Sick and tired of having his NRL club dragged through the mud, Manly boss Graham Lowe has warned giant winger Tony Williams his contract is in danger of being torn up over a drink driving charge.

Williams allegedly recorded a blood alcohol reading of 0.106 - more than two times the legal limit - when stopped by police on the Cumberland Highway in Smithfield at about 3am on Tuesday morning.

The 21-year-old was charged with mid-level drink driving and had his licence suspended, and will appear before Fairfield Local Court on May 3.

Despite the charge Williams was named in the Sea Eagles side to play Melbourne on Monday night, but it is unlikely he will make the trip south to face the premiers with a suspension and fine hanging over his head.

Lowe struggled to hide his disappointment when he fronted the press on Tuesday, labelling Williams' action "totally inexcusable."

"It's about time some of these players learned the big thing about contracts and that is they can be torn up," Lowe said.

"I'm not saying that (his contract will be torn up) but players operate under a thing where they think contracts are written on bits of papers that can't be torn up.

"I come from an era where any bit of paper can be torn up."

Williams arrived at Manly at the start of last season after the Sea Eagles won a bidding war with his junior club Parramatta.

While a hamstring injury didn't help his cause, his first season in the maroon and white was a major disappointment, with Williams limited to just 12 NRL appearances.

He has showed signs of his potential with several barnstorming runs this season, but his immediate future is now on hold as he awaits a verdict from the club.

While the Sea Eagles chief executive said he hadn't ruled sacking the former Eels prodigy, Lowe also came up with more novel punishments.

"Misbehaviour is not to be tolerated and I don't think counselling and all the PC rubbish that they go through now, I don't think that's required," Lowe said.

"I think the old-fashioned values and old-fashioned methods of a kick in the arse is what's required when something like this happens.

"It's absolutely inexcusable."

Not helping matters was the fact the incident occurred on the same day the Sea Eagles invited the media to their Narrabeen training base as they took a pro-active approach to off-field behaviour by staging a counter-confrontation course.

Williams was the only player not at the course, with the club still weighing up its punishment on Tuesday night.

"He hasn't been suspended yet, we haven't considered anything yet," Lowe said.

"We've got a protocol we go through and we'll discuss the options then."

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