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The Advertiser
05-06-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
NRL hands bans, $35k in fines to player agents
Two NRL player agents have received bans totalling 18 months and a collective $35,000 in fines for separate breaches of their accreditation, with one accused of failing to disclose police charges to the league. Mario Tartak, who represents such players as Josh Addo-Carr, Damien Cook and Haumole Olakau'atu, is alleged to have communicated with an underage player without a parent or guardian present. The NRL also claims he "entered into a commercial arrangement with two NRL clubs", which is a breach of the league's accredited agent scheme rules. Tartak has been offered a 12-month suspension and $25,000 fine, with the NRL factoring in previous breach proceedings when considering his punishment. The agent received a breach notice from the NRL in 2019 for failing to disclose bankruptcy proceedings. A second agent Matthew Desira has been offered a six-month ban and $10,000 fine. The NRL claims the agent of Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall did not disclose "police charges and court proceedings" brought against him. The pair's suspensions have the potential to cause headaches for players off contract this year, as well as those who will become free agents on November 1 ahead of their deals ending next season. Tartak's clients Addo-Carr, Cook, Nathan Brown and Luciano Leilua are among those off contract in 2026, while Danny Levi and Josh Schuster headline his list of players with deals expiring this year. Players can still be managed by other agents that operate out of the same company as Tartak and Desira. Elsewhere, the NRL has issued Des Hasler with his final warning for criticising the match officials after the Gold Coast coach singled out a bunker referee in round 13. Hasler has become the second coach this season to receive an official final warning from the league after North Queensland boss Todd Payten last month. "Mr Hasler has been reminded of his obligations under the NRL Rules and Code of Conduct as well as his general responsibility as a sporting leader," read a statement from the NRL. "Negative public remarks about match officials significantly hinder the recruitment and retention of match officials at the community and pathways tiers of the game. "All rugby league participants are reminded to respect match officials who perform a vital role within the game." Asked about his comments ahead of Saturday's clash with Brisbane, Hasler said: "I was just pointing out a few things." Hasler was frustrated with a pivotal decision in the second half of his side's 28-16 loss to Melbourne last week and promised then to seek clarification from the NRL. Titans hooker Sam Verrills was denied a try on the grounds he had made contact with teammate Tino Fa'asuamaleaui as he attempted to burrow past Melbourne defenders lying in the ruck. Bunker official Kasey Badger ruled Storm fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen had been denied the chance to tackle Verrills because of this contact, with the Storm scoring their match-sealing try minutes later. "Kasey got it wrong, again," Hasler said then of the call. "There's an email from the NRL about players lying in the ruck; that's fine, let them lie in the ruck, but you shouldn't lose the advantage. "They were lying all over the ground and six again, penalty, I don't know whether it was called, and young Vez (Verrills) picks up the ball and dives through, doesn't touch anyone, (Storm fullback Ryan) Papenhuyzen wasn't obstructed. "That was the word-for-word what the NRL sent out so I'll be interested to see what their explanation was." Two NRL player agents have received bans totalling 18 months and a collective $35,000 in fines for separate breaches of their accreditation, with one accused of failing to disclose police charges to the league. Mario Tartak, who represents such players as Josh Addo-Carr, Damien Cook and Haumole Olakau'atu, is alleged to have communicated with an underage player without a parent or guardian present. The NRL also claims he "entered into a commercial arrangement with two NRL clubs", which is a breach of the league's accredited agent scheme rules. Tartak has been offered a 12-month suspension and $25,000 fine, with the NRL factoring in previous breach proceedings when considering his punishment. The agent received a breach notice from the NRL in 2019 for failing to disclose bankruptcy proceedings. A second agent Matthew Desira has been offered a six-month ban and $10,000 fine. The NRL claims the agent of Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall did not disclose "police charges and court proceedings" brought against him. The pair's suspensions have the potential to cause headaches for players off contract this year, as well as those who will become free agents on November 1 ahead of their deals ending next season. Tartak's clients Addo-Carr, Cook, Nathan Brown and Luciano Leilua are among those off contract in 2026, while Danny Levi and Josh Schuster headline his list of players with deals expiring this year. Players can still be managed by other agents that operate out of the same company as Tartak and Desira. Elsewhere, the NRL has issued Des Hasler with his final warning for criticising the match officials after the Gold Coast coach singled out a bunker