The rugby league community is getting behind Triple M presenter Anthony Maroon after a heated exchange with his co-callers during Sunday’s broadcast where they continued to prod him on supposed tax issues – to the point where Maroon ‘outed’ fellow journalist James Hooper before walking off the show.

Some on social media had been talking about for days before Ray Hadley brought it up on his morning show on 2GB on Tuesday morning.

“I have some concerns about Anthony Maroon because he stormed off-air and hasn’t been in contact with anyone since,” Hadley said.

“The other people that had a role in this need to have an examination of themselves as well. [He] says in the audio he has been to management and they have done nothing. Knowing what I know of Southern Cross management I am not at all surprised, they are as weak as water. There is no leadership there and there should be.

“What happened on Sunday should not have happened.”

The audio has since come to light where Maroon, painstakingly and frustratingly, continued to ask his colleagues to stop.

“Hang on a minute, there is some breaking news here, I just got a text message,” Hooper joked as the laughter went on.

“Hello this is the ATO, the Australian Tax Office, we have an inquiry.”

Maroon then revealed Hooper’s issues with his driver’s license in a last second big to stop the barrage.

“I am fed up with it. I have asked you on air, I have asked you off air, I have asked you to stop and now I have told you I am hitting back. If I have got to cop it every week for five years, let’s have it out on air. This is absolute bullshit. We might get a walkout,” Maroon threatened.

“Let’s keep going boys because when it comes to you three, I live a very boring life. I am blowing up because I am sick to death of it. Now I have known for three years you have not had a licence and I have not said anything on air. I have warned you 15 times, I don’t like this. I have been on air for 32 years, I am a professional. This particular issue I have probably raised on air and off air, I don’t know, 100 times. I have even sent emails to the powers that be – nothing. It never stops.”

Almost everyone in rugby league, is behind Maroon.

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