As rugby league greats call for Greg Inglis to be stripped of the Test captaincy, a precedent could mean it’s actually worse than that. Test selector Laurie Daley believes Inglis needs to relinquish the Kangaroos captaincy after being nabbed drink driving and speeding just hours after being bestowed the honour. Former Test skipper Daley said the South Sydney star had let the game down, claiming his position as leader of the national side was now untenable.
“It has to change things,” he said on the Big Sports Breakfast. “Greg’s been a terrific leader for South Sydney and Queensland but I don’t think you can have the Australian captain going DUI. “I’m pretty sure Greg and Mal (coach Mal Meninga) will come to the decision that he needs to step down as captain of his country.” However Meninga has form with such situations, dropping Josh Papalii from the national side for drink driving in 2017. It’s unlikely that Meninga would go the extent of dropping Inglis altogether, but the precedent is certainly there.
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