referee in round 13. Hasler has become the second coach this season to receive an official final warning from the league after North Queensland boss Todd Payten last month. "Mr Hasler has been reminded of his obligations under the NRL Rules and Code of Conduct as well as his general responsibility as a sporting leader," read a statement from the NRL. "Negative public remarks about match officials significantly hinder the recruitment and retention of match officials at the community and pathways tiers of the game. "All rugby league participants are reminded to respect match officials who perform a vital role within the game." Asked about his comments ahead of Saturday's clash with Brisbane, Hasler said: "I was just pointing out a few things." Hasler was frustrated with a pivotal decision in the second half of his side's 28-16 loss to Melbourne last week and promised then to seek clarification from the NRL. Titans hooker Sam Verrills was denied a try on the grounds he had made contact with teammate Tino Fa'asuamaleaui as he attempted to burrow past Melbourne defenders lying in the ruck. Bunker official Kasey Badger ruled Storm fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen had been denied the chance to tackle Verrills because of this contact, with the Storm scoring their match-sealing try minutes later. "Kasey got it wrong, again," Hasler said then of the call. "There's an email from the NRL about players lying in the ruck; that's fine, let them lie in the ruck, but you shouldn't lose the advantage. "They were lying all over the ground and six again, penalty, I don't know whether it was called, and young Vez (Verrills) picks up the ball and dives through, doesn't touch anyone, (Storm fullback Ryan) Papenhuyzen wasn't obstructed. "That was the word-for-word what the NRL sent out so I'll be interested to see what their explanation was." Two NRL player agents have received bans totalling 18 months and a collective $35,000 in fines for separate breaches of their accreditation, with one accused of failing to disclose police charges to the league. Mario Tartak, who represents such players as Josh Addo-Carr, Damien Cook and Haumole Olakau'atu, is alleged to have communicated with an underage player without a parent or guardian present. The NRL also claims he "entered into a commercial arrangement with two NRL clubs", which is a breach of the league's accredited agent scheme rules. Tartak has been offered a 12-month suspension and $25,000 fine, with the NRL factoring in previous breach proceedings when considering his punishment. The agent received a breach notice from the NRL in 2019 for failing to disclose bankruptcy proceedings. A second agent Matthew Desira has been offered a six-month ban and $10,000 fine. The NRL claims the agent of Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall did not disclose "police charges and court proceedings" brought against him. The pair's suspensions have the potential to cause headaches for players off contract this year, as well as those who will become free agents on November 1 ahead of their deals ending next season. Tartak's clients Addo-Carr, Cook, Nathan Brown and Luciano Leilua are among those off contract in 2026, while Danny Levi and Josh Schuster headline his list of players with deals expiring this year. Players can still be managed by other agents that operate out of the same company as Tartak and Desira. Elsewhere, the NRL has issued Des Hasler with his final warning for criticising the match officials after the Gold Coast coach singled out a bunker referee in round 13. Hasler has become the second coach this season to receive an official final warning from the league after North Queensland boss Todd Payten last month. "Mr Hasler has been reminded of his obligations under the NRL Rules and Code of Conduct as well as his general responsibility as a sporting leader," read a statement from the NRL. "Negative public remarks about match officials significantly hinder the recruitment and retention of match officials at the community and pathways tiers of the game. "All rugby league participants are reminded to respect match officials who perform a vital role within the game." Asked about his comments ahead of Saturday's clash with Brisbane, Hasler said: "I was just pointing out a few things." Hasler was frustrated with a pivotal decision in the second half of his side's 28-16 loss to Melbourne last week and promised then to seek clarification from the NRL. Titans hooker Sam Verrills was denied a try on the grounds he had made contact with teammate Tino Fa'asuamaleaui as he attempted to burrow past Melbourne defenders lying in the ruck. Bunker official Kasey Badger ruled Storm fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen had been denied the chance to tackle Verrills because of this contact, with the Storm scoring their match-sealing try minutes later. "Kasey got it wrong, again," Hasler said then of the call. "There's an email from the NRL about players lying in the ruck; that's fine, let them lie in the ruck, but you shouldn't lose the advantage. "They were lying all over the ground and six again, penalty, I don't know whether it was called, and young Vez (Verrills) picks up the ball and dives through, doesn't touch anyone, (Storm fullback Ryan) Papenhuyzen wasn't obstructed. "That was the word-for-word what the NRL sent out so I'll be interested to see what their explanation was."
