The video I have seen agrees with you but it matters not. What a complete coward - he even tried to have a go at the innocent bloke at the end. How on earth did he avoid prison. Here was a chance for the courts to show an example- lets face it,they can't be often given cctv coverage - and the judge bottled it.

Cockayne - what a complete coward. Hull KR should get rid asap. Its the only and right thing to do.

am sure the judge didnt bottle it.i think the problem will be is that the judge in question probably deals with hundreds of cases identical to this every year and a precedent has probably been set that this offence warrants a years suspended sentence.its would have been up to the prosecution to convince a jury that they deserved a higher more severe sentence.

Shear luck, one kick in the right place and it would have been a murder charge.


Conscious or not what right as this animal got using another human being as a punch bag.

i don't think that HKR will get rid of ben either as they know perfectly well that another super league side would give him a second chance!

it will be interesting next week and also when other two are dealt with

Was he found guilty?

Manslaughter not murder but I get your point. For it to be murder the intention to kill would have to have been there, in this case that would be hard to prove. I don't think they intended to kill him but easily could have - why the leniency I have no idea.

For once Cecil I think your a bit off - Joey Barton has done exactly what this lad has done not once but twice and done some time but still gets one lucrative contract after another. Football is as corrupt as RL in this respect, money breeds it. You can add Lee Bowyer to that list and there have been plenty of others.

how can hull kr not get rid of cockayne after that !!!!!! the lad from castleford has got the sack but cockayne was by far the most violent in the attack

I think the point in the article IIRC was that if it was football, the player would be dropped pending a court case, which I'm positive Gerrard still has.

I understand the lad who has been sacked has played only one game in the reserve grade all season and he's 20 years old, evidence to suggest the kid was not gonna make the grade so they conveniently used this opportunity to sack him...

This aint america were the victims get there say, the judge as many of them do with pro sports players BEND the sentence . WRONG WRONg WROng WRong Wrong and WRONG .,