Quote: post "End of the day it’s rugby league, it’s a hard sport played by hard competitive people who will try their best to be their opposite number and if it means saying some nasty words to them then it happens. What are we going to have 26 priests playing against each other every week? Get a grip.
Players have to adopt that killer mindset especially if you are playing in the middle and become a mean nasty person otherwise you’re coming off second best. But I’ll guarantee once they’re off the pitch they won’t use those nasty words.
It you’ve played the game you’ll understand, or if you’ve played the game and don’t understand you probably played in the backs.
Chances are no fan would have heard McGuire say anything just the ref, so like a previous poster has said you’ve got a star player sat in the stands for 8 games Jesus wept.'"
"Just the ref" makes it ok then?
Any wonder decent referees are choosing to walk away from the game.
If some of the things that have allegedly been said were said in the earshot of a police officer they may well have lead to the individual being arrested for an offence under the Public Order Act 1986.
Being a star player does not give you a free pass to say and do whatever you want without any consequences.
