"Michael Jennings Shouldn't Be In The NRL" Buzz Rothfield & Sports Journos Question NRL's Integrity

The NRL has swiftly reversed its decision to celebrate Michael Jennings' 300th NRL game following vehement backlash from fans and sports commentators, notably including Daily Telegraph and Fox League commentator Buzz Rothfield. The controversy erupted not over Jennings' past use of performance-enhancing drugs but rather his history of multiple counts of s*xual assault against his wife in 2014, for which he never served time or compensated his wife. Rothfield penned an open letter to the NRL questioning Jennings' reinstatement into the league and arguing against celebrating his milestone.
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[@arthuranda5243]

Buzz, what have you done for the sport? Besides, MJ served his due time, how is it disrespectful to women when women have done nothing for the sport... Y'all are talking like saints. Hypocrites!

[@Fingolfin_95]

He didn't serve any time. What has contribution to the sport have to do anything? You're allowed to rape if you're good at footy?

[@MeanAzz_13]

Well said

[@abs1784]

💯😎👌🏾

[@fourwingsweepa1705]

Go back to eating curry idiot uber driver. Women raise sons who play the game idiots like Jennings crimes against women won't let their sons play the game. Stick to cricket Sanjay

[@HayleyBarns]

Whatever happened to forgiveness and helping someone turn there life around especially when they've lost everything. Honestly this world is full of hippocrates.

[@ls1hinchy546]

Get the POS out of the game we don't want him there😂😂😂

[@Fingolfin_95]

What has he lost?

[@HayleyBarns]

@@Fingolfin_95 you figure it out dick head

[@TeWhanauVis]

​​@@Fingolfin_95500k and his family

[@369ZIR]

Oh get real! 😂 Some context here. We are talking about R@Pe. He is a predator. I’m tired of men like this even existing. This isn’t a bank robbery or testing positive on a drug test. He is a low life and should be in Jail.

[@weikaisindakoya8386]

All the perfect people talking.

[@edgarschaaf5758]

There's been people who done worse in the game

[@DoxShotta]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@garryting837]

Don’t agree this is a professional game

[@369ZIR]

Perfect? I’m not perfect. But I’m also not a low life scum that does harm to my partner. Are you people listening to yourselves? Clown eh

[@nicksaveka5078]

andrew johns is a model citizen too lol

[@floodwaters8887]

Johns didn't rape his mrs.

[@erbl-h5d]

They wanted to remove his immortal status for taking a few eccys

[@369ZIR]

Yes he is. Unlike the rapi st coconut Jennings

[@richardlavigne6382]

Andrew Johns was high af in the 2001 grand final on the ecstasy , that’s cheating

[@markcurran6766]

​@@richardlavigne6382no

[@Luke-ms4rp]

What about Paul Kent? Should he be allowed to still work?

[@timifumi46brown91]

PK was found innocent by the court of law !!! so yes....

[@Smokey-gm2eo]

@@timifumi46brown91 so was Jennings’s ya flop

[@timifumi46brown91]

@@Smokey-gm2eo lol.and your point being??? R@tard ..

[@ufam.6904]

​@@timifumi46brown91look at kenty now having fights at the Pub with strangers lol

[@WP-ch3sy]

@@timifumi46brown91 how bout now?

[@adampastega2540]

his civil claim is she said he said and the wife generally gets believed over the husband. i wasnt there and neither were the finger pointers. it was civil matter and he wasnt charged with rape. he did his time over the drugs. so let it go. after all mathew johns was involved in a rape in NZ but no one brings that up.

[@Opeth221]

Yeah I was reading over the case. It is reported that the only evidence she has was her testimony.

[@trackjunky3338]

MJ didnt participate this was proven in court by the way

[@jamescorry63]

and Andrew Johns snorted coke before every game he played

[@troyking3456]

Wasn't only coke for John's, there were a lot of other indiscretions that were covered up because he was an NRL star.

[@notsofatmike1]

That was not a rape in NZ. They were all consenting adults involved. Regret does not equal rape.

[@porgerapaiam2181]

JENNINGS HAS DONE HIS TIME. YOU ALL ARE NOT SAINTS. GET LOST

[@Fingolfin_95]

He didn't do any time. What are you on about?

[@d3ezz_nutzzz344]

​@Fingolfin_95 He served his suspension what are you on about? Or what kind of MEDS you on?

