19 Facts About Ryan Tandy

Ryan Tandy was an international rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s.

Ryan Tandy played as a prop in the National Rugby League for the St George Illawarra Dragons, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Wests Tigers, Melbourne Storm, and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, and in the Super League for Hull Kingston Rovers.

Ryan Tandy was banned from playing professional rugby league in Australia after being found guilty of spot-fixing during a match in 2010, and in 2014 died of a suspected drug overdose.

Ryan Tandy played Junior rugby league for the Kincumber Colts on the Central Coast of New South Wales.

Ryan Tandy's career covered stints with the St George Illawarra Dragons, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Wests Tigers, Melbourne Storm, and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL.

Ryan Tandy played for the Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League.

Ryan Tandy debuted for the Wests Tigers first grade team against the Brisbane Broncos in Round 15 in 2008.

Ryan Tandy was selected in the Ireland national team for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, which led to a contract with Melbourne Storm for 2009.

Ryan Tandy was a member of the victorious Melbourne squad in the 2009 NRL Grand Final against Parramatta, but the premiership title was later stripped from the Storm due to salary cap breaches.

Friends and associates of Ryan Tandy placed a large number of bets, with the total windfall for a successful bet expected to be over $100,000.

Ryan Tandy was then responsible for two actions in the match to allow the opposing side to score a penalty goal inside the first two minutes: first by giving away possession to the Cowboys in the opening moments of the match by knocking on, and then giving away a penalty in the play-the-ball ten metres in front of the goal posts.

Ryan Tandy denied the accusations of deliberately giving away possession and a penalty to allow the exotic option on the bets to be successful.

Ryan Tandy was in more than $70,000 debt at the time of the match, owing to losses from his own long-standing gambling addiction.

On 6 October 2011, Ryan Tandy was found to be guilty of manipulating the first scoring point of the game.

Ryan Tandy received an intensive correction order for six months.

Ryan Tandy appealed the charge in January 2014 but lost the case.

Ryan Tandy received a lifetime ban from NRL rugby league over the spot fixing.

In January 2014, Ryan Tandy was arrested and charged with kidnapping in connection with the recovery of a drug debt from the victim, police alleging that Ryan Tandy was serving as a standover man.

Three months after being bailed, Ryan Tandy was found dead at his parents' home in Saratoga, New South Wales, following what is believed to have been an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.