Been around him 3 x times in my life

All 3 times he was an absolute bell end

1st time Mike Gregory and Dennis Betts came over to get him away from starting a fight, bought us some drinks and threw him out of a pub (1991ish)
2nd time he thought he'd get his revenge and king hit my mate in a pub from behind (He was with Botica and and his wife and after my got up and pummelled him we had a chat with Botica and he explained he was always like that)
3rd time at Mike Greg's funeral, he stayed behind in the pub when all the other players left to walk to the church/funeral. He (and 2 other players, 1 of which won't surprise you) came in 10mins or so after the funeral started, stood at the back and spent the next 15 mins or so burping and making stupid noises trying to make everyone laugh.
Horrible bloke

The idea of Bobby Goulding trying to sue the RFL for head injuries is laughable. Is he also going to sue all the nightclubs of the Northwest because of all the fights he got into?

He's a first-class lowlife, but this kind of thing does worry me, as I fear it has the potential to seriously impact on the game.

The irony of Bobby Goulding taking legal action for head injury, absolute clown, disgusting human being who would seemingly see the game ruined for a few cheap quid...Because thats all it is, he's not interested in the safety of the players going forward as his legal team claim. Utter bellend.

Its not just about Goulding and the other players in Rugby League.

The issue has been started by players in Rugby Union and involves far more than the ten in League.

So, are they are all bell ends?

I suspect it's Goulding's hypocrisy that rankles.

He never worried about head injuries to players when he was hitting them in the head himself.

The responses are just about Goulding though. Dont think anyones saying there isnt an issue and people feel for players affected.

But Goulding, whilst im sorry he's suffering, will likely of received more trauma to the head in fights he's started in his life than he will of playing rugby league, the hypocrisy of the man is staggering.

Spent his whole adult life, on and off the field, provoking situations that inevitably result in taking shots to the head, then blames RL, because its the only thing he's got a chance of making money from.

All skint.

One of the players is Jason Roach was up until very recently still playing amatuer rugby and playing in any ex players game he could, couldn't have been that bothered then.

The bloke is a cap end on the scrounge

Lance Hohaia should be on for about 10 million then.

Bet he still can't remember charging at the big nasty man trying to hurt him.

I’ve read a few quotes from some of the players who have been named and gone public.

Now the premise of the case is that they are doing it for future generations etc…yet every one of them talks about how they were treated when they retired, cast aside etc.

I genuinely believe some of these lads thought they were going to be supported for life by rugby league, and with all due respect more fool them.

The world doesn’t owe anyone a living and if all you have done is play rugby and not invest in your future whilst you have a wonderful opportunity to whilst getting paid to play rugby then that on them.

I do find it interesting Goulding talks about his drug and alcohol addition but is laying the blame for his unfortunate condition on the head knocks he took.

If it was that simple do you not think they would just make them compulsory ? Fact is they prevent cuts and scrapes but do sod all to prevent concussion.

Correct.

If anything evidence suggests they cause more concussion injuries than prevent.

I completed the NRL blue shirt course a few years ago. We were told head guards do nothing to protect the brain. Better investing in a quality mouth guard.