Klein 'Integrity' in Question, Webster's Blow Up & Broncos BUST | Kenty Blitz EP178

Paul Crawley· Host0:00

[rock music] Welcome to Kenny Blitz, your daily hit of NRL news. I'm Paul Crawley with Paul Kent. How are you, mate?

Paul Kent· Host0:07

Good, mate. Going well. Uh, had a, uh, interesting round of rugby league to obviously, uh, set our eyes on over the weekend. Um, and, uh, we've already been fighting all weekend, so we'll get through that today. Uh, but obviously the big mate is, uh, Ashley Klein, which, um, I'm fascinated to have a chat about that. I'm looking forward to it.

Paul Crawley· Host0:24

Well how do, how do you see it, mate? A lot of people are talking about the fact that he should be stood down.

Paul Kent· Host0:29

Yeah.

Paul Crawley· Host0:29

There's no, there's no proof of him betting on rugby league games.

Paul Kent· Host0:33

Yeah.

Paul Crawley· Host0:33

Talk us through this.

Paul Kent· Host0:34

Yeah, the interesting thing is ... Look, the, this, so for those coming in late, the NRL or The Herald released, uh, a story on, uh, I think it was Friday it was- Yeah ... about Ashley Klein, uh, who had a gambling problem, $400,000, uh, he'd done on the punt. Uh, the NRL investigated in 2019. Uh, they had another look again in 2023 when he put himself on a, an app called BetStop, which basically bans him from betting. But it's brought ... And he has, uh, as part of that investigation, told the NRL, uh, that he never bet on rugby league, uh, so the NRL have said in a statement. So the, the [laughs] interesting thing is now i- it's caused, as you would expect, moral outrage across social media.

Paul Crawley· Host1:19

Mm.

Paul Kent· Host1:19

Uh, and everybody that's got a complaint about a referee has now pointed to Ashley Klein and said, "This is what ... " Uh, you know, no, wild accusations, all the rest of it. And