UPDATE: Wests Tigers subordinate of the year, fullback Daine Laurie, has apologised aft helium was seen wearing his erstwhile club's jersey portion celebrating the Panthers' expansive last victory connected Sunday night.
Laurie was named the associated Kelly-Barnes medallist alongside Luke Brooks arsenic the Tigers' subordinate of the twelvemonth past week but that didn't halt him from showing enactment for his aged squad arsenic images emerged of Laurie celebrating Penrith's expansive last win, overmuch to the displeasure of diehard Tigers fans.
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Laurie made his debut for the Panthers past play earlier being granted a merchandise owed to the wealthiness of endowment Penrith had astatine the fullback position.
According to The Sydney Morning Herald the jersey helium was seen wearing was the aforesaid 1 successful which helium made his NRL debut.
"I'm truly sorry, it was truly dumb connected my behalf," Laurie told the Herald.
"I shouldn't person done it. I was conscionable blessed for my mates to triumph the expansive final.
"Obviously I was watching the expansive last and had a fewer drinks, I was with a fewer mates.
"I was blessed for Penrith to win, I grew up and went to schoolhouse with astir each the players successful the side. I grew a bully narration portion I was with them for the past 5 years, I was blessed for them."
The 22-year-old, connected a woody reportedly worthy $140,000 this year, scored 7 tries successful 19 games and played good supra his wage successful snaring capable votes to beryllium named associated champion and fairest for 2021.
It's understood Tigers officials aren't blessed astir the photo, adjacent though they person nary doubts astir his committedness to the club.
"It was conscionable silly, I enactment connected the jersey and had a thrust astir municipality to spot what it was like," Laurie said.
"I evidently got caught connected camera which is simply a spot silly connected my behalf.
"It should ne'er person happened."
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