Well it goes to show how people take things differently because I thought that was said with a great deal of sadness in his voice. I took him to mean that it's such a shame that he will be remembered by people as a cheat and being banned from the game at the time of his death for using HGH as opposed to purely being remembered as a player of such high calibre. He was right too, all the reports of his death have been "drug cheat rugby league star Newton " or "banned RL player Terry Newton" as opposed to "Rugby League star/legend/player Terry Newton" and that is a shame.

Oh dear – stating a fact is a disgrace now.



Kindly quote what I have posted that is factually inaccurate.

Please, be free. Try facts rather than an appeal to sentimentality.

I'll give you a clue. I have not posted a single, solitary word that has been disrespectful to Terry Newton or his family. The fact that there are a number of illiterates around here who cannot understand basics sentences is not my fault. I have always assumed you to be above that.



That's right – I keep forgetting that to not ignore the facts is disrespectful.

Hey – if Eddie said it, it's okay. But if someone here mentions 'it', then it's suddenly a heresy.

Hey folks, we have a new religion! Don't mention the truth about anything, whatever you do!

Please point out the factual inaccuracies – and, indeed, where I have been 'cold'.

I have made it quite clear that this is a tragedy, so perhaps you'll have to look elsewhere.

You have not put any facts into the post But you preach integrity well maybe start showing some and been a decent human being and mourning the death of a fellow human

[Get A Grip Mode On] Can I just add my voice to those who demand that everyone respond in the same way to this event. It's clear to me that anyone who expresses any thoughts different to mine is an evil person, who should be roundly abused, and possibly killed, if we can find out where they live. Then, when the heretic is dead, we can start a thread on how unimpeachable their life was, now they're dead, and consequently persecute ourselves if we dare to repeat our own earlier opinions. I think I've got that about right. [/Get A Grip Mode Off]



Terry Newton was a good player who, like all of us, had his demons. I didn't like the way he played the game, and I didn't like some of his actions off the pitch. I think it's very sad that with so much time ahead of him to live a good life, he reached a point where this seemed the only way for him. I pity the man, and his family. Rugby League and other sports have been the saving of many a troubled soul, but sadly not for Newton.

That's how I saw it too.

Less talking sense and more frothing, pitchfork-waving outrage please. Otherwise the disrespect police will be after you as well.

The whole bloody point of the thread is that eddie said it you idiot!
You are either incredibly ignorant or just cannot read.

You're not very bright are you?

I wasn't the person claiming to be.

I hope this thread gets deleted and forgotten about.

Yes Terry did take banned substances and everybody knows it, but people on here are remembering what a great player he was. Why do his flaws need to be made a point of so soon after his tragic and untimely death?