More videos have followed and now nobody knows when this madness will end. The videos involving Napa have come from a WhatsApp group of about 25 players from about “four to five” years ago involving Roosters players. Napa left the Roosters after last year’s grand final to sign with the Bulldogs. He won’t give up who took the so-called "sex tapes". He has told former teammates he doesn’t know who has leaked the videos, although Roosters players have their suspicions. There’s another belief that a player simply wouldn’t give up other players like this so Napa’s phone must’ve been hacked. Must’ve been. Hacked for sure. Regardless, players across the entire code are concerned about what might come out next. Indeed, there was talk on Thursday that a video was about to be released showing two players in a compromising position.

The lesson here: If you’re going to do dumb stuff — particularly really dumb stuff — don’t let anyone film it on their phone, let alone post it on social media. Footy teams have for several seasons set up WhatsApp groups so players can keep in contact with each other, share information with each other, laugh at each other … yet it highlights a rare form of naivety to believe that sending explicit videos of yourself to a group of 25 people are going to stay private. Rumours: the Eels know that text messages making allegations against new recruit Blake Ferguson are untrue. There are people out there who take great delight in sharing this stuff. Now there are text messages in circulation. The latest “from a reliable source” concerns another former Rooster, Blake Ferguson, who also left after the grand final to join Parramatta.

The text makes all manner of allegations that cannot be repeated here for legal reasons but seemingly piece together recent gossip about Ferguson's troubled life into the one message. The Eels were made aware of it about nine days ago and know parts of it — at least the parts they can investigate — are untrue. As far as I’m concerned, there is only one “Big Poppa” and that is the Notorious B.I.G. The message also makes false allegations about Amos Roberts. Roberts, a former Dragons and Roosters fullback, hit the roof when one of his mates passed on the text. He called this column to deny the allegations.

“When I saw that text I was like, ‘What?’ I’ve got young kids and they’re on social media. I don’t want them reading this rubbish." Ferguson and his long-time manager, Sam Ayoub, met with Parramatta officials on Thursday to discuss the text message. "Fergo's shattered about it," Ayoub said. "They are baseless rumours. There is no truth to it at all. There’s a fine line to walk when it comes to reporting this stuff or leaving it in the Twittersphere where it belongs. Rugby league, like many sports, bubbles along on gossip about off-field activities. I couldn’t care less. About any of it. As far as I’m concerned, there is only one “Big Poppa” and that is the Notorious B.I.G.

But when lawyers and the police get involved, the NRL integrity unit is investigating, and players face possible sanction because they have breached the game’s code of conduct, then it has to be reported. Anyway. I wish it would all just go away so I could watch the tennis. Week to forget: Wallaby Kurtley Beale was sighted in two videos involving white powder. Credit:Christopher Pearce BEALE STRIFE That said, you can’t take life too seriously otherwise you’ll never get out of it alive.

Rugby Australia officials were desperately trying to track down Beale on Wednesday night after a second video emerged of him using a vacuum cleaner as a didgeridoo while in the vicinity of another dinner plate with yet more white powdery substances. He was in his underwear. Which is ironic because it’s believed Beale was in New Zealand shooting an underwear commercial this week. You can’t make this stuff up. As for Norman, he impressed the Dragons about his proactive approach to the looming story concerning his interaction with “The Chich”. When he learned the media was about to get hold of the video, he immediately alerted Dragons chief executive Brian Johnston. The video was three years old and dealt with by the NRL integrity unit at the time.

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