Sounds ridiculous, I must admit I didn't see anything. Must have been obvious though to have been charged.

It happened in goal in front of the north stand in the first half.I thought they just collided.
I'm sure if anyone thought it was deliberate then we would have had loads of Hull fans on here telling the world what happened but the total silence until now speaks volumes.

*Pedantic Alert*

Destroyers are tasked with protection of the fleet usually, carrying surface to air missiles to destroy any threat from enemy aircraft rather than to assault land positions.

Mega LOL

You've just described him to a tee there.

I thought something similar, although, obviously, as I'm not a prepubescent teenager, I thought it in adult words. However, to be fair to the player, we've seen very little of the Bad Gareth this season, and a lot of the Good Gareth. Even when it kicked off a bit on Saturday, he stayed well away, like a boat that isn't a destroyer lying off the coast waiting to be called on if necessary.

Both clubs twitter accounts commented on it, as did a few reporters at the game. Every one of them said it was accidental.

Quote: Red John "I thought something similar, although, obviously, as I'm not a prepubescent teenager, I thought it in adult words. However, to be fair to the player, we've seen very little of the Bad Gareth this season, and a lot of the Good Gareth. Even when it kicked off a bit on Saturday, he stayed well away, like a boat that isn't a destroyer lying off the coast waiting to be called on if necessary.'" Well done Gareth, but his record is disgraceful, thuggery and petulance are the mark of the man. www.therfl.co.uk/disciplinary?pl ... rch=search

Quote: Red John "I thought something similar, although, obviously, as I'm not a prepubescent teenager, I thought it in adult words. However, to be fair to the player, we've seen very little of the Bad Gareth this season, and a lot of the Good Gareth. Even when it kicked off a bit on Saturday, he stayed well away, like a boat that isn't a destroyer lying off the coast waiting to be called on if necessary.'" Well done Gareth, but his record is disgraceful, thuggery and petulance are the mark of the man. www.therfl.co.uk/disciplinary?pl ... rch=search

Doesn't anybody do irony any more ?

In terms of the way he's been for us this season, he [ihasn't[/i been a particularly dirty player, nor stood out as someone who's likely to kick off. The only incident I can think of was down at London.

If he's found guilty for this then it's absolutely ludicrous. There was a try for him if he could have took the ball in, is he supposed to let a good chance go begging because the referee's took up a position directly in line with his run. I know that he has previous for contact with a ref but this is ridiculous.

Fair play to Matt Thomason for getting back up so quickly as he was hit at full pelt, shame his whistle was unable to make a recovery. So in the last 2 home games we've needed a replacement referee & now a replacement whistle!

This seems like something out of nothing...which means he'll probably get 8 games unfortunately. A very similar incident happened last year when he was at widnes and he got a 5 match ban I think?

What about when the ref took a player out in front the south stand..is he getting a ban too.

For those commenting on Hocks history, we can only relay what we've seen from him in a Salford shirt this year. He's been the complete opposite to the player we were told we were signing. Great attitude and well disciplined.