Judder man very close to a libellous statement saying Flower was close to creating a fatality and manslaughter charge !!!! Read the article his issue is his treatment from Sts and I agree the RFL guidelines re COG tests should be re looked at and maybe use the RU way they stop players from playing like they have with Mike Brown and George North due to concussion.

This is becoming increasingly unfortunate.

If Lance has the agenda he claims to have then he needed to be much clearer about who he was criticising, and precisely for what. It just isn't clear from his initial comments that he only meant management, nor is it clear in what ways they allegedly failed to support him.

I'd be interested to know who wrote the first response from the club, as I thought it was a terrible piece of PR. It seemed to appear moments after Hohaia's interview came to light, and the contents reflected that. It was overly emotional, poorly written and ambiguously worded in places. In a situation with possible legal implications you need to be absolutely clear-headed and precise in your use of language. This was quite the opposite, and, given that one of the things the statement kept trying to stress was that the club has the highest professional standards, it rather undermined its own message.

Eamonn's subsequent statement was much more on the money, but I think Lance is right to pick him up on the comment about his degree. Students with severe mental health problems get degrees all the time, usually with the help of a strong support network. The major difference between carrying on with a degree and continuing to play RL, of course, is that by doing a degree you aren't risking getting your head stoved in any further.

I've no idea where this will go, but I don't think either party is covering itself in glory.

Steady! You know this for sure do you? If not I'd be very careful if I was you. Best to keep out and leave them to it. We should stick to the game, and not get too deep in the legalese.

Horrible watching this unfold, but Lance appears to backtrack at the same time as defending himself here. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/35867834

Horrible watching this unfold, but Lance appears to backtrack at the same time as defending himself here. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/35867834

Too strong; he should have let it die down instead of stoking the flames up. The Club had already made a statement so there was no need for his at all.

McManus is right to react and came across very well. Lance is putting the club in a bad light and also super league.