Quote: Geoff Tipps "I think that the thing that finally turned the players against Kelly after all his misdemeanours was when he turned up vexed and late after his official time off before the play-offs.
Ordinarily, this may have been forgiven in any other circumstance .....But, considering that Blair had just lost his brother and Allgood had just lost his grandmother and both decided to concentrate on trying to keep Rovers in the Super League as opposed to taking time off to bereave, I think this is probably the main reason why the players finally turned on Kelly ........Bobby and Mitch decided to help Rovers, even within their hour of adversity ......But, Kelly decided to think only of himself and when Kelly turned up vexed and late, this may have been the straw that broke the camels back regarding the player's attitude towards him because if Kelly was a professional and really cared for his fellow players then he would have stood up and been the professional that Bobby and Mitch were .....Maybe the fact that Bobby was forced into the decision of playing such an important game because he didn't have the support of a teammate given the bereavement that he had to deal with was the reason why the rest of the team turned on Kelly .......Maybe the team decided that Kelly's actions placed Bobby in a situation that he shouldn't have been in ........Regardless of this, Bobby and Mitch stood up and showed everybody the true measure of a man!'"
you make some excellent points which you can not argue with cause we don't know the facts or the circumstances of why Kelly was late if at all one thing is for certain Rovers missed him and if he had played in the last 2 matches I don't think you would have been playing championship rugby this season but again that's only my opinion