some people on here dont seem to understand you have no choice but to terminate his contract with the rl de registering him which after 2 years becoming a free agent no ifs or buts simple as that

It doesn't matter how other offences are dealt with.

If you get banned for drugs you are not allowed to take part in the clubs activities as w/l/a pointed out. Those are the RFL rules.

Dave

are you being serious, he's just been caught for a drug offence! keep him at the club by all means, but take into account what message that gives to the other players....

it's ok to take/ get caught for taking drugs, the club will stand by me, give me a job and look after my family!

"anyone fancy a line"


his registration the the RFL will be cancelled so you can't keep it, therefore it will be fair game when his ban is up, i don't think you'd have any redress if another team signs your "assistant greenkeeper" after 2 years in post

His playing contract will be cancelled and the club will keep him employed in another role during his rehabilitation, with the intention of re-registering him when his ban has expired. He is only banned from competition, not from being employed by Wigan in any capacity. The ball is in Wigan's court now.

Hock know what he was doing when he had the drug and must of known if he got tested he would have known what would have happend to him the 2 year ban.

He's banned full stop. Its on the previous page.

because otherwise what message does it send........its only two years....players will risk that as there is only a slim chance of getting caught. Now end of your wigan career!! not many will risk it even if there is only a slim chance of getting caught.

Furthermore, if you keep cHock on then do you really think he's going to give up coke for the next two years!? people coming on here saying send him to schools etc?!! what a joke...if people think just because he has been caught he'll give it all up and be an ambassador against drugs then they're seriously dilluded!! If he couldnt refrain when he had everything to lose, why is he going to now, when theres no sanction for the next two years....he may as well continue.

Boot him out on his harris IMO....its no less than he deserves! Hes done the crime let him do the time, namely that his wigan career and any association with the great club of wigan should now be over!

Yeah my bad, I was just reading through that actual PDF from the RFL site. Someone close to the club told me they were looking at ways of keeping him on, should have known they were talking b****cks really

I think he'll be playing for us again in 2 years mind.

I think its a joke that drug takers like Hock get banned for 2 years but players like Cockayne who beat someone to a pulp get away with no ban is a disgrace.

Cant understand some people and some of the comments there is no way the club should keep him employed, he dosent deserve a second chance the damage is already done. And to those saying he should go to schools and work with kids after what hes done COME ON PEOPLE GET A GRIP.

Would totally agree with that.

He should be sacked. He's a professional sports player ffs, he is a role model and represents a club and to some extent a town. I think he wont be sorry he's done it, more likely sorry he's been caught.

And so what if he goes to another club in 2 years time, who's saying someone else who will be here then, who maybe a better player ,deserves to lose his place to a beakhead.


He was going to Wire anyways

TBH though it was a shame Hock wasn't playing at the end of the KR game tho when that THUG came in with his elbow. While two wrongs dont make a right he could do with a bit of hock treatment/ take his head off/ elbow to the face.

Players like cockayne should never play RL again....every away fan should boo that scumbag everytime he gets the ball!!

I would love nothing more than seing another player give him a serious injury !! we live in hope

I hope someone gives Cockayne a good dusting soon. He deserves it.