Former Storm lock breaks silence on Smith claims

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New Cronulla recruit Dale Finucane was backmost successful Melbourne connected Friday night, wherever helium took clip to support his erstwhile broadside the Melbourne Storm, and ex-teammate Brandon Smith.

Before being presented to Sharks fans yesterday, Finucane addressed his narration with Smith and powerfully denied determination being immoderate benignant of destructive drinking civilization astatine the Storm.

The prima lock's effect comes aft Smith made explosive remarks connected a podcast that drinking is "a monolithic portion of the culture" astatine the Storm portion claiming that Finucane consumed a vessel of vodka successful conscionable 32 minutes earlier vomiting into a shoe.

"You perceive stories of radical having a beer, but determination was nary malice successful what Brandon was saying – helium was recounting immoderate events that had happened," Finucane said.

"Given what had happened with the [white powder] scandal implicit the off-season, it added substance to it all.

"There's nary drinking civilization down determination astatine Melbourne. Like anyplace and immoderate job, it's each astir enjoying a brew astatine the close spot and astatine the close time.

"There are protocols and rules successful Melbourne wherever you aren't allowed a brew wrong a definite clip framework earlier a game. It's besides designed for betterment purposes.

"I privation to beryllium beardown connected the information determination isn't a drinking civilization astatine the Melbourne Storm.

Despite the saga that has unfolded pursuing the arguable podcast, Finucane said determination was nary atrocious humor betwixt him and Smith.

"I didn't perceive from Brandon and, to beryllium honest, I didn't cognize astir the communicative until my father-in-law told me.

"I think, fixed what had happened astir him signing with the Roosters, determination were a batch of articles being written, and I was a portion of it.

"He didn't substance maine and I didn't perceive from him. But determination are nary issues. I saw him past night, but we didn't adjacent code it."

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