THREE Parramatta players have been called out by a member of the public for supposedly being poorly behaved and “obnoxious” while on a midweek drinking session.

Senior News Corp reporter Phil Rothfield told the Fox Sports’ Big League Wrap on Monday Eels trio Corey Norman, Michael Jennings, and Nathan Brown were investigated by the club last week.

It came after the club received an email claiming the players had been drunk and behaving badly last Monday night while on the booze in The Rocks in Sydney.

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“I can reveal last Monday night three Parramatta players — Corey Norman, Michael Jennings, Nathan Brown — were out on the town, had too many drinks in the The Rocks,” Rothfield said.

“The next morning they had an email from a patron at the hotel saying they behaved poorly, they were obnoxious, they swore.

“I think that is a very silly thing for those players to be doing when they’ve lost the first three games of the season, to be out on the town.

“The club’s answer when I went to them, and I’ve given them the benefit of the doubt, they spoke to all those players and they admitted they had been out, they had been to dinner then they kicked on.

“They said the players hadn’t behaved as poorly as that email suggested.”

Whether the players were poorly behaved or not, Rothfield says the entire Parramatta squad should be focused on turning their form around rather than midweek drinking.

The Eels are yet to win a game four rounds into the NRL season, after being tipped to finish in the top four this year.

They lost to Wests Tigers on Monday to make their season record 0-4.

“It comes back to a perception thing ... when your team’s playing well no one cares what you do,” Rothfield said.

“People are looking for extras when you’ve lost three games.

“I think it was a dumb move to go out. Go out and have dinner but don’t kick on, go home.”