Aaron Woods’ former representative teammate Ryan Hoffman has branded the Triple M breakfast show host a “coward” and strongly defended his long-term Melbourne Storm teammate Billy Slater.
Speaking on ABC TV on Sunday, Hoffman stood by Slater after the “grub” controversary in the lead-up to State of Origin II which included Slater wrongly bringing the late Paul Green into the fight.
“Aaron Woods was a coward for standing behind a microphone and throwing that out there,” Hoffman said.
“Billy Slater showed courage going out there on a microphone and talking about responsibility.
“He made a mistake and apologised to the Green family but he fronted up in front of the camera, in front of the microphone, every single time.
‘Bill wrongly made the point about linking it to Paul Green.
“But the point he was trying to make was perfect.”
