Melbourne Rebels stars, Danny Cipriani and Kurtley Beale, along with injured Wallaby and Queensland Reds flyhalf Quade Cooper, have reportedly been involved in a car accident last Friday night in Melbourne.
Fairfax reports that the Super Rugby players were driving to Cipriani’s home when their car failed to negotiate a corner, running into a garden and hitting a parked car.
It is understood that no one was injured in the accident.
A spokeman for the Rebels told Fairfax that the club “was aware of a minor traffic incident on Friday and the club was assisting the police with investigation.”
The incident has captured attention given Cipriani’s well-documented party lifestyle, which caused him to be stood-down from the Rebels in 2011, with Beale also under scrutiny, having yet to play for the Rebels and likely to miss his team’s opener against the Waratahs with a hamstring injury.
Cooper has been recuperating from a serious knee injury that he suffered playing for Australia at the World Cup last year, and was in Melbourne having been granted leave after supporting his Reds team-mates in their clash against the Waratahs in Sydney.
Reds chief executive Jim Carmichael told Fairfax that he had “no concerns” about Cooper, despite the incident occurring just a month after he was evicted from a pub on Stradbroke Island after an altercation with a local man and his girlfriend.
Carmichael said he was not aware of Cooper being involved in the accident, but that he had been granted permission to spend the weekend in Melbourne.
‘‘Until Quade Cooper does something that isn’t right, I take the view that they are role models and they are expected to do this and that but they are still young men who go out,’’ said Carmichael.
‘‘He’s gone away for the weekend and he’s been back here on Monday and that for us is as deep as it is unless something comes in the next couple of days that says otherwise. I have not seen anything that tells me there’s been any issues.’”
A Rebels’ spokesman said the club was aware of a minor traffic incident on Friday and that the club was assisting the police with investigation.
carl s.hond
Guest
how long will it take the boys to recover it is not easy playing without QUADE COOPER.
aweblax
Guest
Cipriana and Cooper involved in a incident, no way, this article has to be a joke. LMAO
Justin
Guest
Perfectly understandable in this day and age isnt it? Plenty of people may have tried a runner if there was no one around to witness things...
The Link
Guest
Hang on a sec, from Josh Rakic's article today - 'In Beale's defence, he did notify the Rebels of the accident who in turn notified police. There's no suggestion Beale had been drinking. No charges have been laid.' http://m.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/chooks-sbw-could-touch-gloves-on-deal-this-week-20120228-1u139.html So Beale is in a traffic accident that involved another (parked) car and the first phone call he makes is to his footy club??!!
sportym
Guest
Cooper saw a Black car, had flashbacks to the All Blacks, went brain dead....like in the WC and CRASH! like the semi final
p.Tah
Guest
Nice one BB!
Sandy
Guest
Well said, couldn't agree more. Geez mountain...molehill
Blinky Bill of Bellingen (proudly Waratah country)
Guest
How did it happen? It's simple. Three champion 5/8 capable of steering a Rugby team around the park just could agree on best way to steer a car around a corner. ; ) Happens all the time.
mattamkII
Guest
bugga me. Some early 20's lads pile into their mates new flash car and crash it....thats never been done before! I really wish some of you blokes on here would stop buying into the growing media over hyping of every day happenings.
johnny-boy
Guest
I admire your attitude BBOB - it cant be easy :)
WQ
Guest
One things for sure, It won't be Quades fault!!!
Blinky Bill of Bellingen (proudly Waratah country)
Guest
Not understated enough then for tasteful Rugby folk? Perhaps you're right. However I guess I feel somewhat like Pluto in the old B&W cartoons with his devil alter ego on one shoulder saying 'stuff them.....etc', and on the other shoulder is the good & caring Pluto saying 'give them another chance.....1st game......don't give Queenslanders the satisfaction.........etc'. So I decided 'Stuff It'! In for a penny in for a pound. Time to nail my flag to the mast. Everything coming off my keyboard will be positive, praise, enthusiastic, supportive, good defeats evil. No doubt you catch my drift. ;) Now I'm reading Berrick is our for Melbourne. What next? Do I care? NO!!! We can do it with 13 players if we have to. Now go the Tahs!!!!!!!!!!!
charles
Guest
Just. Go. Away. Danny.
Bobby
Guest
hahaha steering is hard
Albo
Guest
If only they'd had The Brand in the car. His people can negotiate anything. Boom tish
Albo
Guest
C'mon Blinky... What are you doing to us? BB or even BBOB was fine but BBOBPWC? Careful... if that abbreviation takes flight people may think you are personally sponsoring the referees (or is it a different firm now?) ;)
Blinky Bill of Bellingen (proudly Waratah country)
Guest
Here we go.
Cliff
Guest
'Their car failed to negotiate a corner' Really? So the car just ceased to work properly? It seem more likely that Cipriani failed to negotiate a corner.
levelheaded
Guest
Why was Quade not with his team mates in Sydney - what is happening here. Player power starting to get out of control?????
jameswm
Guest
Not a good look. Where was Bieber?