Quote ="Tones Tackle"No. Thats the whole point, saints are a disgrace.
The RFL needs to step in here and ban all those found guilty of whatever criminal offences they have commited.
Pryce, Reardon, Bird and that lad from Hull KR all need to be dealt with properly by the authorites for bringing shame on our great game.
The RFL are extremely weak for not taking any action IMO.
The clubs will do whatever suits them best, ie saints do nothing to one of their best players, wire use it as an excuse to get shut of Reardon etc etc.'"
In that case, do we go down the NRL road and ban players before they have even been tried in a court of law?
IMO action should be taken by the RFL banning players depending on the crime, length of sentence (suspended sentence or not, community hours, or fines) and how high profile the case in the media. The higher profile the case the more it puts the sport in a bad image.
However I think punishing players for a small brush with the law or merely coming within 100m of a policeman is a bit over the top. Punishing players who face indictment or certain either way offences certainly should be punished by the RFL, but I think punishing summary offences is taking it too far.
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