Ryan Tandy: Difference between revisions

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|death_place = [[Saratoga, New South Wales|Saratoga]], [[New South Wales|New South Wales, Australia]]

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'''Ryan Tandy''' (20 September 1981 – 28 April 2014)<ref name=daily-tele-death/> was an Australian professionalinternational [[rugby league]] footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. AnHe [[Irelandplayed nationalas rugbya league team{{rlp|Ireland international]] representative forward, he playedpr}} in the [[National Rugby League]] (NRL) for the [[St. George Illawarra Dragons]], [[South Sydney Rabbitohs]], [[Wests Tigers]], [[Melbourne Storm]], and the [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]], and in the [[Super League]] for [[Hull Kingston Rovers]]. He was banned from playing professional rugby league in Australia after being found guilty of [[spot-fixing]] during a match in 2010, and in 2014 died of a suspected drug overdose.

Of Irish heritage,<ref name="Ryan Tandy: Rugby league player whose career was overshadowed by personal demons and who was banned for match-fixing">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ryan-tandy-rugby-league-player-whose-career-was-overshadowed-by-personal-demons-and-who-was-banned-9302964.html|title=Ryan Tandy: Rugby league player whose career was overshadowed by personal demons and who was banned for match-fixing|newspaper=The Independent|date=29 April 2014|access-date=23 January 2018}}</ref> Tandy was born in [[Gosford]], [[New South Wales, Australia]], on 20 September 1981.<ref name="Rugby League Project"/> He played Junior [[rugby league]] for the Kincumber Colts on the Central Coast of [[New South Wales]].

Tandy's career covered stints with the [[St. George Illawarra Dragons]], [[South Sydney Rabbitohs]], [[Wests Tigers]], [[Melbourne Storm]], and the [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]] in the NRL. He also played for the [[Hull Kingston Rovers]] in the [[Super League]].<ref name="Ryan Tandy">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Ryan_Tandy.html|title=Ryan Tandy|publisher=Rugby League Project|date=2008-04-29|access-date=2008-04-29}}</ref> In the [[RugbyBritish Leaguerugby Championshipsleague system#History|National Leagues]] system he played for [[Doncaster R.L.F.C.|Doncaster]], [[Widnes Vikings]], [[Whitehaven R.L.F.C.|Whitehaven]] and [[Barrow Raiders|Barrow]].<ref name="Hull KR sign Tandy from Doncaster">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/hull_kr/6636807.stm|title=Hull KR sign Tandy from Doncaster|publisher=BBC|date=2007-05-08|access-date=2008-04-29}}</ref><ref name="Tandy completes switch to Widnes">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/4548168.stm|title=Tandy completes switch to Widnes|publisher=BBC|date=2005-12-21|access-date=2008-04-29}}</ref> He was an [[Ireland national rugby league team|Ireland]] international.<ref name="Ireland 18-18 Lebanon">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/international_and_australian/6118886.stm|title=Ireland 18-18 Lebanon|publisher=BBC|date=2006-11-05|access-date=2008-04-29}}</ref>

|publisher=Central Coast Express Advocate|date=2009-03-19|access-date=2009-06-16}}</ref> He was a member of the victorious Melbourne squad in the [[2009 NRL Grand Final]] against [[Parramatta Eels|Parramatta]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Storm v Eels Grand Final 2009|url=http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/telstrapremiershipscores/tabid/10240/roundid/833/fixtureid/5801/infotabid/3/default.aspx|access-date=5 October 2009|websitepublisher=nrl.comNational Rugby League|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003020642/http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/telstrapremiershipscores/tabid/10240/roundid/833/fixtureid/5801/infotabid/3/default.aspx|archive-date=3 October 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Storm v Eels -– Grand Final, 2009 |url=https://www.nrl.com/draw/nrl-premiership/2009/grand-final/storm-v-eels/ |website=N |publisher=[[National Rugby League]] |access-date=6 April 2022 |date=4 October 2009}}</ref> but the premiership title was later stripped from the Storm due to salary cap breaches.

