Paul Gallen and Mark Levy had an intense and heated discussion over the leaked texts scandal which has taken the NRL world by storm.

Rod Churchill’s texts which saw him call Latrell Mitchell a “cancer” have been highly controversial, as Gallen and Levy clashed on the whole leak.

Levy argued the reaction has been a bit too sensitive, while Gallen said the remarks weren’t “too far off” racial he believes the NRL and clubs need to make an actual response due to it now being made public – something Levy doesn’t think is necessary. Levy said Rod Churchill’s comments, despite being reprehensible, shouldn’t impact the NRL at all and it should remain treated as a private conversation.

“Because if, if I hammered you the way he hammered Latrell… you wouldn’t want to work with me!”, Gal argued on Wide World of Sports.

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