Dont see what the problem is with a chairman commenting on issues which could only be for the good of the game? Why should teams favoured by the rfl be given the green light to poach players from a poorer team trying to develop itslelf fairly? Why should the rfl agree to a sponorship deal which 50% of clubs did not agree with and most sensible people do either? From the outside looking in it gives the impression the rfl are more intrested in looking after itself as a business and the clubs that make it richer than what is best for the game as a whole!

Or that the tribunal was a joke and the system needs looking into.

I'm sorry, but there has to be more to it. Nobody would take it this far and this public if there was nothing in it. And it's not like Hetherington is afraid to sue anyone, so if Pearson has said libellous things then surely he'd get the solicitors out by now?

But he had a go at the system not at auntie kath directly. I am sure if he had accused her of deliberately offering an artificially low contract in order to allow a rival club a free shot then he would find himself with a lawyers letter.

If you're going to ask everyone on a forum for evidence of everything they talk about you're going to be very busy and very frustrated. In this specific case nobody has claimed to have or even to have seen evidence, merely to have believable reports that such evidence exists.


It's been reported. And the folk involved were hardly Mensa candidates.


You're aware that libel doesn't require a specific allegation, right? And that Hetherington has publicly said that Pearson made some serious accusation against him personally and the Leeds club?

The recent tribunal shows no such thing, unless you have [ievidence[/i ( ) that those accusations were presented and properly investigated. Not to mention the RFL's proven track record in sweeping awkward stuff under the Red Hall carpet.

You're kidding? Pearson was quoted as saying:
“Hull FC will endeavour to ensure no further young talent is poached from the club and this objective will be helped by not having such close liaisons with other competing Super League clubs. "

And you think his beef is with the system?

Big difference between "poached" and saying that auntie kath deliberately behaved in an immoral way in order to benefit Leeds rhinos.