It's more respectful to have a minutes applause than a minutes booing. To me the RFL obviously think that RL fans are respectful enough not to have to resort to a minutes applause instead of a silence; if the idiots try to spoil it the true fans should drown them out by resorting the the type of minutes respect other sports have already resorted too.

I hate the idea of applause at a memorial, its an admission that you have failed in your respect - after all, its easier to keep quiet than to stand and applause.

And yes, we all know why (for instance but not exclusively) the practice of a minutes applause takes place in football grounds now, lets not try and pretend that its out of any respect or appreciation, its because some aspects of the crowd cannot restrain themselves from booing or chanting.

I always thought that RL was better than that - lets have the minutes silence and see if we have succumbed to the morons in our sport too.

100% agree with you.

In the silence we had at our opening game vs Saints, some from our lot started shouting "Come on FC".

He was quickly told to shut-up, though.

Let's all show a little more faith in humanity and more specifically the rugby league community - it's times like these that our sport shows it's true strength and spirit, and I have no doubt that, for sixty seconds, 76,000 people at Old Trafford and however many thousands watching on TV will pause and silently think of this tragic loss, before the players of each side show the ultimate tribute and come up with a cracker of a game in Terry's memory.

I don't think the Grand Final is an appropriate event for a minute's silence.

I don't think Terry Newton is an appropriate person to receive a minute's silence.

Why?
I have no felings either way, but a player, who put his body on the line for our enjoyment, who took a wrong turn and tried to prop his battered body up by taking performance enhancing drugs should still receive our respect as fans of the game that we (most of us) wish we could have played at the highest level but in the main (all of us) would have fallen way short.

He should not be applauded for his misguided act......or even acts.....but as a player, he was a very capable Rugby League Player and the Grand Final is about Rugby League...unless i have missed something.

Have to agree. Don't want to speak ill of the dead but he was known for his dog acts on the field and his drug cheating at the end. He was hardly a bastion of shining light for the sport.

It is a reaction to the way he died, not the great things he did for the game.

Having said all that now the decision is made I hope it is respected and it should be.

You're quite entitled to your own opinion and I would respect your right to hold that opinion.

All you would have to do at the Grand Final is to stay seated and do nothing.

Aside from that, is this something you need to "applaud"?

A 31 year old man has took his own life. I appreciate the sentiment that we should celebrate his career but here we have a life that has been cut short by depression. That's not something to applaud in my view. If we were talking about a legend of the game that died well into his later years, an applause may be more appropriate, but not here.

You wouldn't for example, get a minutes applause in remembrance of the Valley Parade fire or the Hillsborough Disaster. A minutes silence is much more appropriate.

Yes: sad news for Terry's family - but his actions tainted the sport of Rugby League, and he should be remembered for what he was (a cheat) not some sort of hero at the biggest game of the year.

Why not honour some more deserving former rugby league players who have died this year? Or have a general minute of silence for all former players who have died.

Given most Saints fans feelings to him when he was alive, it is inevitable that there will be some disruption to the minutes silence, which will reflect badly on the game as a whole.