Aussie footy bad boy Josh McGuire’s career is in jeopardy as he faces another huge ban – not for fighting or a tackle gone horribly wrong, but for ‘unacceptable language’
- Josh McGuire’s footy career hangs in the balance
- Veteran is facing the axe from Warrington in the UK
- Charged with alleged on-field derogatory comments
- NRL rap sheet includes multiple allegations of eye gouging
The controversial career of footy bad boy Josh McGuire could soon be over, as the one-time Queensland Maroons forward faces another huge ban.
A highly polarising figure, the 33-year-old moved to Warrington in England after leaving the Dragons in the NRL, and now it is believed the Wolves are looking at terminating his contract on disciplinary grounds.
McGuire will soon face the Super League tribunal to answer a Grade F charge following derogatory comments he allegedly made towards Leigh’s Josh Charnley during a recent match.
He was referred straight to the judiciary, with a minimum six-game ban likely to follow under the rule, which was put in place to weed out ‘verbal abuse based on race, colour, religion, gender, sexual preference, disability and ethnic origin’.
The controversial career of footy bad boy Josh McGuire could soon be over, as the one time Queensland forward faces another huge ban in the UK Super League
A highly polarising figure, the journeyman moved to Warrington in England from the Dragons, and his stint has been ill-fated, starting with a pre-season suspension
McGuire’s NRL rap sheet included multiple allegations of eye gouging, dissent towards referees and several high shots
It follows McGuire being suspended for seven games on a similar ‘unacceptable language’ charge stemming from a pre-season game in which it’s rumoured the Aussie hit rival Tom Amone with a slur relating to disabled people.
A veteran of more than 250 NRL matches with the Broncos, Cowboys and Dragons, McGuire served two five-match suspensions while at the Red V in 2021.
In addition, he was fined $12,000 by the NRL and suspended for one game after breaching the game’s Covid-19 biosecurity protocols for attending Paul Vaughan’s now infamous team BBQ.
McGuire was also called a ‘grub’ by many reporting on the code and said to be vastly unpopular with a high volume of players from rival NRL clubs due to his niggling on-field nature.
His rap sheet includes multiple allegations of eye gouging, dissent towards referees and many high shots.
Back in 2019, former Sea Eagles premiership-winning prop Mark ‘Spudd’ Carroll stated McGuire needed to change his game or run the risk of repeated suspensions.
‘I’m getting sick of his antics. He’s like a human grub, seriously,’ Carroll said.
‘If he was playing in my era he would be whacked. I can guarantee we would fix him up.’