I dont think you have to worry becuase as far as I know you cant be charged for bruising a blow up doll.

Nice one

.... withholding a puncture repair kit is in this case an offence tho'

lets be fair our club do a lot of things we do not understand.

It is difficult we complain when we lose, we lack specialists in certain areas a player becomes available so we take him..I do not condone what he has done however if Pryce became available how many sl clubs would be interested?

I understand he has no previous so he has clearly made a terrible mistake which I am sure he will regret for a long time..we already have players who are no angels..we need to put this into perspective and give the bloke a chance to make amends.

You can bruise one??? thanks for the tip.

Would we all be getting more holy than thou if it had been leon pryce we signed??

Lets face it, he'll only play 2 games, then its the big house.

Eh?

Reckon we will need to sign a probation officer as well at this rate, how many more ex-current offenders are we going to have on board? Makes a mockery of what the ballons were released for yesterday. A great example Hull fc on this one

Had a chance to familarise myself with the case..like I said I do not condone his actions however I like many others had an initial knee jerk reaction..

I was just pleased to read Pryce never held the women down whilst Readon kicked and punched her in the head..Grabbed her arm causing 3 bruises not good however hardly in the same league as most of the thugs

So why bother for all the bad PR it creates?

The tip is what causes the bruises.... anything further than a semi will puncture

We will be releasing balloons for those that have been released soon

Quite correct Wilf.

Its about time the RFL took a stance againt this kind of behaviour because clubs are clearly not capable of looking at the bigger picture.

Where did you get that information from?

You mean now you've signed him you've changed your tune

I wondered that.

While on the surface people assume the Cockayne case set a precedent for non-custodial sentences for violent RL players, and even while Readon's common assault arm-grab is peanuts compared to Ben's blow out, the fact remains that different judges hand out wildly differing sentences for the same offence.

This coupled with the fact that this judge has taken a dim view of the fact that Readon and Pryce broke into the victims' house to commit the assault and his words of doom regarding the custodial sentence does make it seem that Readon will indeed be wearing black and white gaol stripes in a couple of weeks.

So why have Hull bothered? Surely they must have anticipated our disgust?

Or are we THAT desperate?

News on Motu should be demanded, now, I think.

When my fist clenches, crack it open
Before I use it and lose my cool
When I smile, tell me some bad news
Before I laugh and act like a fool

Someone in RL needs to take a moral stand & de-register these players for a period of time.
What got me about the Cockayne issue, is that it became yet another juvenile Hull vs Rovers argument. What he did, & the example he set, should have made it an argument against right versus wrong, regardless of who you support.
Hull have proved it can be done, as we sacked Maiva (and Cas let their Academy player go). We kept Raynor though. Wonder why that was?. Because he's vital to the team.
Clubs also know that if they sack someone, a rival club will soon pick him up.
I know people sometimes deserve a second chance, but the RL should have the ability to impose some sort of sanction.

Not changed my tune...I agree with an early post about the rl getting its act together and setting out rules for players who are found guilty of any violent crimes.

Accepted we have signed him yes..
If you troll your pages you will see I posted it would be pointless for KR to sack Cockayne as whilst the rl carry on sitting on their fat s doing nothing another team will snap him up anyway..

Quite probably. I thought it was only teachers, police officers and nurses who were social workers in disguise didn't realise it had spread to super league coaches. I feel sorry for Agar probably is spending that much time dealing with personal issues of the team(those here and still to possible arrive) that hasn't anytime to coach.

Hull stuck by Cooke and Raynor through there court trials so why shoudn't saints

He is certainly fooling you as he aint no Rovers fan.

And you have 2 sets of standards.
Well done.

Maybe Hull shouldn't have.