You here it alot now, Leeds, Hull kr, and Hull as yesterday. I hav'nt heard wakefield fans chanting this and i hope i dont.

Well done for completely missing my point. For some reason people are thinking that me giving a reason for the abuse is me giving an excuse for it.
The publicity that the Cockayne case got in Hull, and the lack of any actual justice that was given to his victim, means he will always be the centre of attention for Hull fans. It would be the same in any other area. Pryce got plenty after his misdemeanour's.


Well at least someone has finally said it. I was disgusted the other year when we tried to sign Stuart Reardon and glad it fell through. A signing attempted on the same day we launched a campaign again domestic violence. Only our old board, eh!


Because it's his job to show respect and tolerance as part of being a professional sportsman?


You're probably right, and again I don't condone this (something that people seem to misinterpret me as condoning for some reason even though I keep making this perfectly clear), although to say "most" is a bit OTT.

Unfortunately there are a lot of people that take banter too far. I think most of the chanting towards Ganson was more "pantomime" than anything, but again their were the idiots that took it too far. You didn't see him coming over to give the Hull fans loads after the game, did you?

Players have more responsibility, MUCH more responsibility, than fans (it's US that pays to see THEM at the end of the day). It shouldn't be tolerated by either, but the spotlight will always shine more on the players than the fans as they're the ones that get paid and their the ones that have the most influence. And before someone misinterprets what I've said AGAIN, I AREN'T CONDONING EITHER!

So now you've gone from "two wrongs make a right" to "it was worse in the past, this isn't as bad".

Stop making excuses. I aren't. None of it should be condoned.

Well said 100% agree.

Ok, so are we all agreeing that none of us like or condone it?

Do Hull fans make it their personal mission to act as the moral compass of RL, for example lambasting from the sideline Rangi Chase, Ryan Bailey, Leon Pryce, Gareth Hock and the many others with criminal convictions? Or do they, as I suspect, reserve their indignance only for players who happen to have once played for HKR?

Wellsy, you're tying yourself in knots; Cockayne, for all his past and well-documented misdemeanours, did nothing wrong yesterday - some idiotic Hull fans who didn't like it up 'em, did. The end.

Did Peter Fox get abuse from sections of the crowd yesterday? I think that answers your question.

Again, don't be one of them idiots that stereotypes all Hull fans as the same.


He was inciting the crowd. That is wrong. The idiotic Hull fans who bit to it were also wrong. That is the end.

When an opposing player dislikes your club enough to incite your fans after a game, we'll see your opinion of the matter then...

Those idiots, not them. Bloody Hull fans - they're all illiterate.

You're still wrong by the way - Rangi Chase taunts us regularly, Jamie Peacock did it earlier this season and even Mathers did it last year; I don't remember fans chucking things at them or spending the next 48 hours sending abusive messages to them on Twitter.

Get over it.

Apologies for the misuse of grammar. I do feel you could have used quotation marks to make your sentence completely accurate though. And possible a capital letter on your username.

GET EM ON SIDE REF wroteCas v Wakey and barr the rare incident banter is banter but the Hull fans go too far.

Ref Ben Cockayne our club gave him the chance and the kid has taken it with both hands for me one of our better signings in the SL era I do not care about his past he had paid the price for it and its now down to him to grow up and do what he does well he is a very good RL player



Funny that because I read of a lot of trouble after the recent Cas V Wakey game!!

One name, Aspinwall.

People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

I remember there being trouble in the play off semi final in 98 against KR when Franny Stephenson was a little enthuisiastic in his celebrations.

What did dopey Peacock do? Missed that one.