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    Waratahs' Phipps thrown out of pub for urinating on bar

    By Georgina Robinson
    30 April 2018 — 11:00pm


    The Waratahs' bid to get their season back on track has been dealt a blow with revelations halfback Nick Phipps was thrown out of a Sydney pub after urinating on the bar.

    The Waratahs are investigating the incident, which occurred at the Woollahra Hotel about 9.45pm on April 21. A witness has told Fairfax Media that security personnel removed Phipps from the packed upstairs section after staff members spotted him urinating on the front of the bar.

    It was the halfback's bucks party and the night after the Waratahs' dismal 29-0 home loss to the Lions. Phipps and a group including NSW and Australian captain Michael Hooper were in the hotel after a long day celebrating the 29-year-old's impending marriage. The 61-Test halfback was dressed as a cow, the witness said.

    "The Waratahs are aware of an incident involving halfback Nick Phipps," the club said in a statement. "The matter is being reviewed and while this process is ongoing, the NSW Waratahs are unable to comment at this time."

    Fairfax Media understands the group had celebrated the last days of Phipps' bachelor life with a round of golf at North
    Bondi in the morning and a boat cruise in the afternoon. By the time the party arrived at the Woollahra Hotel, Phipps and others were "pretty blind", the witness said.

    After walking up to the bar and urinating on the front, an apologetic Phipps was removed without further incident and put in a taxi by his friends, Fairfax Media was told. The group continued the celebrations without him. It is understood he called publican Ben Lawler to apologise in the days following.

    The Waratahs were on a bye week, a period many players use to take holidays and unwind from the grind of the regular Super Rugby season. The squad returned for a training session last Thursday and Phipps married long-term partner Ebony Bamford, a finance specialist with Macquarie Group, on Saturday.

    The hotel did not take the matter further and Phipps, who has an otherwise unblemished record, returned to the pub with his family on Sunday, the day after the couple's wedding.

    It is an untimely distraction for the Waratahs, who are desperate to move on from off-field controversies and talk up Saturday's clash with the Blues at Brookvale Oval.

    The organisation spent the better part of a month bogged down in the drama surrounding Israel Folau's beliefs about gay people, were held scoreless for the first time in Super Rugby historyagainst the Lions and last week announced 2017 financial results that paint a sorry picture of the game's health in Sydney and NSW.

    Ticketing and membership sales fell 24 per cent last year and sponsorship and hospitality revenue fell 13 per cent. The organisation was forced to slash budgets in other divisions to announce a break-even result across the year.


    Saturday's fixture at Brookvale presents an opportunity to hit the reset button. Folau was back training with the team on Monday after a month sidelined with a hamstring injury and the squad were in high spirits after a few days' break.

    The Waratahs are three-points clear of the Rebels at the top of the Australian conference ladder and, until the Lions loss, were sitting on an unbroken run of four wins. They face their toughest block of games next, with four matches on the trot against New Zealand teams and an away clash with Queensland before the competition breaks for the June Test series.

    Phipps spent the early part of the season a frustrated onlooker as he recovered from a calf strain. He returned off the bench in the Waratahs' 37-16 win against the Reds in round nine and also came off the bench against the Lions. He and other long-time NSW players were also rocked by the career-ending injury suffered by close friend and former teammate Rob Horne last month.

    https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-u...30-p4zcfq.html

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    Todays other news is that Manly Council are saying the Waratahs match cant go ahead at Brookvale.

    The Curtain Raiser match was to be a Shute Shield match - in hope that people might actually hang around and watch the Tahs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Exile View Post
    Todays other news is that Manly Council are saying the Waratahs match cant go ahead at Brookvale.

    The Curtain Raiser match was to be a Shute Shield match - in hope that people might actually hang around and watch the Tahs.
    Perhaps they could move it to Penrith

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    My apologies to all.

    I got my last post slightly wrong.

    Correct information is here

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    well I say that's completely understandable

    they would have to travel 12 kilometers

    What dictator made such an unreasonable and ill-advised suggestion?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Exile View Post
    My apologies to all.

    I got my last post slightly wrong.
    Maybe not too far wrong. Brooky is reportedly subject to a safety inspection before the Tahs match, after 5 season ending ACL ruptures from the past 9 Mungo matches there. Its a sub standard cow paddock.

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    Does he (Phipps) have anything to say about this on 'kick and chase'? Haha

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    Quote Originally Posted by shasta View Post
    Maybe not too far wrong. Brooky is reportedly subject to a safety inspection before the Tahs match, after 5 season ending ACL ruptures from the past 9 Mungo matches there. Its a sub standard cow paddock.
    Mooooooooooo

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    phipps needs professional help.
    i remember, several years ago, i was in a sydney pub.
    the landlord was pulling me a pint when i had the incredible urge to jump on the bar, lower me strides and defecate on a drip tray.
    despite my obvious embarrassment, red face and profuse apologies the landlord quite rightly threw me out.
    i returned 2 months later, only to be refused service from the landlord.
    i understood his stance, but after explaining that i had received some intensive therapy and was cured, he let me stay.
    while he was pouring a pint for me, i jumped on the bar, dropped my strides and used the drip tray again.
    'i thought you said you were cured' yelled the landlord
    'i am, i don't feel embarrassed anymore' i replied
    when i woke up in ICU......................
    the point is, i still have the number of the therapist if somebody wants to pass it on to nick.

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    Great to see Ryan Louwrens back on the park . He was the best 9 in Australia before his injury . With Phipps pissing everybody off .., hopefully Cheika will take note . #Cheikawatchthisteam .

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    Quote Originally Posted by bootsetal06 View Post
    Great to see Ryan Louwrens back on the park . He was the best 9 in Australia before his injury . With Phipps pissing everybody off .., hopefully Cheika will take note . #Cheikawatchthisteam .
    Based on the match Friday, Prior would get the invite to the Wallaby training camp first, but it'll be interesting to see what the team selection is if Louwrens gets up to speed. Prior is team captain, but if Louwrens starts out-performing him ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sheikh View Post
    Based on the match Friday, Prior would get the invite to the Wallaby training camp first, but it'll be interesting to see what the team selection is if Louwrens gets up to speed. Prior is team captain, but if Louwrens starts out-performing him ...
    When Louwrens came on, Prior went to 10 and Deegan went to full back so that could be an option. That was probably more due to the injury to Grant. Would prefer Deegan to stay at ten as he looked very good on Friday.

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    Grant won't be back this week, so expect the same arrangement. I think it's the best they have.

    There's talk of Fourier getting a gig, but I would expect that puts brace to the bench (or maybe fullback)

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