[@Fingolfin_95]

@@d3ezz_nutzzz344 He served a suspension for doping, not for rape.

[@ls1hinchy546]

😂😂😂GET RID OF THE POS HAHAHA YOU SAME CLOWNS WANT TRELL OUT OF THE GAME BUT PRAISE THIS POS? WELL YOU'RE A POS TOO

[@d3ezz_nutzzz344]

@Fingolfin_95 Its already been settled in court move on. Lol

[@craigpurcell5289]

Details of this case don’t matter, once Matt Lodge was allowed back, the bar was as low as it goes.

[@markcurran6766]

Correct 💯 NRL is one big joke

[@martinfiay8908]

what hes done on the field stays on the field , give him a standing ovation for 300 !!!!! half a million dollars pay out what a JOKE !

[@Eddey_Dancer]

300 games, is 300 games... Sport is sport, not Politics...

[@floodwaters8887]

A criminal act, especially rape isn't politics dickhead.

[@freedomofchoicelover3734]

Matt Lodge does a break and enter and terrorises the occupants on video, he can still play football?????????????????? doesnt even get jail time

[@mctech9537]

Let him play ❤

[@ls1hinchy546]

Let him play with your ass😂😂😂 Fark that POS

[@johnsonkaris1638]

Let him play and let him celebrate his 300 game, his hard work,dedication,commitments and sacrifices cannot be taken away from him that's his achievement🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉.

[@JoelDavies-bi5mp]

Buzz needs to retire.

[@raw9395]

Why don't Israel Falau come back to NRL too

[@thomaspaul4920]

The nrl is turning into a fucken soap opera all yous like to do is talk shit and shit on players but it doesn’t stop any of you from watching them play they are trying to ruin his life

[@peteryan3203]

35 years old, you telling me there are no young blokes that could field that position, no need to bring him back, and I was a fan of Jennings.

[@KwisBwown]

they all on tik tok makin vlogs about how hard they life is

[@jayye9051]

Michael Jennings is a legend NRL is becoming to political 😂

[@timdouglas7948]

NRL needs to be very careful, when you start to marginalise men, and bite the hands that feeds you and the women's game. It will hurt. The men's game subsidises the women's, this comes directly out of their salaries'.

[@adamcroal2580]

Buzz shouldn't be anything for the NRL and his thoughts mean nothing, always negative. I gave up reading the Telegraph years ago and partly due to him.

[@scootlesvonnoodles5529]

He got done for doping, not rape. He was not convicted of any sexual assault crime, as there was no evidence to even charge him for it. How he was sued for the said crime is beyond me, but that’s whatever. Still can’t say he’s a rapist if he wasn’t even criminally convicted…

[@timdouglas7948]

Was he convicted? Is that not what happened. It's a civil case is it not

[@lamaghee6722]

GEE WHEN SOMEONE MAKES A MISTAKE OR DO SOMETHING WRONG THE MEDIA IS STRAIGHT UP THERE ASS THEY WANT TO KNOW THERE BUSINESS PISS OFF U BUNCH OF DOGS LET THE MILESTONE PLAY'S HIS 300 HUNDRED GAME IT ONLY COMES ONCE IN A BLUE 🌝🌝🌝🌝🌝🌝🌝

[@faditaouk6112]

THIS CLIP IS ABSOLUTE CRAP. NOTHING TO DO WITH TARNISHING THE NRL FOR WOMEN. ITS HIS PERSONAL LIFE. LEAVE HIM ALONE AND LET HIM PLAY THE GAME HE LOVES. YOU ARE TO QUICK TO BLAME.

[@tiges6989]

What about JT?🤔

[@thejoke2791]

I didn't know about this. I've been away from watching the sport since 2015. I've started back up. So if he's a Rpist, shouldn't he be in jail?

[@DavidPurcell-gq6id]

Not convicted in criminal court. The judge found him guilty in civil court which is a very different standard of proof. He was never charged by police as they could not prove a case in criminal court. NRL becoming far to woke and old reporters were the most sexist pigs around years ago hey Buzz

[@scootlesvonnoodles5529]

He was never even charged with sexual assault. Cops didn’t have enough evidence. However his ex managed to sue him for rape in civil court and won. Don’t ask me how, but that’s the facts…

[@thejoke2791]

@@scootlesvonnoodles5529 Thanks 👍

[@daneerceg3866]

Roosters win in Michael Jennings 300th game. They are celebrating 🎉 the end.

