Controversial Cronulla NRL forward Andrew Fifita has thrown his support behind Matthew Lodge, after the former Wests Tigers’ player was hit with a string of charges in New York.
Lodge posted $50,000 bail on Tuesday and was released from New York’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex.
The 20-year-old Junior Kangaroo from Sydney has been charged with burglary in the first degree, which carries a minimum sentence of five years’ jail and a maximum of 25 years.