Luke McAlister
18 July 2011

Luke was once thought of as the next great thing, a young man who would grow and mature into a top-class professional footballer.

What has emerged is something quite different - a pretentious, sulky fella who has done very well out of professional rugby, but his behaviour and that of his management fall short of common decency.

On the eve of a new and condensed season, when a good start is vital, it's "marquee" player fails to show, hides behind a sick child and all but destroys the Harbour side with a seriously unwanted distraction.

There is no doubt that this must have upset the preparations for new coach Liam Barry and defence genius - Wilson.

It is time for the good of Harbour and NZ rugby to cut this boy free from our shores and hope that when he returns he is too old to do more damage.

Shame.

For the record a former friend of mine predicted that NZ and it's "stars" would struggle under the weight of professional sport and he has been proven right, almost 100% actually. Unfortunately that person moved to Auckland and we have had to cut all ties.