{"id":446975,"date":"2025-04-14T21:28:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T21:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=446975"},"modified":"2025-04-14T23:12:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T23:12:05","slug":"smith-takes-aim-at-nrl-after-public-leniu-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=446975","title":{"rendered":"Smith takes aim at NRL after public Leniu 'attack'"},"content":{"rendered":"

League great Cameron Smith<\/a> believes Spencer Leniu could have handled his situation with Johnathan Thurston differently following an on-field spat<\/a> during and after the Roosters' match.<\/p>\n

Leniu \ufefflaunched into a tirade at Thurston on the field as the fallout from the Ezra Mam incident in Las Vegas continues<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Roosters prop took to social media after the incident, saying he never wanted to talk to Thurston while the latter released a statement, describing Leniu as "overly aggressive".<\/p>\n

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Smith did not want to weigh in on the difference of opinion between the two but did take umbrage with how Leniu handled it.<\/p>\n

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\ufeff"I do have an issue with the way Spencer went about it and how he did it. I just don't think it's a place to bring that up or confront someone in the middle of the game or post-game in the middle of a stadium. There was 40,000 people there that night, children that look up to these players, watching that unfold, millions of people on TV and I think Spencer got it wrong," he said.<\/p>\n

"That should've been a private matter that no one ever knew about, done behind closed doors, between JT and Spencer Leniu.\ufeff"<\/p>\n

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Smith also criticised the NRL for its decision to not step in, with no \ufeffprocess to be taken unless a complaint was made.<\/p>\n

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"Where are we as a game moving forward if we allow that to happen? Is it just open slather now?" he asked.<\/p>\n

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"If anyone has an issue with someone else, can we just go and attack them verbally? Can we use expletives towards them? As a commentator working on a game and if I'm upset by a current player's actions on the field, can I go up and call them an f-wit?<\/p>\n

"No, of course I can't. \ufeffThat's ridiculous."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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