NRL: Greg Bird stripped of Gold Coast Titans captaincy
Friday 12 December 2014 09:57, UK
Greg Bird has been stripped of the Gold Coast Titans captaincy after he was caught urinating in public.
The Titans also fined Bird around £7,900 and warned him that his contract with the NRL club would be torn up if he misbehaved again.
The 30-year-old, who has represented Australia 12 times, was issued with an infringement notice on Monday after he was caught urinating on a public street, a day after he got married.
He apologised but the Titans took a dim view of his actions, which was just the latest in a series of off-field incidents involving NRL players.
Titans chief executive Graham Annesley said: "All players need to accept personal responsibility for their actions and recognise that incidents of this nature not only damage the reputation and commercial prospects of the club, but also bring the image of the NRL and the game of rugby league into substantial disrepute."
