David Klemmer

'More to the story': Klemmer 'could be sacked immediately' in huge Knights twist.

“I was trying to talk to them that the boys are training at a really high standard. I was trying to get my message across to the supporter who sits on the hill that must be wondering do they practice defence and tackle technique? I think it’s the fact he didn’t come from the field of play. Personally, I think it’s they’ve had a bad week, O’Brien is trying to set a precedent and build his club. I’m trying to create that here. I played with and against Klem and he’s a tough, uncompromising, resilient front rower.” He’s the alpha male of the club playing against his former club. I can understand why he may have wanted to stay out there. There’s got to be more to it. There’s a division within the club and no one can deny it. “He can be one of those guys who is reluctant to leave the field of play. There just has to be.”

The Newcastle Knights have dropped David Klemmer and issued him a show-cause notice after the star prop ignored coach instructions and verbally abused a ...

The Knights released a statement on Tuesday saying Klemmer had been involved in an on-field matter during the embarrassing loss to Canterbury. The relationship between O’Brien and Klemmer has reportedly been strained for some time. Klemmer enters the final year of a mega-money deal next year, and whispers the Knights were shopping him surfaced again earlier this year. Knowles would not comment late Tuesday while the Herald also contacted Klemmer for comment. “It didn’t get through to me to make any decision on. The international enforcer has been one of the better players for the Hunter club, and questions were immediately asked about why he was dumped.

The Newcastle Knights have explained David Klemmer's baffling non selection on Tuesday afternoon, confirming just an hour and a half later that he has been ...

Klemmer has been one of the Knights' best this season, but was linked with a shock move to the Parramatta Eels on the final day of the transfer window yesterday. According to The Daily Telegraph the show cause notice is in direct relation to Klemmer refusing to come from the field at the end of the game, before also allegedly abusing a trainer trying to inform him he was being substituted out of the contest. The Newcastle Knights have issued David Klemmer with a show cause notice relating to on-field disciplinary matters in last Sunday’s match against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs," the club wrote in a short statement.

Newcastle Knights prop David Klemmer is reportedly facing the chop from the club as the mystery over his stand down for Round 21 deepens.

It's reported that a group of players have not taken the news over Klemmer's stand down and treatment well, planning to confront the club over the situation. He has got back to his best in the starting side this season though, cementing his position as a starting prop while the Saifiti's have struggled to hit their best form. Newcastle Knights prop David Klemmer is reportedly facing the chop from the club as the mystery over his stand down for Round 21 deepens.

THE MOLE: Star Newcastle prop David Klemmer looks certain to leave the club as player tensions reach boilin...

The incident comes in a week of turmoil for Klemmer in which he almost jumped ship to Parramatta on Monday - the deadline day for player transfers. Klemmer - arguably the best player in a disappointing Knights team this season - was handed a breach notice by the club for failing to come off the field when directed to leave by trainer Hayden Knowles in Sunday's loss to Canterbury. Tough prop David Klemmer is expected to survive calls to sack him from the Knights for disciplinary breaches this week - but don't expect him to be at the club in 2023.

David Klemmer has sensationally been dropped and issued a show cause notice by Newcastle, following an incident with a trainer in Sunday's loss to ...

He’s the front rower of a rugby league club, is he just going to bow and come off? I think it’s the fact he didn’t come from the field of play. “No one wants to come off but if your club is seeing something and you’re part of a rotation and it’s coming from the top. "He’s the alpha male of the club playing against his former club. I can understand why he may have wanted to stay out there. “He can be one of those guys who is reluctant to leave the field of play.

It's hard to know who is in charge at Newcastle any more. The club is unravelling and the debacle surrounding David Klemmer threatens to bring it to a head.

Klemmer is comfortable with the club not letting him leave. The club’s salary cap is not in great shape. Despite playing 14 games for NSW between 2015 and 2019, Klemmer was not named in Fittler’s 27-man squad for the 2020 post-season Origin series. Klemmer is renowned for his short fuse. As it stands, Klemmer, having been issued with the show-cause notice, can’t even train with the team. It’s hard to know who is in charge at Newcastle any more.

David Klemmer's future at the Knights continues to hang by a thread, but coach Adam O'Brien reportedly is stuck at “arm's length” over the Newcastle star's ...

But Rothfield countered: “But there’s still some issues that have happened at that football club behind the scenes. “Something I do know factually,” he said. “That’s rubbish,” Read said. “And there’s a really awkward situation there where his manager is also the manager of Adam O’Brien, the coach. Read replied: “This is why Adam’s at arms length. So how is the coach going to back him to sack one of his manager’s players?

David Klemmer's days at the Newcastle Knights appear to be numbered, with a recent show-cause notice and rumblings of player unrest likely to see the ...

With workhorse and fan-favourite Mark Nicholls moving on next year, there is a vacancy in the Rabbitohs pack. The only thing that may hinder their chances of signing Klemmer, if they wished to do so, is their salary cap situation. Trent Robinson has shown his happiness to give controversial stars a lifeline. One thing that Griffin has shown he is more than happy to do is take players from other clubs and have them chip in for the salary. Isaiah Papali'i and Oregon Kaufusi are both moving on, while it appears as though Nathan Brown is on the outer. With the loss of Sio Siua Taukeiaho and a likely retirement for Jared Waerea-Hargreaves at the end of next season, there is going to be a huge hole to fill for the Tricolours on a long-term basis.