[@bomaibonamedura88]

NRL should respect the private lives of players.

[@Fingolfin_95]

He is a public figure. Court proceedings are a matter of public record.

[@trackjunky3338]

respect raping is what youre saying then ? cause it reads that way dude

[@heathervaitoelau8445]

He was once a good man. He did so many good things in his life and especially in his rugby career. Then he somehow made that mistake and he already got that punishment for 3 years and I think he is truly repent from what he had done wrong and learned a lot from it. No one is perfect. At the end of the day he is our brother and a child of God. Forgive him and remember no more of the things he had done wrong in the past. He’s new now and ready to have a go. Cheers 😊

[@tedkima2969]

Yes we has already done his time, why NRL keep him only to punish him, if that was their intention in the first place should never have let him continue to play, he deserves 300th game recognition

[@ronaldwhite5670]

If it was a direction of the court to pay his wife……he should pay it, by law. The argument over who celebrates his NRL record should have been negotiated over the three parties…..MJ, Roosters and the NRL. And professionally managed. FFS!!!!

[@DoxShotta]

There is nothing wrong with the bloke. He deserves his 300 game just as much as everybody else. He has made a mistake in the past so leave that in the past. He has already been punished enough. Let him continue on being the good lad that he is. Only up from here Jennings 😎💯

[@Fingolfin_95]

What punishment has he received?

[@DoxShotta]

Deesnuts

[@Adam-im3uz]

His ex was just out for money, as she has absolutely zero talent or ambition on her own.

[@PokiyourMouf]

Good on the roosters for not folding to these woke karens, like he robbo said, get on with work mate 😂😂😂

[@Ronald-m3q]

We've got the lynch mob right here look

[@EssAye.]

Come on Buzz what about your mate Paul Kent 👀

[@markmulderry1140]

Short memories 2 game suspension for Gallen Peptides

[@queenslander7756]

Jennings has paid his dues and his greatest punishment is the damage he’s done to himself. Buzz would have us make him a pariah, and punish him into oblivion. Be careful Buzz. You may seek a little forgiveness yourself one day!

[@TeWhanauVis]

He needs the nrl job to pay his ex wife out. Funny on one hand he hasnt payed her a cent but they dont want him to get employed in his profession to be able to pay. 500k doesnt just fall out the sky

[@CasperKuri-v3d]

Every body make mistakes so let him enjoy himself playing😊

[@petermcgrath6260]

Besides the topic in question, who the f,,k is Buz!

[@abs1784]

So what???..u let paul cu#t come back so why not let the roosters play him. Fair is fair. Buzz relax dude no 1 is perfect!!!!..These people that have never played rugby or took a hit up , there opinions don't matter 😂😂😂

[@floodwaters8887]

I agree with Buzz on this one, drug cheat and wife basher.. should have been kicked out the game.

[@ginofogliani375]

no crime was commited has the right to play regarding payment to wife not proven he should pay

[@Fingolfin_95]

The courts disagree with you. Multiple instances of rape.

[@JoshuaRoberts-kq9cs]

Absolutely agree 100 percent with everything you said.Ive traveled the rough, lonely road and it antit nice.

[@eplmait3409]

support for michael jennings still going strong , congrats on your 300 games , move on with life and be happy ,

[@Warriorspremiers2024]

Why is Paul Kent back on 360.

[@user-2566M]

He has paid the price for his actions. Let him who is perfect cast the stone. If you aint then let him be

[@jameswhite551]

Buzz get back on your meds

[@garryting837]

Please ask Gus’s about Alfie Langer coaching on the field I thought he was a water boy

[@DavidPurcell-gq6id]

Better yet ask about Alfie having to go to England to avoid paying his gambling debts and the QRL paying the gangsters off for that 1 off origin return .. real good guy

[@garryting837]

@@DavidPurcell-gq6id I agree with that but Alfie Langer touches players on the back to take the ball up that is not a water boy I see that in under 7 s I think Alfie was a great and I understand his love for the game thanks for the reply Put I do not think it’s right ask Guss I know he would agree Garry Bundaburg

[@vagigoada2644]

If rules a made and broken by well-known figures why take them back on field please , it's very rude when doing the wrong thing to your love ❤️ ones👹😡👹😡

[@darrenhill8503]

Please go away Rothfield

[@Proudman12152]

Amen brother! They need to kick him off the show

[@VCULTURE010]

Buzz just shown on this vid how much integrity he has having a half naked girl on his lap. Nice one Buzz you can talk. Ever since NRL connected to the State it sounds more and more rainbow.

