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MELBOURNE coach Craig Bellamy became so disillusioned with the NRL's handling of the hugely-sensitive Alex McKinnon-Jordan McLean affair the premiership-winning coach tendered his resignation with the Storm's owners.
Sport Confidential can reveal Bellamy was so torn over the injury suffered by McKinnon and the way the NRL was looking to hang McLean out to dry, the Storm coach told the club owners he was quitting his post effective immediately.
Craig Bellamy tendered his resignation over the NRL's handling of the Alex McKinnon — Jordan McLean affair. Source: News Limited
Bellamy made the call after McLean was handed a seven-week suspension at NRL headquarters — three weeks for his role in the lifting tackle and four weeks added due to the injury suffered by McKinnon.
But after considering his position over the course of the following 24 hours, Bellamy had a change of heart and decided he had an obligation to McLean and the Storm.
When contacted yesterday about tendering his resignation, Bellamy declined to comment.
Bellamy has had a long-running feud with NRL headquarters dating back to when David Gallop was CEO and the Storm were stripped of two premierships and made to play an entire season without contesting for competition points.
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The NRL's handling of the very serious McKinnon-McLean issue is believed to have been the last straw for the Storm coach, who is currently contracted until the end of 2016 with the option of a two-year extension if he chooses to take it up.
It's difficult to fathom how one player can be given a four-week suspension for another player suffering a career-ending injury. If the NRL really wants to be fair dinkum about taking player injuries into account at the NRL judiciary, then it could be argued that McLean should have been banned for years, not weeks.
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But McLean has become another victim of this very sad story and the corner in which the NRL has backed itself.
The entire rugby league community is right behind McKinnon, who continues his recovery in a Sydney hospital.
FOR PEATS' SAKE, FIRE UP YOU BLUES
SHOULD Laurie Daley take a punt on Nathan Peats for NSW Origin duty this year, he certainly won't be wanting for pure passion.
As these tweets from Peats' account during Origin II last year demonstrate, the Eels rake has cultivated a hatred for Queensland.
Nathan Peat tweets his passion for Origin. Source: Twitter
Peats was so pumped before the second match that he even ripped into Channel 9 for daring
to cross from the pre-match coverage to Canberra, where Kevin Rudd had just orchestrated a leadership coup over Julia Gillard.
"I think Origin is more important than our next Prime Minister," he fumed. "Get off the TV you Dereks."
The fact Rudd was also a Queenslander didn't appear to improve Peats' mood, which darkened further as the Maroons blew NSW off Suncorp Stadium to level the series.
Eel's Nathan Peats shows his passion for the Blues via his Twitter. Source: News Corp Australia
"I've never been more angry in my life," he groaned.
Peats declined to discuss his tweets yesterday. "I don't regret anything I tweet, but I don't need to put any more pressure on myself."
AFL WILL HAVE NEW CEO BY YEARS END
THE talk about Andrew Demetriou making an early exit from the AFL's top office over the next couple of months refuses to go away.
Remember where you read it first, the man the NRL pursued last year, Gillon McLachlan, will be the new AFL CEO before this season is finished.
RYAN TO MAKE RETURN
FOOTY Show funnyman and NRL flyer Beau Ryan is back in full training with Cronulla and is hoping to make a return against the Penrith Panthers next weekend. If Ryan is cleared to play his first game of the season, he'll be lining up against Jamie Soward.
Beau Ryan during a Cronulla training session. Source: News Limited
Of course, Soward has been very vocal about the Sharks winger impersonating him on Channel 9's Footy Show.
PANTHERS FLAG AWAY BIG SAM'S 'ALTERCATION'
THE female fan involved in last weekend's flag-in-the-face altercation with South Sydney forward Sam Burgess has escaped an immediate ban because Panthers officials believe the Englishman brought the mishap upon himself.
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Penrith yesterday announced their investigation was complete, but declined to reveal the results or the woman's punishment.
We can reveal she was only given a suspended ban from attending matches, which will only come into effect should there be another complaint.
The woman has also been moved away from the tunnel area, where the incident occurred after fulltime, and will be free to assume her new seat in Monday night's clash against Gold Coast.
Sam Burgess warms up during a South Sydney Rabbitohs training session. Source: Getty Images
Although she has apologised to Burgess, the woman claimed he was partly to blame for being struck in the eye with a flag pole.
After handing herself in on Saturday, she told Panthers officials she was dangling the flag over the tunnel while both teams were leaving the pitch.
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Burgess was the last to exit and, according to the woman, grabbed the flag downwards.
She claims that motion flipped it over so the stick hit him in the face.
DUGAN BACK IN THE GOOD BOOKS
AFTER falling foul of NSW coach Laurie Daley in January, St George Illawarra fullback Josh Dugan has rocketed into contention to be the Blues fullback on the back of a brilliant all-round game against Melbourne.
Dragon's Josh Dugan is contention to be the Blues fullback. Source: News Corp Australia
Dugan recovered from making an early error to finish as St George Illawarra's best.
Where to play Jarryd Hayne for the Blues then? Pick him at right centre.
FOOTY'S MUST WATCH SHOW
THE Matty Johns Show on Monday night has emerged as this year's must-watch program. The banter from Bryan Fletcher has proven a masterstroke alongside Nathan Hindmarsh and Gorden Tallis. After last Monday night's Melbourne-Dragons match, the Johns Show scored a record audience of 185,000 viewers.
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CAMPBELL SISTERS POOL THEIR TALENT
AS soul music legend Aretha Franklin told us many moons ago, sisters are doing it for themselves.
And it might just become the new theme song for Australia at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this year.
Sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell are the glamorous new faces of the Australian swimming team. Source: News Corp Australia
Cate Campbell and Bronte Campbell are the glamorous new faces of the Australian swimming team and two of the hot favourites to come home with a full swag of medals.
Born in Malawi but raised in Brisbane, the Campbell sisters are part of the new wave of swimmers hoping to put Australia back on the map in
the pool.
WINNING
HOW good are the Parramatta Eels travelling? From the depths of two wooden spoons, the Eels have given the blue and gold army reason to believe with some entertaining and gritty form over the opening six rounds. Bravo, Brad Arthur.
'WE HAVEN'T ACHIEVED ANYTHING': ARTHUR
DUNCE CAP
THE Australian Rugby Union for putting the kibosh on Israel Folau's return for the Waratahs last weekend against the Western Force. Congratulations to Izzy for having the courage to publicly question a ridiculous decision.
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AXE-FACTOR
THE mutiny among the Australian women's soccer team is set to come to a head next week with Matildas coach Hesterine de Reus poised to be given the sack. The Dutch disciplinarian is expected to be given her marching orders after a revolt from players and staff.
SPOTTED
SHARKS flyer Nathan Gardner sporting the same Eminem hairdo as teammate Todd Carney. Not only do the pair share a liking for peroxide and a razor, but they are also living together in the Shire.
Todd Carney is sporting an Eminem hairdo. Source: Getty Images
BACK CHAT
DO St George Illawarra have a right to blow up about Hooter-gate?
Hoops (Yes): As stuff-ups go, the NRL deciding to publicly admit it robbed the Dragons of two points was a faux pas of Olympic class. Why did the Dragons get an apology this week, but the Melbourne Storm didn't the week before against the Gold Coast? The solution is a pineapple.
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Josh (No): Dragons CEO Peter Doust needs to take some lessons from how Cowboys opposite Peter Jourdain dealt with last year's seventh-tackle debacle. The stakes were much higher and the mistake much clearer, yet Jourdain did not whine about rematches or compensation. The fact Doust was recently handed a $1 million loan from the NRL makes his carping even harder to cop.
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