It is asinine that the Sydney Roosters are giving thought to tearing up Victor Radley’s contract.

Radley has allegedly reached out to former teammate Brandon Smith to hook him up with some cocaine for a boys’ golf trip on the Sunshine Coast in June. He hasn’t been charged with anything.

There is no proof Radley actually obtained any drugs, let alone consumed any of the two grams of cocaine he is alleged to have requested.

The text messages that have been published this week, allegedly involving Radley, Smith, and a drug dealer, were quite damning if they sent them. For what it is worth, they were also highly entertaining.

The messages were part of police evidence presented in court on Thursday as Smith pleaded not guilty to charges of unlawfully supplying a dangerous drug and using or disclosing inside knowledge for betting.

But how is it that Radley now finds himself on thin ice at the Roosters?

It’s because Nick Politis, the club’s mega-rich owner and chairman, in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph back in January, declared: “My view is if somebody’s caught doing........

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