[@Fingolfin_95]

I think maybe one is worse than the other mate...

[@TiaPetaia]

no way that was a legit photo?? 😂

[@VCULTURE010]

@@Fingolfin_95 one is accepted and the other not is that what you're saying

[@Fingolfin_95]

@@VCULTURE010 Legally? Yes??? I think you'll find that most people would find rape to be unacceptable, mate....

[@VCULTURE010]

@@Fingolfin_95 we can't pick and chose wrong is wrong. He uses integrity, disgraceful yet he does things like that.

[@firefonua7696]

Allegedly is what I herd. Let him get up. He'd probably be able to make some money and pay his debts and look after his family.

[@owent2032]

What about Greg inglis,greg bird ,jaryd hayne ,bj lelua, just to name a few. Theres alot more we ckuld be talking about

[@martinfiay8908]

get rid of the left woke stuff out of sport please

[@josephsaylor2488]

Ban him for life🤬

[@HSVGEEK]

Andrew John's confessed drug user... Nah make him an immortal. Matt Lodge home invasion on a family while off chops on drugs then threatened to kill them all... Nah come back and play away.

[@FKTHESYSTEM063]

Fk that’ll be a sight, Matt Lodge in that mood. Would have to pull out the 🔫 to stop that.

[@HSVGEEK]

@@FKTHESYSTEM063 imagine being the kid or the mother when he said that... Reading the incident report is something else. Another NRL highlight. His eyeballs were like slot machines.

[@Vidsofthe_Day]

Let him play

[@JakeMeke]

Disgraceful

[@harryaurere2961]

These rugby league commentators seems to very righteous

[@varuninnz]

Not every Rugby player has to be a role model. I care about his onfield performance as a rugby fan not offfield attics. We have plenty of people in NZ with criminal backgrounds that have made mistakes. Doesn't mean they're bad people. They've turned out to be some of the best citizens. I've personally had friends that I have known for years. Not saints but they were definitely not terrible people, who unfortunately ended up on streets due to their failed marriages because their partners took their savings and assets. Let me tell you something a lot of these claims proven in court aren't always accurate. Just because a judge finds you guilty based on the evidence presented in court doesn't make you criminal. We have a messed up system in society that is bias towards men. AND MEN ARE UNAFAIRD to raise this issue because we've got too many simps in society with that are fear standing up against thier wives, gf and daughter. Jonny depp's trail was a fine example Good on him not paying one single cent. We have far too many gold diggers in society these days leaching on men. Marriage has become an absolute joke. It sadden me know women get away with this while men are left insulted, disrecpted and alone.

[@floodwaters8887]

Rito so you don't care if a NRL goes around raping people.... your a sick idiot.

[@docstevens007]

Maybe he needs to earn money to pay the money he owes to his ex-wife

[@timifumi46brown91]

typical soft NRL ... you play 300 nrl games , you celebrate 300 games ...congratulations MJ all the best

[@erbl-h5d]

She paid the toll

[@elz0792]

Screw the NRL what a joke

[@antonkosmas7179]

Sports is Sports, family issues is family issues deal with the court, nothing to do with Sports people just creating issue to put it to media nonsense

[@sriley064]

Why was Paul Kent allowed back on TV?

[@fatafehisuka6586]

So much for all inclusive DOUBLE STANDARD

[@grahammaurice7731]

Top player , good on him🎉🎉

[@sniper10666]

As much as I don’t like buzz and what he’s got to say I agree with him on this situation Jennings should given up years ago he’s broke and that’s why he is still playing no room for rapists in the nrl

[@DavidPurcell-gq6id]

Civil court is based on the balance of probabilities ya muppet. So if enough people say your a moron .. on the balance of probabilities you are even if it's only 3 or 4 your sunk. Try to learn before you speak muppet

[@scottdavis4689]

A journeyman at best and a person who has been found to have made some very bad choices in his personal life. He’s lucky to be even playing in the NRL…

[@parkerhal]

Bit of a stretch really, nearly played 100 games each for 3 clubs. Journeymen get moved on, they don't play 5 years per club.

