Jan 11 | Posted by Trix @ 12:00 AM Category: Sport
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Bewin – The Greg Bird saga continues at Cronulla after the NRL yet again postponed any and all decision making for the Test and New South Wales five eighth.
Four months ago the Cronulla star made headlines when his then girlfriend was admitted to hospital with a fractured eye socket following a n alleged glassing incident at their Cronulla residence.
Although charges were laid against Bird, his girlfriend did an about face just a few days later pleading with the courts for charges to dropped.
The charges were subsequently downgraded to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and two counts of lying to police in the aftermath of the incident.
Cronulla executives immediately stood Bird down and suspended him from training pending an investigation into the incident and it has since been reported that they were planning to sack him as early as last month.
However, legal documentation from the players association saved Bird from the axe and the club will now have to wait until a verdict is handed down following a court appearance on April 27th 2009.
Until such time, Bird remains on the payroll but will not take the field in the light blue Cronulla jersey until he has been cleared of any wrongdoing,
Should he be found guilty, Cronulla is likely to terminate his four year contract and de- list him, leaving the door open for English Super League side Warrington (who has already shown interest) to sign him.