Rugby League World Cup: Scotland send captain Danny Brough home for misconduct
DANNY BROUGH and two team-mates have been kicked out of the World Cup by Scotland.
Scotland captain Danny Brough has been sent home from the Rugby League World Cup
The Bravehearts skipper, Sam Brooks and Johnny Walker were all too drunk to catch a flight from New Zealand to Brisbane.
The airline refused to let them on board and Scotland then told the players they would be sent home.
Scotland RL chairman Keith Hogg said: “They clearly had been drinking in an inappropriate fashion.
“The airline were quite within their rights to say what they said. They were supported by all of us.”
The loss of Huddersfield star Brough, Featherstone prop Brooks and Bradford forward Walker is a huge blow to Steve McCormack.
His side have been thrashed by both Tonga and New Zealand but still have a chance to qualify for the quarter-finals.
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“Unfortunately, these three players have not adhered to those standards and those values and will be leaving early from a tournament that it is a privilege for us to be involved in.”
Hogg said “all three players were very contrite” and accepted they had “over-stepped the mark”.
He added there was no confrontation or argument at the airport and no member of the public was involved in the incident early yesterday morning.
The players were told to stay in Christchurch overnight and will be flown out today “to wherever they have to go to”.