Banned footy star Ezra Mam makes surprise appearance one week after being slapped with a $120,000 fine over drug driving scandal
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Banned NRL star Ezra Mam has made a surprise appearance at Red Hill on Tuesday, a week after he was slapped with a $120,000 fine by the NRL and the Brisbane Broncos. Mam had pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving after he was involved in a crash in Bardon on October 18.
![[It came after the footy star had pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving after being involved in a crash in Brisbane on October 18]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/09/93817285-0-image-a-30_1736242916005.jpg)
The footy star admitted to driving without a license and driving while a banned substance is present in blood. Mam, who was alleged to have failed a roadside drugs test, had appeared in court over the charges with a Brisbane Magistrate handing him a $850 penalty and a six-month ban from driving, a judgement that caused a stir among many on social media and the wider footy community for its leniency.
![[Mam is not expected to return until Round 10 of the 2025 season, but looked fit as he returned to pre-season training with his team-mates at Red Hill]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/09/93817295-0-image-a-26_1736242847763.jpg)
After the sanctions were handed down, the NRL and Broncos also concluded their investigation into the matter, with the club and league coming down heavy on Mam, issuing him a nine-month ban. The NRL would hand him a $30,000 fine his club docked him $90,000.
![[Also in attendance at Tuesday's session was new signing and returning star Ben Hunt, who re-joined the club earlier this summer]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/09/93817275-0-image-a-29_1736242876398.jpg)
Mam will also undergo several programmes and training schemes, including a 'safer driving training programme' as part of his punishment. Ezra Mam has made an unexpected return to Brisbane training on Tuesday, after he had been handed a six-month driving ban.
![[Mam (right) was also seen speaking with Adam Reynolds (left) during the session, as the group worked their way through several fitness drills]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/09/93817291-0-image-a-27_1736242856810.jpg)
It came after the footy star had pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving after being involved in a crash in Brisbane on October 18. Mam is not expected to return until Round 10 of the 2025 season, but looked fit as he returned to pre-season training with his team-mates at Red Hill.
![[The halfback's $850 fine and six-month driving ban, handed down by a Brisbane Magistrate, has been branded as a 'slap on the wrist' by some in the NRL community]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/09/93817279-0-image-a-31_1736243083534.jpg)
