Craig Gower Also Has Time For Rugby

The Australian sporting landscape seems to have a different breed of derelicts than our own. When our athletes misbehave, someone ends up getting shot in a Vegas strip club. When Australian athletes misbehave, they walk naked around a resort and proposition the daughter of a sporting legend.

Deuce of Davenport introduces us to Craig Gower, the star player for the Penrith Panthers of the Australian Rugby League. Gower's most recent transgression involves him biting a dude on the neck in a night club. Here's his rap sheet:

• Was accused by security staff at the Peppermint Lounge of kissing another guy, and then biting him on the neck, which resulted in a brawl. • Was accused of harassing and groping the daughter of Rugby legend Wayne Pearce at a charity golf event. Also accused of threatening Pearce's son afterwards. • Held a plastic butter knife to the throat of a radio broadcaster. • Walked naked around the resort. • Exposed himself to an Irish tourist in Sydney. • Is currently a co-captain of the Penrith Panthers, and has served as the captain of the Australian national team.

So much more creative than "making it rain."

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