''They [Canberra officials] asked me to say he wasn't pissed and that would keep him out of jail.'' - Ex-NRL player Steve Irwin said he was asked to lie to police to protect Raiders star playmaker Todd Carney.
''It's a load of rubbish, and I'll be leaving it in the hands of our solicitors.'' - Canberra chief executive Don Furner refuted the claim that Irwin was asked to lie to police.
''His prognosis is worse than about 80 or 90 per cent of cancers in terms of dying of his addiction.'' - Drug addiction expert Dr Drew Pinsky on disgraced AFL star Ben Cousins.
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