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Tapine, 20, has been charged with assault occasioning grievous bodily harm after breaking a jaw of another man at the Prince of Wales Hotel in Merewether on September 21, the day after he played for Newcastle's under 20s in a sudden-death final they lost.
Packer was jailed in January for bashing a stranger unconscious and stomping on his head.
His sentence was reduced from two years to 12 months on appeal, and he was sacked by the Knights
Within days of Packer being incarcerated, the Herald revealed that Knights official and former player Ben Rogers was facing two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Soon after, young forward Zane Tetevano was terminated by the Knights and had his registration cancelled by the NRL after he pleaded guilty in Belmont Local Court to smashing a taxi windscreen. Tetevano soon after became involved in a second legal case in which he has since pleaded guilty to assaulting his former girlfriend and her property.
Heralds excuse - "It is unrealistic to expect a group of 50-odd young men to remain squeaky clean 100 per cent of the time, but clubs with strong leadership at least have a fighting chance."
