ADRIAN Morley was forced to leave his home and live in a hotel because of the furore surrounding his red card against Canterbury Bulldogs.

Morley, who will leave Sydney Roosters to join Wolves next year, received a seven-match ban for kneeing an opponent last Saturday but also had to deal with the type of media onslaught normally reserved for Andrew Johns.

The 29-year-old forward had to wait until Wednesday for an NRL hearing, which ruled that he would miss Sydney's last six matches of the year and one international game, and was forced into virtual hiding in the interim.

He told an Australian newspaper that he had been advised to stay away from the training ground by Roosters coach Ricky Stuart because of the Press presence and then had to stay in a hotel because of the number of people waiting outside his house, which is situated near Bondi Beach.

Morley admitted the week had been 'quite full on' and will no doubt look forward to a quieter life away from Sydney's rugby league mad media next year.

The former Leeds and Bradford man still has hope of playing in Great Britain's Tri-Nations opener against New Zealand in Christchurch on October 28.

The Lions are attempting to arrange a warm-up match before the start of the tournament and that is likely to count towards his ban.

Morley has admitted he did not mean to knee Canterbury's Corey Hughes last weekend, instead intending to push him after incorrectly believing Hughes had punched Roosters teammate Ashley Harrison.

But he expressed regret about the incident and, immediately after the hearing, he said: "I'm bitterly disappointed my NRL and Roosters career has finished in this way.

"I would have liked to have played for the Roosters again but that's not to be.

"I'd like to thank the NRL for a fair hearing."