Well said. We should afford the players the same degree of privacy we would expect for ourselves and our own loved ones.

It wasn't the fact that he has been granted compassionate leave, I was referring to when all we had was ''He's been released.' I'm like others in that once we found out it was for compassionate reasons that's all that needs saying. I think maybe I've got my knickers in a twist, or misread.

Reading back again, it does seem I've misread. It pays to not speed through threads I suppose.

To be fair, you're wasting your time doing anything else with 99% of the nonsense posted on here.

after the club says compassionate grounds there ends any rights to info for fans. He hasn't been released, you have no right to pry.

Blimey, talk about making a mountain out of a molehill. It doesn't take much to get some people riled!

Big Brother Sam Rapira had last week off footy as well.

NZwarriors really missed Sam, our finals chances are in tatters.

Losing Sam was costly.

Lifes about more than Footy hey.