This was written about him 6 years ago:
Why rugby league hates Josh McGuire
“I remember covering a Prime Minister's XIII tour of PNG in 2014.
It was the first time I came into contact with Queensland's Josh McGuire.
I was on the team bus and watched McGuire dangle Australian shirts out the window as hundreds of poor and adoring kids chased the bus.
Unlike other players who gladly gave their gear away to the locals, McGuire would tease the locals by quickly pulling the shirts inside the bus each time a kid made a jump for it.
Tormenting third-world kids. It was poor form and duly noted by an NRL official who also made the journey
It seems McGuire's behaviour hasn't improved.
If he's not the most disliked player in the game I would like someone to tell me another.
In Origin II, McGuire allegedly sledged to Andrew Fifita: "We knew you were shit" and "you are just shit c...s".
Classy stuff.
Then there's the cheap shots, wrestling tackles and having fights at training.
And being bagged by even his own teammates.
His rap sheet is increasing every season. His reputation already in tatters.
This bloke is headed for a big fall.
Mark my words.”
https://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/ ... kb9g27j03t
disciplinary
Re: disciplinary
“Usually the fans that abuse players like Sam have never done anything of any note themselves. They’re nobodies, whose greatest claim to fame is abusing someone who has, and these so-called ‘Eddie the Experts’ pretend to their mates that they have."
WALLY LEWIS
WALLY LEWIS