Reporter Paul Crawley believes the Roosters’ punishment handed down to star forward Victor Radley was “excessive”.

The Roosters suspended Radley for 10 games without pay and also asked him to make a $30,000 charity donation over his drug text message saga.

Radley was mentioned in a police investigation that led to his former teammate Brandon Smith needing to answer to allegations of drug supply and providing insider information for betting purposes, to which he pled not guilty.

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