Brandon Smith

Neither Brandon Smith nor Adam Gee would divulge what was said, but despite a post-game apology the NZ international could be in further hot water.

“There wasn't the response we needed this week. I let not only myself, but all my team-mates down,” Smith said. “I got a little bit of a sore rib at training and it was sore tonight,” he said. “We are a defensively-minded team and we're trying to find the easy options.” “I lost my temper and it's very disappointing on my behalf. It was the Storm's second loss in the space of seven days after a defeat to Manly.

Brandon Smith says he let himself and his teammates down after giving referee Adam Gee a verbal lashing on a forgettable night for the Melbourne Storm, ...

They were routinely split through the middle and beaten on the edges as they slumped to a second consecutive defeat after last week’s Brookvale nightmare. The Cronulla centre beat two defenders by sheer will to pounce on a grubber. Papenhuyzen looked to struggle through the second half. I let the team down and he’s all about a team-first mentality. A furious Smith was given his marching orders after saying something to Gee, convinced he should have earned a penalty on the previous play. “I went in and apologised to him afterwards.

The Storm hooker was sin-binned for dissent halfway through the second half of the Storm's 28-6 against the Sharks and exchanged words with some supporters as ...

Ten minutes in the bin, he’s waving to the crowd and he’s now arguing with fans. [...] He’s got to get a grip, get him in the sheds and get him away from everyone.' [...] We don't want that and I'm pretty sure it's not gonna happen again.' 'I don't really know exactly what happened there. The 26-year-old was goaded by the fans as he walked off the field after being sin-binned - The Storm hooker exchanged words with the crowd as he walked off the field

The Cronulla Sharks have sent a warning to the rest of the NRL after blowing away the Melbourne Storm 28-6 at Pointsbet Stadium on Thursday night.

One of the best 40 minutes we’ve seen this year,” Cooper Cronk said on Fox League at the break. But the referee’s done it for a reason. It was probably one of our best sets for play the ball speed. “They’ve got a lot on their minds quite obviously, not just what’s happening in front of them but what’s been happening around this game and what’s happening for the second half of the season.” “There’s not much talk up there at the moment in the Melbourne Storm coach’s box,” Smith said. Just before reaching the sheds, Smith turned back and said: “What did you say bro?” to one of the members of the crowd before he was ushered into the tunnel.

BREAKING: Storm star Smith facing ban as ugly 'cheat' ref sledge revealed.

“I don’t want to repeat what I said,” Smith said after the game. A frustrated Smith was remonstrating with the referee after the Sharks had been allowed to dominate the ruck by slowing down the play-the-ball. As the Storm recorded back-to-back losses for the second time this season, Smith forced referee Gee to take the unusual step of sending him to the sin bin while Melbourne was in possession of the ball and award a penalty to Cronulla.

He had to be held back by security from vile fans as new details emerge on what he did to get sin-binned.

“There wasn’t the response we needed this week. I let not only myself, but all my teammates down,” Smith said. “I copped a few whacks to it (tonight but) I can’t say (who did it).” “I got a little bit of a sore rib at training and it was sore tonight,” he said. “Ten in the bin, (he’s) waving to the crowd as he goes off for dissent, and he’s now arguing with fans, so he’s got to get a grip, get him in the sheds and get him away from everyone.” “I don’t know what he said, obviously we don’t want our players showing that sort of disrespect to the referee and I can only say it won’t happen again,” Bellamy said.

Brandon Smith has been referred straight to the judiciary on a contrary conduct charge after he was sin-binned on Thursday night for a comment he made ...

“We will probably have to do that at some stage. I’ll have a bit of a chat to Brandon and see what happened there. The referee obviously did it for a reason. That looked like it was going to be one of our best sets, we had a bit of line speed. I can only say it won’t happen again. We don’t want our players showing that sort of disrespect for the referees.

Storm star Brandon Smith faces a lengthy ban after being sent directly to the judiciary for abusing referee...

I let the team down and he's all about a team-first mentality. "I went in and apologised to him afterwards. He then had to be held back by security as he went down the tunnel after responding to a Sharks fan who was berating him.

Brandon Smith has been referred directly to the NRL Judiciary following the spray at referee Adam Gee which saw him sinbinned on Thursday night.

I was annoyed at my own performance and it’s not good enough.” “I’ll let someone else tell you what I said. On Friday, Fox League shared a video featuring the audio from the referee's mic in which Smith is alleged to have said "cheating b**tard."