- Was involved in an accident with an Uber in October
- Is currently in rehab and will face court in December
- Club will be putting the star player to work in a very different job
Brisbane Broncos star Ezra Mam will have to experience life in the working class as part of his rehabilitation as the NRL star fights to save his football career.
Mam was involved in a head-on collision with an Uber in Brisbane, while driving a Ford Ranger utility to allegedly move house.
Uber driver Marcel Van Den Camp, 64, suffered serious bruising while a female passenger experienced injuries, including seatbelt burns and a four-year-old passenger sustained a fractured hip and seatbelt burns.
At the scene, Mam underwent a roadside drug test, which allegedly returned a positive result. He was also found to be driving without a valid licence.
Following the incident, Mam admitted himself into a rehabilitation facility.
On November 13, Queensland Police charged Mam with driving while a relevant drug was present in his blood and driving without a licence.
He was issued a notice to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on December 16, and the NRL’s Integrity Unit initiated an investigation into the matter.
Brisbane Broncos CEO Dave Donaghy stated that the club would respect the legal process and continue to work with the NRL Integrity Unit.
Mam has since expressed remorse for his actions and acknowledged the seriousness of the situation.
Mam checked out of rehabilitation last week. And now that he has exited the facility, he has been put to work as a labourer five days a week and will not be paid for his efforts.
News Corp has reported that new Broncos coach Michael McGuire ordered Mam to work on a building site away from his Brisbane teammates during the NRL off-season.
A final decision on any suspension from the NRL or whether Mam’s Broncos contract will be terminated has not been made and will likely be announced when his court case has concluded.
The move by Macguire is designed to give Mam a taste of working life as part of his education and rehabilitation.
‘It’s a big incident and it’s not taken lightly, but Ezra is working on himself and making sure he is going through his process,’ he said previously.
‘Culture makes great organisations so we have to all take ownership for what’s going on.
‘Moving forward we will be steady and slow about our decision but we need to make sure as an organisation we take the incident and make sure we grow from that.
‘That’s the last thing we want to be around, is something like that.
‘We have to go through the process, the charges have come out and Ezra is working on himself.
‘It then goes to the NRL and they and the Broncos will deal with the situation.
‘It will be what it will be, but we have to change where we have been as a club and use this moment in time to improve and build the culture on what we want it to be.’
