Canterbury stars break ranks and reveal the truth behind brutal training punishment for teammate which has rocked the NRL… and claim he had to wrestle as many as THIRTY players

Canterbury stars have revealed the truth behind what really happened to their teammate during a shocking training session that has rocked the football world.

The club launched an investigation into the treatment of an unnamed fringe first division player who was reportedly forced to wrestle more than a dozen teammates for being ten minutes late.

The player has since left the club and refused to return.

The Rugby League Players Association is also looking into the incident that happened five weeks ago, amid reports of player discontent surrounding first-year coach Cameron Ciraldo.

And now some of those players have broken rank and spoken to the media anonymously about the workout in question, revealing that the actual number of teammates the fringe player had to struggle with was much higher than the 12 initially reported.

“It was a knee wrestling where you have to get your opponent on his back,” someone said.

The Daily Telegraph reports that the player has not apologized for being late, believing he was on time, and that other players have been reluctant to complain to Ciraldo.

It has also been reported that weeks earlier, club captain Raymond Faitala-Mariner confronted Ciraldo about the treatment of players, but nothing changed.

A second player, who has left the club, said he left because of the Canterbury environment.

“I just didn’t like being there,” he said.

Many other players felt the same way. It had nothing to do with hard work… it was just the environment.”

It has also been suggested that a number of Canterbury players are angry with Ciraldo for publicly criticizing their work ethic in recent weeks.

One player said: ‘No one is afraid to work hard. That’s never been the problem.’

More to follow.