Former NRL player Tony Williams has been axed by his new club the New York Freedom over social media comments about 'innocent brotherly' Jarryd Hayne's prison sentence.
"New York Freedom condemns Tony's comments, and his opinions are not the opinions of the New York Freedom or any party involved with the club.
"People that know me know that I'm loyal and loving and sometimes gets the best of me but will never leave a brothers back when he needs me to hold him up."Especially to people that support me. Sorry."
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