7NEWS
05-06-2025
- Business
- 7NEWS
Two top NRL player agents banned and fined over serious alleged breaches
Two NRL player agents have received bans totalling 18 months and a collective $35,000 in fines for separate breaches of their accreditation, with one accused of failing to disclose police charges to the league. Mario Tartak, who represents such players as Josh Addo-Carr, Damien Cook and Haumole Olakau'atu, is alleged to have communicated with an underage player without a parent or guardian present. The NRL also claims he 'entered into a commercial arrangement with two NRL clubs', which is a breach of the league's accredited agent scheme rules. Tartak has been offered a 12-month suspension and $25,000 fine, with the NRL factoring in previous breach proceedings when considering his punishment. The agent received a breach notice from the NRL in 2019 for failing to disclose bankruptcy proceedings. A second agent Matthew Desira has been offered a six-month ban and $10,000 fine. The NRL claims the agent of Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall did not disclose 'police charges and court proceedings' brought against him. The pair's suspensions have the potential to cause headaches for players off contract this year, as well as those who will become free agents on November 1 ahead of their deals ending next season. Tartak's clients Addo-Carr, Cook, Nathan Brown and Luciano Leilua are among those off contract in 2026, while Danny Levi and Josh Schuster headline his list of players with deals expiring this year. Players can still be managed by other agents that operate out of the same company as Tartak and Desira. Elsewhere, the NRL has issued Des Hasler with his final warning for criticising the match officials after the Gold Coast coach singled out a bunker referee in round 13. Hasler has become the second coach this season to receive an official final warning from the league after North Queensland boss Todd Payten last month. 'Mr Hasler has been reminded of his obligations under the NRL Rules and Code of Conduct as well as his general responsibility as a sporting leader,' read a statement from the NRL. 'Negative public remarks about match officials significantly hinder the recruitment and retention of match officials at the community and pathways tiers of the game. 'All rugby league participants are reminded to respect match officials who perform a vital role within the game.' Asked about his comments ahead of Saturday's clash with Brisbane, Hasler said: 'I was just pointing out a few things.' Hasler was frustrated with a pivotal decision in the second half of his side's 28-16 loss to Melbourne last week and promised then to seek clarification from the NRL. Titans hooker Sam Verrills was denied a try on the grounds he had made contact with teammate Tino Fa'asuamaleaui as he attempted to burrow past Melbourne defenders lying in the ruck. Bunker official Kasey Badger ruled Storm fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen had been denied the chance to tackle Verrills because of this contact, with the Storm scoring their match-sealing try minutes later. 'Kasey got it wrong, again,' Hasler said then of the call. 'There's an email from the NRL about players lying in the ruck; that's fine, let them lie in the ruck, but you shouldn't lose the advantage. 'They were lying all over the ground and six again, penalty, I don't know whether it was called, and young Vez (Verrills) picks up the ball and dives through, doesn't touch anyone, (Storm fullback Ryan) Papenhuyzen wasn't obstructed. 'That was the word-for-word what the NRL sent out so I'll be interested to see what their explanation was.'
Fox News
25-04-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Yale Jewish students speak out after anti-Israel demonstrators refuse to let them walk through campus
Jewish students at Yale University who were subjected to verbal abuse and had their right of way blocked on campus by anti-Israel demonstrators are speaking out about the antisemitism they've experienced. "This type of discrimination and ongoing harassment of Jewish students on campus has not only disrupted, but completely shattered the framework that I had and that many of my peers had upon arriving at Yale," student Netanel Crispe told Fox News Digital. "The one word I would choose is devastating." Crispe, 22, was seen on video this week with a human chain of anti-Israel demonstrators barring his way as he attempted to walk through Yale's Beinecke Plaza. An anti-Israel tent encampment had sprung up on the New Haven, Conn., campus ahead of a Wednesday speech by firebrand Israeli right-wing minister Itamar Ben Gvir. Gvir had been invited to deliver a speech on Yom Hashoa, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, by Shabtai, a Jewish intellectual society not officially affiliated with Yale. Demonstrators were seen on video hurling water bottles at Ben Gvir and attendees of the lecture as they were exiting the Shabtai building on Wednesday. Crispe, a senior who is studying U.S. history, said that when he got word that a new "emergency" anti-Israel protest had sprung up on Tuesday, he decided to walk around the plaza to show that he and other Jews wouldn't be driven out of what should be a communal university space. When the demonstrators saw him roaming the grounds, he said they called out instructions to form a human chain and bar his way. He said they similarly obstructed the path of other Jewish students attempting to exercise their right to walk through university grounds. Crispe alleged that the demonstrators would break the human chain to allow non-Jewish students to pass through. "I was trying to access the space. This is a communal space that is supposed to be available to students and that all students pay a lot of tuition to be able to use," Crispe said. Sahar