F... you b.... tell your friend to hide I’m gonna f... everyone’s up f... with the wrong guy,'’ the message read.
Frizell is understood to have slapped her before trying to leave the bar. He later punched her in the face, giving her a fat upper lip and a spilt lower lip.
Her boyfriend, who tried to intervene after the first incident, was outside on his phone when he was “coward punched”.
Both suffered injuries.
Sources close to the incident said CCTV of the incident inside the bar was unavailable. However, footage of the incident outside the bar had been viewed by police.
“I am p..... off that he gets diversion,” the female victim's father said.
‘'At the end of the day he is a thug.’’
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Speaking to media on Thursday, All Blacks coach Foster made it clear that the door is by no means shut on Frizell's future in the black jersey, and that the 15-test loose forward is being supported through the process.
"It's been a tough time for him personally," Foster says.
"He's gone through a process, both with the courts and New Zealand. They've come up with a conclusion that, as far as we're concerned, he's shown a good attitude as [to] how he's dealt with that.
"I know he's incredibly remorseful for that, and it's not something that any of us want.
"We're just going to keep working with him, and support him. He's still a family member for us.
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Speaking to media on Thursday, All Blacks coach Foster made it clear that the door is by no means shut on Frizell's future in the black jersey, and that the 15-test loose forward is being supported through the process.
"It's been a tough time for him personally," Foster says.
"He's gone through a process, both with the courts and New Zealand. They've come up with a conclusion that, as far as we're concerned, he's shown a good attitude as [to] how he's dealt with that.
"I know he's incredibly remorseful for that, and it's not something that any of us want.
"We're just going to keep working with him, and support him. He's still a family member for us.
@tim said in Frizell assaults woman:
Speaking to media on Thursday, All Blacks coach Foster made it clear that the door is by no means shut on Frizell's future in the black jersey, and that the 15-test loose forward is being supported through the process.
"It's been a tough time for him personally," Foster says.
"He's gone through a process, both with the courts and New Zealand. They've come up with a conclusion that, as far as we're concerned, he's shown a good attitude as [to] how he's dealt with that.
"I know he's incredibly remorseful for that, and it's not something that any of us want.
"We're just going to keep working with him, and support him. He's still a family member for us.
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im a softy and so yeah, hate to see someones career completely thrown out so not claiming he should be banned from ever playing....BUT
There has to be a middle ground between stringing him up and getting to represent your country, that includes just being in the squad
Its potentially shows a real problem with how NZ rugby is structured, NZR is his employer, they're not just putting together a representative team together of players soley employed by clubs
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Yeah, I definitely think the media sat on this until the NZRU made a decision, and now it's a bigger story.
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@tim said in Frizell assaults woman:
Yeah, I definitely think the media sat on this until the NZRU made a decision, and now it's a bigger story.
That story from Newshub
makes Fozzie look like he's got no ideashows that Fozzie has got no idea.@gt12 said in Frizell assaults woman:
@tim said in Frizell assaults woman:
Yeah, I definitely think the media sat on this until the NZRU made a decision, and now it's a bigger story.
That story from Newshub
makes Fozzie look like he's got no ideashows that Fozzie has got no idea.Obviously punching a woman and then sending threatening texts, is not as bad as someone leaking the fact that you're looking at a League offer
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im a softy and so yeah, hate to see someones career completely thrown out so not claiming he should be banned from ever playing....BUT
There has to be a middle ground between stringing him up and getting to represent your country, that includes just being in the squad
Its potentially shows a real problem with how NZ rugby is structured, NZR is his employer, they're not just putting together a representative team together of players soley employed by clubs
@kiwiwomble said in Frizell assaults woman:
im a softy and so yeah, hate to see someones career completely thrown out so not claiming he should be banned from ever playing....BUT
There has to be a middle ground between stringing him up and getting to representing your country
Its potentially shows a real problem with how NZ rugby is structured, NZR is his employer, they're not just putting together a representative team together of players soley employed by clubs
Flip side to central contracting I guess. They become NZR employees and as such treated like anyone else in employment.
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@kiwiwomble said in Frizell assaults woman:
im a softy and so yeah, hate to see someones career completely thrown out so not claiming he should be banned from ever playing....BUT
There has to be a middle ground between stringing him up and getting to representing your country
Its potentially shows a real problem with how NZ rugby is structured, NZR is his employer, they're not just putting together a representative team together of players soley employed by clubs
Flip side to central contracting I guess. They become NZR employees and as such treated like anyone else in employment.
@crucial exactly, much harder for NZR to just cut ties i assume, not actually sure on the employment law, they may be obliged to go through some processes, separate to selecting/not selecting him to play hopefully
I had to look this up to see if what i remembered was true, so english football players only get a couple of grand per game as an appearance fee, and generally end up donating it, so it is effectively a proper old school Rep team still, which i assume puts more power in the hands of the selectors, employment matters handled by the clubs rather than the national team
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/how-much-england-players-paid-21002967
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He should be dropped from the All Blacks and earn is way back in by, you know, not beating up women.
@kirwan agreed, i still think playing for the AB's should be an honour, not a right, earnt on the field but not just on the field, you're representing the country at the national sport, high expectations
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The team and the sport as whole are badly run at the moment.
And the rest of entire sport is neglected so it can be based around a single team at top of the pyramid. Big problem when that team is badly run (IMO its already a big problem anyway, at time I didn't realise how seismic 2007 rest and reconditioning would be for public engagement for sub-AB rugby).
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not Frizell but another sportsman in court for Male v Female assault
in Auckland.
[link text](link url)https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/125909053/new-zealand-international-sportsman-admits-assaulting-former-partner -
Few references above to Fizell's playing ability but I'm not sure why that should matter. Punishment for a great and an average player should be the same imo for this kind of crime.
@toddy said in Frizell assaults woman:
Few references above to Fizell's playing ability but I'm not sure why that should matter. Punishment for a great and an average player should be the same imo for this kind of crime.
I totally agree. I was saying, even from a cynical point of view, not banning him for longer makes little sense.
