No , but the horses in it would kick it out

I have the utmost sympathy , most clubs can end up attracting ' numptys ' with a bit of success , hope it and they can get it sorted

Without having multiple camera angles and video from different sources it is impossible to say how serious this incident was or how many involved so comments about it being blown out of oroportion etc are ridiculous

The big issue is how this actually looks.

For a game that prides itself on
being a family game
female friendly
good links with players and fans
looking good on TV
needing good publicity
this is an absolute disaster.

Whilst the 50 or 100 people on here might try to put it in it's context this is irrelevant

IT is all over the BBC, Guardian, Dai;ly mail, sun internet, twitter etc

What hundreds of thousands will see is morons fighting, women and kids being scared and hurt, players fighting in the crowd

unfortunarely this means that the RFL will have to make an example of the players the fans and the club.

Anything less will be picked up on as weakness and not sending the right message.

I feel very sorry for the players because they responded in the way that anyone in their position would and i actually applaud what they did in the same way that i did with eric cantona but they will have to be punished to set an example.

I hope the editors of 'Horse and Hound' magazine are aware of the fact that horses don't like dogs



I think you'll find that the 'Horses' in the stable will do whatever they can to kick out the 'dogs' and stop them from ever coming into the stable again.

I concur , and wish you the best of in achieving it , there but for the grace of god go all of us

I don't quite see who was in danger when Eric Cantona kung fu kicked a spectator shouting abuse at him?

I can't see anything happening to the players to be honest. It would cause outrage if a player is fined or banned for protecting their family... Unless their family were being provocative, which I haven't heard any reports of.

Like they did following the problems at the AJ bell last May?
Either it's the same dogs so the horses have been ineffective, or you have a problem in that you are attracting new dogs and need to find out why. Don't bury your head in the straw. This isn't a one off- don't pretend the dogs are just one off visitors.
All clubs have idiots. Don't pretend they aren't fans.

The only way RL can get lead story on the BBC Sport website, a few idiots fighting, nice.

There are a number of one off visitors in those photos... Just have to believe me on this one. This is a new problem not an old one rearing it's head again.

You think the Daily Mail [idoesn't[/i have an agenda? The Daily Mail?

I'm not saying you're right or wrong but these idiots have put a stain on your club that will stick for a while. The RFL have to do something and that will be in the form of a fine / sanctions for the club. If the RFL say there is nothing we can do, these weren't RL fans then they will look more incompetent than they usually do.

It was a rugby league match, inside the stadium, involving people who had attached themselves to Salford, be it for the day or lifelong fans.

It's a disgusting sh|thouse purveyor of hate, racism and aggression. And sadly is only slightly worse than the other billionaire-owned newspapers and media.

It's made the main radio 1 news item.