Tartak, a Yale junior, said an anti-Israel demonstrator had referred to her, Crispe and another Jewish student as "scum" as they strolled the university grounds and subjected them to other racist abuse. Video of the aftermath of the incident was posted online. "You're trying to victimize yourself, is that what it is? That's what you people do, so I should get used to that," the demonstrator can be heard saying. When asked who he was referring to by the phrase "you people," the demonstrator replied "Israelis, Zionists… Caucasians." Tartak had been assaulted at a prior anti-Israel Yale demonstration in April 2024, where a demonstrator allegedly jabbed her in the eye with a Palestinian flag. She says being a Jew at Yale the last two years has been "terrifying." "Anybody who stands up for a Jewish right to life, and that tends to be Jewish students, that puts a target on your back," Tartak said. Crispe, a practicing Hasidic Jew, said that antisemitism on Yale's campus has been "pervasive" since the horrific Hamas Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israel, which saw more Jews killed in a single day since the Holocaust. The student group Yalies4Palestine called for a march to "celebrate the resistance's success" just two days after the attack. Yale associate professor Zareena Grewal wrote "settlers are not civilians" and "Palestinians have every right to resist through armed struggle" on social media as the attacks were still ongoing. Yale revoked recognition of Yalies4Palestine, which is the university's chapter of "Students for Justice in Palestine" a far-left group linked to many of the explosive campus protests, after members "flagrantly violated the rules" with their campus encampments. According to the Yale Daily News, Yalies4Palestine denied organizing the protest this week, but it was held responsible for amplifying the event with social media postings. The organization wrote on Instagram that "disbanding a group doesn't stop a movement" and it wouldn't be silenced. Yale also claimed it's taking disciplinary action against students who participated in the "disturbing" campus demonstration. The university said it had cleared the encampment from university grounds due to its violating campus rules. "Concerns have been raised about disturbing antisemitic conduct at the gathering. The university is investigating those concerns, as harassment and discrimination are antithetical to learning and scholarship. Yale condemns antisemitism and will hold those who violate our policies accountable through our disciplinary processes," the school said in a statement on Wednesday. "I arrived at Yale with the hope and excitement of being able to learn from and contribute to this broader diverse community and to be able to contribute what I had to give as a Hasidic Jew, to be able to be proud and open in this space, and all that was shattered as a dream," Crispe told Fox News Digital. Fox News Digital reached out to Yale for additional comment.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Pro-Israeli Students and Gaza Protesters Clash Verbally at Yale Encampment
Pro-Palestine demonstrators accusing Israel of carrying out a genocide in Gaza erected tents at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, on Tuesday, April 22, one year after they first built an encampment on campus last April. Footage here posted by Sahar Tartak, a Jewish, pro-Israeli student at the university who considers accusations of genocide against Israel to be antisemitic, shows an interaction between himself and some of the protesters on campus, including one who repeatedly calls him 'scum.' 'After the students at Yale's encampment sat down, one encampment-goer shoves his camera in our face, but promises, 'don't worry, I don't want to touch that scum',' Tartak wrote on X. In the footage, a student can be heard saying 'Why are you scum? Because you're supporting scum.' According to the CT Palestine Solidarity Coalition and Yale Daily News, demonstrators were opposing the Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's upcoming talk at Shabtai, a Jewish society based at Yale. Ben-Gvir, a far-right Jewish supremacist known for his support of violent settlers in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, has repeatedly called for the severing of all humanitarian aid into Gaza, urged Israeli forces to shoot Palestinian women and children, and for Palestinians to be expelled from the enclave and replaced by Jewish Israelis. Protesters started gathering at Beinecke Plaza at about 6 pm, Yale Daily News reported, and the crowd had grown to more than 200 shortly before 9 pm. Organizers later announced, just before 11:30 pm, that the encampment would disband. Credit: Sahar Tartak via Storyful It's like an eye exam. It's very impressive. I have to. You might need your eyes checked. I'm not gonna lie. Oh, don't worry, I'm not gonna I don't want to touch that scum. You're Jewish? Yeah, yeah, yeah, you'd love if that was the case, wouldn't you? Why are we scum? What is that? Because you're supporting scum. Would you mind just like backing away from them I was actually told you that? I guess. Are you guys. Yeah, why are you taking a picture of her? Why are you taking a picture of her? Public space. I do. No No, no, I, I keep hearing why we're scum. Keep telling us why we're scum. You know why you scum then you're scum. I don't I? They're just like chill over here. I get you I get you I get you. Why are you thanking him? He's calling us scum and up in our face. You don't want that at your protest. And he's not a Yale student or affiliate, so why Who said I was a young student? Who said I was a I don't think we should be making assumptions. No one here is gonna tell you any information about themselves. Yeah. It's in my lunch care. You guys were doing, I'm standing.
