Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I piki ake te pēhanga ki runga i te whetū o Gold Coast Titans, a Greg Bird, i te mea i kitea i tukuna e ia te tarukino i tana huihuinga a tana ake papa me te ra i muri i tana marena. I puta mai ngā taipitopito o ngā whakapae a Bird i mua i te putanga o te kaitākaro ki te kōti i te wiki e whai ake nei me ētahi atu kaitākaro o nāianei me ngā kaitākaro o mua o Titan. E ai ki te pūrongo a te Courier Mail, kua whakakahore te whetū o NSW Origin, ā, ko ia anō te kaihautū o te kapa Titans i ngā whakapae, ā, ka whakamatau ia ki te whakamatau i tōna hara i te kōti. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko Greg Bird, e whakaahuatia ana e tākaro ana mō Ahitereiria ki Ingarangi, e whakapae ana i tuku i te tarukino i te pō o tōna ake tāne. E ai ki ngā tuhinga a te kōti, ko ngā whakapae e rua o Bird mo te tuku i te tarukino i ahu mai i ngā rā o Whiringa-ā-nuku me Hakihea o te tau kua hipa, i te wā kotahi o te pōti a tōna hoa rangatira, ā, i te rā i muri i tana marena. I te pō kotahi me te whakapae tuarua i mau a Bird e kōkiri ana i runga i tētahi waka pirihimana i te tūmatanui i Byron Bay. He raruraru tera i muri mai i riro ai ia i te kaihautū o tana taha. Ko ngā kaitākaro o ngā Titans, ko Beau Falloon rāua ko Jamie Dowling, me te kaitiaki tuarua o ngā Queensland Reds, ko Karmichael Hunt, ka tutaki ki Southport Magistrates Court i te Rāhoroi i muri i tō rāua noho hei kaitākaro whutupaoro tuatahi i whakawakia mō te tautohetohe mo te tarukino. I tae mai ētahi kaitākaro NRL ki te pātī a te kapa Bird i Byron Bay. Ina koa ko tana hoa kapa o mua a Titans a Joe Vickery, e whitu nga whakapae mo te tuku i te cocaine. Kāore tētahi o ngā whakapae a Vickery e pā ana ki te wā o te rōpū a Bird. Ko Bird, Falloon, Dowling, Dave Taylor rāua ko Kalifa Faifai Loa kua tū katoa i te taha o ngā Titans, ā, ka ngaro rātou i te kēmu NRL tuatahi o te karapu ki te Wests Tigers i te Rāhoroi. E pouri ana matou kaore matou e whakaae ana ki nga korero mo tenei tuhinga.
E rua ngā whakapae i whakawakia ai a Greg Bird mō te tuku i te tarukino. Ko ngā rā e pā ana ki te pōti a tana tāne me te rā i muri i tana marena. Kua whakakahoretia e te kaihautū o mua o nga Titans nga whakapae. Ka puta a Bird ki te kooti ā te wiki e whai ake nei me ētahi atu tokowhā o ngā Titans o nāianei me o mua. Ko te hoa kapa o mua a Titans a Joe Vickery e whitu nga whakapae mo te tuku i te cocaine.