Roosters coach Trent Robinson says Victor Radley was “hurt” and that other players have been “wrongfully attached” to allegations linking them with former teammate Brandon Smith who has been charged with drug supply and an inside knowledge betting offence.

While there has been plenty of media speculation, Robinson mentioned a lack of information provided to the club around allegations that Radley contacted Smith about procuring drugs while he was with teammates on a golf trip.

Radley and the Roosters were dragged into the story that broke on Monday afternoon, with the alleged incident occurring back in June.

FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every game of every round in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.

The forward has reportedly been included on the summons issued against Smith, but there are no suggestions he or any of the Roosters players have done anything wrong and that he’s of no interest to Queensland police.

Robinson says he can’t say much about the allegations because while he’s spoken with the NRL and the club’s lawyers, the Roosters are yet to hear or see anything concrete from the authorities.

“There’s nothing in front of us. We’ve had no reports, officially there’s been nothing put to us from anybody other than newspaper articles,” he said on Thursday morning.

“When it comes to these things, you’ve got to play what’s in front of you, and there’s nothing at the moment so we can’t really speak about it.

“You can’t play a game with these things. You’ve got to be clear on what’s in front of you, and nothing has been put forward by anybody outside of articles.

“Until we see something that’s really clear, it’s continuing on with what we’re doing.”

The veteran coach said the club supported Radley ‘100 per cent’ and that they had no questions for him given they don’t have any information, with Robinson vowing to put the club’s culture on show on Friday night when they face the Storm.

“He was pretty hurt on that night when the journalist called him. All he could do was ring us and tell us what the journalist said was going to come out,” Robinson said.

“And that’s the surprising thing because things come out, but they don’t come to us, they don’t come to the person. They come to you guys (the media) and then we’re standing here talking about something we haven’t seen.

“I’m not sure that’s the order of how things should work, but it’s the way that things work. We haven’t seen anything so these are all speculations based on a third party that wants to be first in a story. So when the facts are there, we’ll deal with them.

“People’s integrity is at stake so you need to make sure that you look after the integrity of the people involved and the club, and some people have been wrongly attached to things as well so we’ve got to be careful.”

A number of Roosters players have been caught up in the allegations given there were pictures on social media of the golf getaway, while the retiring Chad Townsend posted a vlog of their holiday.

Robinson wasn’t tempted to give his players a couple of days to escape the media circus but warned people to not make assumptions based on no information given the toll it can have on them and their families.

“It’s been really hard seeing the game about people connecting the dots on people,” he said.

“For example, Chad Townsend. He’s a father of four kids and he gets put up as trying to connect the dots when he’s had an impeccable career and his integrity (can’t be questioned).

“This isn’t a game for these people – this is their lives and their integrity is at stake. That’s the stuff that’s really disappointing.

“They want to get to work because they’re full of integrity and they want to get back and do what they do. They don’t want to sit on a couch and start to mope around and wonder ‘what if?’.”

The Roosters face the Storm on Friday before a clash with the Rabbitohs next week where Smith will be available for selection given he doesn’t fall under the NRL’s automatic no-fault stand down policy.