Worth remembering that Salford have a player currently on the sex offenders’ register and who spent two years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman and then smashing a glass in her face, leaving his victim with lifelong injuries.

Whilst not condoning Barba’s alleged behaviour, surely the RFL would be on dodgy ground given that they allow Greg Johnson to continue playing?

Didn't Lui plead guilty to domestic abuse too?

Yes, and Jackson Hastings allegedly assaulted Manly half back Daly Cherry-Evans. That alleged event led to Hastings being demoted from the Manly NRL team, and eventually finding his way to Salford, where he now partners Lui.

What a sad thread this is.

An alledged altercation between team mates is a bit different from a criminal conviction though.
I seem to remeber Catalans taking Greg Bird when he faced charges of assaulting his partner, and then extending his contract when he was found guilty.

Barba Sine die by the NRL

Benjamin Barba has been banned by both the NRL and the RFL. You will never see Benjamin Barba play professional rugby league again. His Man of Steel stint with St Helens was his swan song.

I wonder if this punishment will be consistently handed out in future?

Under the regimes of Todd Greenberg (NRL) and Robert Elstone (RFL) I am sure that it will.

Should the RFL relax the rules, then Wigan or Warrington May be interested given their penchant for unemployable rouges. That said, I was shot down on the Warrington forum for thinking it was Joel, their player who was caught in a compromising position with a dog. Apparently it was his brother lol. Not Like the wolf’s to know nothing about RL

Correct.

Still, it's an opportunity for cretins like Barry and Ruune to have another cheap pop at Salford. For such a small, insignificant club the trolls seem to take great pleasure in mentioning us at every opportunity.

I think I'll spend spend all weekend trawling through every SL teams squad and see what dirt I can dig up....




..... then again I have a life (unlike aforementioned saddos) so I'll just enjoy my sporting weekend and leave them to play in their Wendy houses.

No it was Joel, but Joel's unfortunate indiscretion was nothing compared to the long list of Barba's and Hardaker must now be thinking, this could be me if I screw up again, but then again thinking is not one of his strong points is it.

Don’t have a problem with the Barba ban as long as it’s consistent if anyone else does similar.

Bobby Elstone works for SLE, does he not?

I mistook Robert Elstone for Ralph Rimmer Esq..