According to [url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/mar/26/stuart-reardon-leon-pryce-assaultthis article[/url, apparently so.

Correct he did in 2003 but his international honours came at the end of 2004 and he played wing that season including the Grand Final

this weekend is just getting better

first we get beat by Dobbins
then we sign a possible jail bird

ah well Monday against saints might not be too bad after all

Domestic violence is flavour of the month, stick it as a pre-fix to any offence and your likely to get more, its a bit like head butting someone and getting a suspended, but if you say 'you black *******' as your doing it you get two years.

He looks so smug as well in that photo Mr Reardon

Hull Fc have totally embarrassed themselves with this signing, why start a campaign against domestic violence then sign a guy guilty of breaking his ex girlfriends door down and assaulting her, and who has been told he may be going to prison for it , keep up the good work Hull FC board

Sounds a right evil mother!

*sigh*

You lot still at it?

Reardon didn't break the door down. He hasn't been found guilty of that. He pled guilty to common assault. Reardon tricked his then wife into opening the door by telling her that their child was in hospital (presumably said child was staying elsewhere since she was with her new boyfriend at the time). She opened the door, Reardon pushed past her, Pryce followed her in. At some point some yelling went on, Mr O'Brien (new boyfriend) had rounders bat in hand. At some point Reardon grabbed his then wife by the arm, causing three bruises (presumably with his fingers) and Pryce pushed Mr O'Brien, causing him oops! to fall on the floor and hit his head on the peddle bin. This all started because Reardon was told in the pub that his then wife had a new fella.

It's in the domestic violence court because Mr & Mrs were Mr & Mrs at the time. It doesn't mean that Reardon has ever hit his wife or indeed grabbed her arm before.

For all we know, this could be the ex-Mrs Reardon's revenge for him divorcing her. Just offering an alternative. We really don't know, do we? It was their marriage, it went wrong, and things can go bad when marriages go wrong.

btw I am female, just for info.

And no, I don't support domestic violence either by males or females. I also think it is a good thing that Hull FC have become involved in a project which is aiming to redirect the lives of those who have committed acts of domestic violence. It's easy to ignore the perps but some of them will be redeemable and hopefully projects such as this one will catch them and turn them around.

well said i too dont condone violence but your wasting your time trying to get through too the dobbins they have selective hearing

He grabbed her arm momenterily, and pryce pushed him! my god bring back the chair!!!

Think you will find that the Hull part of RLfans is completely packed with whiter than white, "morally outraged", born again christian jehovah mormon fundamentalists who have never so much as raised an eyebrow when splitting up with their partners. Most of course post first and then read about the case later.

IMO the worst of the two is Price who as a "mate" should have known that Reardon was going through a messy and emotionally charged separation and talked him out of this ridiculous confrontation, not gone along with it.

As for the quality of the signing, it seems perfectly on our level. Calderwood - Thorman - Reardon. I hope he regains some past form, but I won't be holding my breath.