NSW: Gibbs charged after racecourse incident

AAP General News (Australia)
04-01-2007
NSW: Gibbs charged after racecourse incident

There's been more off field controversy for the Wests Tigers .. with front rower BRYCE
GIBBS facing a string of charges following an incident at yesterday's Golden Slipper race
meeting in Sydney.

The 22-year-old prop has been charged with hindering .. resisting and assaulting police
.. malicious damage and failure to quit a licensed premises .. when he allegedly refused
yesterday to leave Rosehill Gardens racecourse in Sydney's west.

Tigers chief executive STEVE NOYCE says the matter is now a police issue .. but he
says the club hasn't given any thought to standing GIBBS down.

GIBBS has been granted conditional bail and is due to face Parramatta Local Court on May 2.







The incident comes on the back of a court appearance for former Tigers prop ANTHONY
LAFFRANCHI .. who was charged with sexual assault earlier this year.

LAFFRANCHI .. who now plays for Gold Coast .. was charged with having sexual intercourse
without consent with a 26-year-old woman following Mad Monday celebrations with his then
Tigers teammates last year.

LAFFRANCHI's case came before Burwood Local Court on March 27 and was adjourned until May 23.

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