Official statement on the England RL website-

England Rugby League have issued the following statement.

“As a result of serious breaches of team discipline that have fallen below the strict code of conduct as agreed by team management, Gareth Hock has been withdrawn from the England Rugby League World Cup squad with immediate effect. He is replaced by Huddersfield Giants Brett Ferres.

"There will be no further comment issued by England Rugby League on this matter."

What a prat! The guys is a complete waste of space!

Not shocked. Should never have been near the squad.

Good luck to Ferres.

As I said on the other thread that is not an issue but if Graham and Hardarker withdraw that would be a problem. Indeed, I would seriously question the judgement of the coach in selecting him in the first place. It was IMO a ridiculous selection.

So come on.... Someone must know what he has done this time... Do tell!

So come on.... Someone must know what he has done this time... Do tell!

Ban him from RL, how many chances has this guy had.

The whole of English Rugby League must be totally shocked by this news.
Another selection masterstroke by McNamara!
It told you something when the RFL had to give his club in the listing as "Widnes"
As eveyone knows he's a Wigan registered player on loan at Widnes.
I wonder why Wigan didn't want him listed as one of their players?

No surprise ... the guy is tw*t. Shouldn't be allowed in the game whatsoever and shouldn't have been picked by McNamara.

Eh? Wigan have appeased and defended this bell-end for years.

This is hardly a surprise.

To be honest, I'm amazed that a man of Gareth Hock's mental capacity manages to tie his shoelaces every morning, so to expect that he can comprehend the privilege that it is to play for your country and a behave appropriately is optimistic at best.

He has had more than enough chances and he has had more help than he deserves. He's thrown that back in everybody's faces.

What happened?

Did he make a tackle against Italy?

Even on rugby grounds he shouldn't have been near the squad. When he was a kid I thought he'd be a great. But, IMO, he's never progressed and for every great moment he seems to make a couple of awful errors. THen there's the on field discipline issue. As I said, the coach made a howler IMO. I think it's improved the squad with him going.

Toxic.
Parramatta got out of jail when they let him go.....wonder of the Dr will rip up his contract?

Good....f*ck him, let him rot.

Rather have ferres, hock is a liability. Good news all round.