NRL ‘drug test Kalyn Ponga and Kurt Mann’ following THAT cubicle video

Kalyn Ponga and Newcastle Knights teammate Kurt Mann have reportedly been drug tested by the NRL after being ejected from a toilet cubicle over the weekend. 

According to News Corp’s Paul Kent, the pair were tested on Tuesday, although the results will remain confidential.

Ponga signed a multi-million dollar contract extension with the club earlier this year and his father claimed the duo were in the cubicle because he was feeling sick after a night drinking in a Newcastle pub and Mann accompanied him to check on his welfare.

That explanation has been called a ‘fairytale’ and the $1.2million star was compared to ‘Pinocchio’ by fans and pundits, with Ponga now at risk of losing his status as the Knights co-captain. 

Regardless of the outcome of the drugs test, Ponga is out for the season with concussion and his visit to the pub is unlikely to win favour with club chiefs. 

In the short clip which surfaced on Monday, Ponga and Mann are asked to step out of the cubicle. Both men then walk out, bourbon and cokes still in hand.

‘Oh, that’s a surprise,’ the security guard can be heard saying as the two footy players walk past.

Ponga’s father Andre offered an innocent explanation, telling News Corp the teammates were in the cubicle together due to his son being ill.

‘He (Kalyn) made an exciting house purchase on Saturday and celebrated with a few mates drinking,’ he said.

‘(He was) sick in the toilet and his mate (Mann) went in to help him.’

That didn’t wash with Fox League reporter James Hooper, who said: ‘You might have to get Pinocchio out again, we aren’t believing that fairytale are we?’

Co-host Braith Anasta pointed out it’s ‘not often you go to the toilets with a mate to throw up’ with Hooper adding the footage is a ‘bad scene’.

Speaking on Triple M radio, St George Illawarra prop Aaron Woods weighed in, pointing out that Ponga and Mann could be harshly punished after the club set a precedent by standing down Knights front-rower David Klemmer for a game after he abused trainer Hayden Knowles.

More to follow.