Nasty piece of work. We need to get rid. There was enough negative publicity nationally with the Flower thuggery.

It works out that since 2008 Hock has played 110 games, and been banned for 102 (68 drugs ban and 33 onfield)* Heck of a record!

Unless I'm mistaken his ban ends in round 9 vs Wigan, which is the same game Flowers ban ends right?

*cant take credit for working out the numbers, I just saw them elsewhere

Hock must be close to a permanent suspension from the game, surely?

He's almost getting into John Hopoate territory now.

He's good entertainment value though. If we wanted exposure like the WWE, he is the heel.

Didnt Les Boyd get 2 huge bans?

Different era I accept

Yep, including 18 months for deliberately breaking an opponent's jaw, if I remember correctly. At which point he came over here and finished his career without any trouble. Oddly, he was a very quiet and polite bloke to talk to off the pitch.

Boyd smashed Daryl Brohman's jaw and ended his career with a premeditated elbow. Got 12 months, wasn't back long and then picked up a 15 month suspension for eye-gouging.

At the time Jim Comans was on a purge to clean up the game in Australia, and Boyd gave him the perfect opportunity to put down a marker. If you watch some of the NSWRL stuff from the pre-Comans period, it was like Mad Max. Knees and elbows flying in everywhere, players being king hit and taken out off the ball.

Proper rugby back in those days ....