The NRL Integrity Unit is aware of a video allegedly involving Melbourne Storm players partying in a hotel room with what appears to be a white substance on a table.
A day after a tearful New Zealand Warriors rookie fullback Reece Walsh confessed to using cocaine after being arrested by police on the Gold Coast over the weekend, mobile phone footage emerged appearing to show the Storm pair in a room.
Melbourne’s season ended at the weekend after they were beaten by Penrith.
Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy, who was crowned coach of the year at the Dally Ms on Monday night, said he was aware of the incident but yet to speak with the pair.
“It’s in front the Integrity Unit so we will see what happens from there,” Bellamy said.
“It hurts everybody. I don’t know the full details yet. I don’t want to be saying something if it’s not right.”
Storm football manager Frank Ponissi and chairman Matt Tripp declined to comment when contacted by the Herald earlier in the night.
The NRL confirmed it was aware of the video and that the NRL Integrity Unit planned to speak with the pair.
The manager of one of the players who appears to be in the video told the Herald his client had been partying since the loss to Penrith, but he had only learned of the video footage himself earlier on Monday and was yet to speak with the player.
There appears to be up to half a dozen men in the room, including one player seated in front of the table and another without his shirt on in the background. The players do not appear to realise they are being filmed.









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