Silly Silly Lad.

some people just done know how good they have it, and have to be greedy n ruin it

Too true how many fans would love to have the ability/choice to work at their chosen profession then play the game they love at weekends and get paid for it.

Pillock. The fact they lost just outside of the handicap just adds fuel to the Scum's fire.

Hes a PE teacher on 24k plus (24k is starting wage so I imagine he may be into 30k by now) and a part time rugby player so probably another 10-15k on top of that a year and he throws it away like that! Does he not realise how many people would love to be in his position?!

Also is he wearing a Quins shirt? lol

He plays for Doncaster who have a £500 win bonus and £150 for losing, he'd struggle to make 15k!

Never heard of him.

Next!

The RFL have suspended him with immediate effect after betting on his team to lose a game. Quite right too!
Seven years ago the RFL should have suspended Long and Gleeson with immediate effect for the same offence.
They didn't and allowed them to play on including the 2004 Cup Final.
That was an absolute scandal!

some silly kid talks to the paper and the headline reads How RL players fix games!!!

Exactly my thoughts, it appeared to me the reporter was taking photo's of Leaf and Leaf blatently knew it was happening!



I don't think he was aiming to make a 'killing' out of the story, I don't think it was his actual intention for all this to come out. As for team-mates, Leaf did say something like "I know of other RL players doing the same....you can tell in a game who's bet on the match and who's not....even referees are in on it."

For me the referee bit is the most worrying.



Lifetime ban from RL - an almost certainty, he'll be playing in the NCL (National Conference League) soon enough, but sacked from his teaching job? I'm not sure that that could come to fruitition, although he may well face disciplinary action from his employer.

The Sun, News of the World, Daily Star - all LOVE blowing EVERYTHING totally out of proportion. I'd take that 'all RL players are betting and throwing matches' malarky with a pinch of salt, its simply to create headlines, get people talking about the story and the paper (that's a tick) and sell papers (which I imagine they have sold quite a few in relation to this).

But let's be honest, every criminal, conman, schoolroom cheat etc all say exactly the same thing when they get caught: "Lot's of other people are doing it too."

there is an interesting quote about a official being involved in that article.
hope that gets investigated too.
not that im defending the player at all but they seem to be villanised (is that even a word?) alot, the officials seem to be able to get away scott free. i

I like the quote abut him walking around his home town unrecognised. 95% of English RL fans would never had heard of him before now.

Hardly a scandal

What a complete dork though, fancy going into the bookies himself and putting it on