{"id":372711,"date":"2024-03-04T06:38:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T07:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=372711"},"modified":"2024-03-04T08:02:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T08:02:37","slug":"lenius-shock-hotel-threat-revealed-before-altercation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=372711","title":{"rendered":"Leniu's shock hotel threat revealed before altercation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spencer Leniu<\/a>'s bizarre challenge to the Broncos before a hotel confrontation \ufeffhas been revealed after Ezra Mam made a racial complaint against the Roosters prop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Leniu has been sent straight to the judiciary by the NRL<\/a> after Mam accused the forward of calling him a "monkey" in their Las Vegas clash.<\/p>\n

Speaking to 9News Sydney post-game, Leniu described the incident as "banter". \ufeff<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> What the Americans said about NRL's Vegas invasion<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Broncos confront Leniu in hotel after Mam allegation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Clarkson in hot water after scathing verbal attack<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

"\ufeffYou know it's just a little bit of banter on the field and whatever he wants to do it with it he can come see me after it if he wants," he said.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Asked \ufeffif something had happened, Leniu didn't give a definitive answer but said the Broncos players could sort it out with him in the hotel, with both clubs sharing accommodation.<\/p>\n

"I don't know, I don't know, it was just all fun and games on the field, a bit of banter on the field," he said.<\/p>\n

"If they want to do anything we're staying in the same hotel so I'm right there."<\/p>\n

\"Leniu<\/p>\n

Following the incident, the Sydney Morning Herald<\/a> reported Broncos players Pat Carrigan and Kotoni Staggs confronted Leniu in the hotel post-match<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The report suggests Leniu and Staggs exchanged words before Carrigan and Mam walked out of the Broncos team room. A Roosters media manager reportedly led Leniu away before the tensions could escalate.<\/p>\n

Watch the 2024 NRL premiership live and free on Nine and<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The altercation was reportedly not of a physical nature.\ufeff\ufeff<\/p>\n

\ufeffLeniu's comments with 9News mirror what he said to Triple M post-match, describing it as "fun and games on the field".<\/p>\n

\"Cleary:<\/p>\n

Proud Indigenous players Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker have since taken to Instagram to air their frustration. \ufeff<\/p>\n

"I stand with you Bala," Mitchell wrote.<\/p>\n

"NRL better deal with this shit."<\/p>\n

Walker also wrote "fun and games they reckon gammin (sic)" which accompanied Leniu's interview with Triple M. \ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spencer Leniu's bizarre challenge to the Broncos before a hotel confrontation \ufeffhas been revealed after Ezra Mam made a racial complaint against the Roosters prop. […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":372713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372711"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=372711"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":372717,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372711\/revisions\/372717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/372713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=372711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=372711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=372711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}