[@ShadrachKautu]

To be honest his wife looks like a Keran😂

[@dedriesmith7789]

A hundred percent should be allowed to play ,he has done hes time, there are sports poeple out who have done crappy things,who are we to pick and choose who can came back and who cant ,all i cansay is cograts on 300 games .

[@paulhenry5497]

Good luck Michael Jennings,

[@Ivangle5371]

So you have never done anything you regret doing Buzz? Well what have you done for the gàme besides having a whinge every week.

[@MosesMichael-em5ez]

Let him play. NRL can you respect players and their private lives beside nobody is perfect.

[@floodwaters8887]

He raped his mrs, which has been proven in court... your a absolute dickhead.

[@Calvin-ks9cr]

He played .. Big woop .. Lets move on

[@DanielWesani]

Who says no to M..J.. 🖕🖕🖕🖕😜😝😛🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔💯💯

[@pastina000]

WOW !!!....M.J. 300 games, Drugs and 4 Rape Charges........Lets CELEBRATE !!

[@timhayes3336]

Footy players play footy, end of story.

[@ka-po.o.l9228]

Yo MrJennings congrats to the 300 too bad it’s not with out dramas off field Toko 4:19

[@dominicgiagios3579]

"Well it's not good enough, Robbo. He's supposed to be a role model." 😂 go watch Randy's Sports Bar 😂

[@jackynick9177]

Sports and politics don't mIx

[@RhondaMcNair-g7z]

What about De Bellan and Tristan Sailor They are allowed to continue to play

[@DavidPurcell-gq6id]

What about the group rape charge at Canterbury when Thurston was just starting and his sudden release to the Cowboys

[@scottdavis4689]

They were not found guilty… and beat the charges.

[@floodwaters8887]

@@DavidPurcell-gq6id Thurston didn't have sex with the girl, he left because Canterbury decided to resign Brent Sherwin.

[@DavidPurcell-gq6id]

@@floodwaters8887 Neva said he did just referencing the time period. Also recall a couple of Canterbury players more recently involved with school girls.

[@troyking3456]

Maybe speak to the people who were investigating the bulldogs incident, and his name and a couple of others kept coming up about what happened that night and then he's released to the cowboys. NRL players have been protected for decades and never face anything because it is always covered up with money and NDAs.

[@J_a_k_e_]

His playing has nothing to do with his personal life. If he played 300 games he deserves his recognition for his achievement.

[@erbl-h5d]

"Massive massive"

[@cletusblackwell6276]

Buzz ya hypocrite

[@SesililiMautofu-lk3nu]

That's bullshit

[@Juicepluggedin]

is it r/pe if its his wife idk lol

[@eddietauranga8967]

I know right? Heaps of times my wife has forced me into sex, is it rape? I don't know but I was pretty tired 😅

[@PatrickPeace-w4u]

Was thinking the same thing but who knows

[@Kadaitchi]

What he did in the past is neither here nor there.

[@MarcellinKiarei]

It's not 300 nrl game that counts, club lacks trust in its young guns. 300 game era is gone. Are you looking for a quick fix and not long term?

[@def108]

He did his time.

[@Fingolfin_95]

How?

[@RayK236]

😂

[@Kelamanproduct]

Man is trying to become a good role model for his kids..

[@Luke-rt9gy]

the roosters have deadset lost their culture. remember when they used to be winners now look at them, struggling each week and supporting a weak dog who bashes woman and uses performance drugs. its embarrassing watching blokes like Robinson pretend to be a leader, but contradicts it each week by making excuses and complaining when he loses. that club is going to crap

[@KwisBwown]

what bout Matt Lodge?

[@Luke-rt9gy]

@@KwisBwown exactly the guy carries on like his club has some great culture and is above others. but goes on to openly put his support behind absolute grubs of society. in hopes they can help him get a cheap win. his an absolute fraud

[@scorpiuswireless1]

He paid his dues. We all make mistakes.

[@Fingolfin_95]

How has he paid his dues?

[@MrGroganmeister]

@@Fingolfin_95three years out of the game and owes $500k, what more do you want? To punch him? If he suicided,would that please you? Grow up.

[@AHuri505]

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone

[@michaeldavis8753]

Old Buzz should just give it away , to old & silly nowadays.

[@robertbenz2581]

Hang on what’s the problem here? He’s served his ban and as far as the rest of the shit … well your wife charges you with sexual assault 🥱