Party boy Symonds struggled to adjust to changing Oz player regime

September 27th, 2009 MELBOURNE - The Brisbane Broncos, an Australian professional rugby league football club, has adopted troubled all rounder Andrew Symonds as their 18th player. Coach Ivan Henjak invited Symonds to join his squad two months ago to help his younger players deal with the pressure of football.

September 23rd, 2009 BRISBANE - The on-again, off-again romance between former Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds and girlfriend Katie Johnson is off again, it seems. Word has reached Confidential that Johnson, who had been running her beauty therapy business from home, had moved out of Symonds' digs and taken up a job in Brisbane's CBD.

June 29th, 2009 BRISBANE - Sacked Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds has denied that he is an alcoholic, but admitted to being a binge drinker. In an interview on Nine Network's Sixty Minutes last night, Symonds said: "I am not an alcoholic, I have been diagnosed as a binge drinker.

June 24th, 2009 BRISBANE - Three weeks after being sent home from the Twenty20 World Cup following indiscipline charges, Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds successfully held on to a self-imposed booze ban before playing for Wynnum-Manly in an All-Stars rugby match in Brisbane. Symonds showed more discipline preparing for his league outing, and revealed that not one drop of alcohol passed his lips for four days before playing in the rugby league match "The night before the game I was very excited and sort of struggled to get to sleep.

June 22nd, 2009 MELBOURNE - Troubled all rounder Andrew Symonds, whose Cricket Australia contract was ripped for breaking team rules, has started playing for Wynnum-Manly rugby league club to fulfill a dream. Symonds, after withdrawal of his contract, is now free to play sports deemed too risky for his physical wellbeing when he was a CA contracted player.

June 22nd, 2009 SYDNEY - Andrew Symonds swapped the green and gold jersey of the Australia cricket team for the green and red of Wynnum-Manly to fulfil his dream of playing a senior rugby league match. Symonds has been stripped of his central contract by Cricket Australia (CA) and now the Queenslander is free to play rugby which was deemed too risky for his physical well-being when he was a contracted player.

June 13th, 2009 SYDNEY - Troubled all rounder Andrew Symonds, whose international career was dissolved after Cricket Australia withdrew its contract, will now play as a Twenty20 specialist, as he has a lucrative deal with IPL franchise Deccan Chargers and is getting offers from teams in England and South Africa. "Andrew has taken time to work through what is important to him moving forward," Symonds' manager Matt Fearon said.

June 12th, 2009 SYDNEY - Queensland cricket might have found itself a little extra money to offer to Andrew Symonds for 2009-10 but it seems that the all-rounder is no mood to play serious cricket any more. The Australian reported that Queensland were initially keen to have Symonds back, but since they had already offered contracts to players for next summer, they had no money left to offer to the cricketer.

June 11th, 2009 SYDNEY - Former Australian opener Michael Slater feels troubled all-rounder Andrew Symonds has lost his spark to play for the national team and is driven by big bucks. In fact, the former Ashes hero believes Symonds won't play again for Australia and will be looking at options overseas.

June 9th, 2009 SYDNEY - Controversial Australian all rounder Andrew Symonds has admitted that he has certain issues with the new young players of the national squad, due to which he is unable to gel with the young brigade. Symonds has reportedly told his close friends that he simply cannot relate to the younger players in the team, and would be announcing his retirement from international cricket later this week.

June 9th, 2009 BRISBANE - Out-of-favour Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds toasted the Queensland Titans' win with a few drinks last night. In the troubled star's first public appearance on the Gold Coast since he was sent home from England in disgrace last week from the World Twenty20 tournament after an alcohol-related indiscretion, Symonds seemed subdued as he cheered on the home team.

June 7th, 2009 SYDNEY - Andrew Symonds was happy and cheerful when he returned from Indian Premier League (IPL), but found himself stifled by team regulations, his teammates feel. Symonds, who has a history of disciplinary breaches, was sent back home from World Twenty20 in England after missing an important team session and staying away from the team hotel.

June 6th, 2009 BRISBANE - Cricketer Andrew Symonds returned to Brisbane on Saturday and admitted he needed time to consider what he was going to do about his playing future. Symonds arrived at Brisbane Airport just before 7 a.m.

June 5th, 2009 LONDON - The Australian cricket team, which is here to participate in the second Twenty20 World Cup, has expressed sorrow over the exit of all-rounder Andrew Symonds on grounds of indispline. Fast bowler Brett Lee described Symonds as "the world's greatest guy".

June 5th, 2009 SYDNEY - Controversial Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds career may just be contained playing the Indian Premier League (IPL), as the Cricket Australia (CA) mulls over ending his central contract. The CA is expected to discuss whether Symonds should be allowed to retain the contract after he broke a number of team rules related to alcohol and other issues ahead of the World Twenty20 cricket tournament in England, The Australian reports.