subject: Johnathan Thurston Backing Of His North Queensland Team-Mates [print this page] Thurston NRL Cowboys will be before the council in the coming weeks to explain after being arrested by police in Brisbane earlier this month and accused of being a public nuisance at a time when he was recovering from an injury.
The Townsville-based club are already a review after finishing second last year, with only points-less Melbourne them.Thurston below was presented this week on the four-nation tournament, starting next month as he recovers from his ankle injury.
"We received full support Johnno," Cowboys center Willie Tonga has told a manifestation of the grand final in Sydney on Thursday.
"You get some unfortunate circumstances, but on the field can not question him, he is certainly a good leader." He is like a free spirit off the field, he just sort of doing what he does. "I'm not sure if he likes the responsibility of the captain or a player of great name, but you can enjoy the leadership role.
" He wants to be part of the Cowboys forwards and it is his emphasis on trying to keep his captain. "(The big players) tend to be difficult outside the footy field, but they do remarkable things.
" Tonga supports the club, which has already led to the reduction and CEO Peter Parr, and dismissed the comments going forward Willie Mason that the responsibility rested on the coach Neil Henry. "I'm not surprised, Willie is going to say what he thinks," said Tonga.
"It s frustrating, just got in the end, just knowing that we had a team on paper, but we could not' t put together.
Johnathan Thurston Backing Of His North Queensland Team-Mates