After the 21 August 2010 Canterbury-Bankstown match against the [[North Queensland Cowboys]] Tandy became embroiled in a betting scandal. The [[Totalisator Agency Board]] (TAB) announced that 95 per cent of bets placed on the first scoring play of this match were for the unusual option of a Cowboys penalty goal. Friends and associates of Tandy placed a large number of bets, with the total windfall for a successful bet expected to be over $100,000.<ref name="gambling">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-08/gambling-led-to-nrl-footballer-ryan-tandys-life-unravelling/5440368|title=Gambling led to NRL footballer Ryan Tandy's life unravelling|date=8 May 2014|access-date=4 June 2022|websitepublisher=Abc.net.auABC News|location=Australia}}</ref> Tandy was then responsible for two actions in the match to allow the opposing side to score a penalty goal inside the first two minutes: first by giving away possession to the Cowboys in the opening moments of the match by knocking on, and then giving away a penalty in the play-the-ball ten metres in front of the goal posts. These actions put the Cowboys in a position where a penalty goal was a likely outcome; but they decided on an attacking option and scored a try instead.

Tandy denied the accusations of deliberately giving away possession and a penalty to allow the exotic option on the bets to be successful. Despite this, he was arrested on 2 February 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/sport/nrl/news/ryan-tandy-arrested-in-nrl-match-fixing-scandal|title=Ryan Tandy arrested in NRL match fixing scandal|access-date=3 June 2016|website=TripleM.com.au|date=2 FebFebruary 2011}}</ref> for providing false evidence to a law enforcement agency during the investigation of the betting scandal.<ref name=smh-punting>{{cite news|author=Ben Horne|url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/nrl-wont-speculate-on-punting-penalty-20100830-14766.html|title=NRL won't speculate on punting penalty|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=2010-08-30|access-date=28 April 2014}}</ref> Tandy was in more than $70,000 debt at the time of the match, owing to losses from his own long-standing gambling addiction.<ref name="gambling" />

On 6 October 2011, Tandy was found to be guilty of manipulating the first scoring point of the game.<ref name=abc-match-fix>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-06/tandy-found-guilty-of-fixing/3317476|title=Tandy guilty in NRL fixing scam|websitepublisher=Abc.net.auABC News|location=Australia|date=2011-10-06|access-date=28 April 2014}}</ref> He received an intensive correction order for six months. It required: community service, supervision and curfew, but he could have been jailed for two years.<ref name=daily-tele-death/> He appealed the charge in January 2014 but lost the case.<ref name=abc-lost-appeal>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-19/ryan-tandy-loses-appeal-over-betting-scandal/3783120?pfm=ms|title=Tandy loses appeal over betting scandal|websitepublisher=Abc.net.auABC News|location=Australia|date=19 January 2012|access-date=28 April 2014}}</ref> Tandy received a lifetime ban from NRL rugby league over the [[spot fixing]].<ref name=abc-banned>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-28/ryan-tandy-dies/5416398?pfm=ms|title=Former NRL player Ryan Tandy found dead from reported drug overdose|websitepublisher=Abc.net.auABC News|location=Australia|date=28 April 2014|access-date=28 April 2014}}</ref>

In January 2014, Tandy was arrested and charged with kidnapping in connection with the recovery of a drug debt from the victim, police alleging that Tandy was serving as a standover man. Three months after being bailed, Tandy was found dead at his parents' home in [[Saratoga, New South Wales]], following what is believed to have been an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.<ref name=daily-tele-death>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/controversial-former-nrl-player-ryan-tandy-found-dead-in-parents-apartment-of-suspected-overdose/story-fni3fbgz-1226898546914|title=Controversial former NRL player Ryan Tandy found dead in parents' apartment of suspected overdose|date=28 April 2014|access-date=28 April 2014|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|location=Sydney}}</ref>

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