Sweeping statement there cabby based on a handful of incidents. There are hundreds of other players that seem to be able to go out and not be wa*kers.

Problem is my friend there are plenty of people out there who want to have a go at players when they are enjoying themselves.

IIRC, Raynor got two year suspended sentence

So when in court (by the sounds of your statement anyway) the judge said Mr Cockayne, your offense was much worse than Mr Raynor at Hull FC

No ofc he didn't, and with out being privy to both case details neither can you.

For what it is worth, what he did makes me shudder, no matter the circumstances, but some of the tripe on here is getting ridiculous

See for yourselfhttps://forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic.php?t

tbf, some of you did condemn him, if less vociferously than BC. His avoidance of a custodial sentence was welcomed by some others - one or two of whom now think a firmer stand has to be taken against this sort of thing.

And 99% of the players can laugh it off with no bother as a result.

I dont even recall the thread to be honest, and the Hull Fans that welcomed him not getting a custodial sentence need to think again for me. As ive said, there is not place in our sport for this kind of behaviour, from any player.

Hang on!

Look at the sentenced handed out - Raynor gets around 6 months less, suspended for 6 months less. Anyone with half a brain can see that's a lesser sentence. The offences are different but the law and the court has viewed Raynor's as less severe, independently of each other.

If you want me to put links to the reports, fine but its all there to see on BBC et al.

I dont care about sentence Chris, both should have been sacked and both should have been sent down.

If a player is out with his friends and another group want to start aggro with them, sometimes things can get out of hand a person will get hurt and that player will find himself in the paper the next day. Guilty or not.

Whats that got to do with this. The players we are talking about have been proven guilty in a court of law.

shame paul m and his cronies never saw it like that when raynor got off lightly! interesting reading, don't recall any of us laughing at the fact ben escaped prison!

As said, i dont even recall the thread and really havent got the energy to read it now. Anyone laughing at Raynor getting off (if they did) need to think about things a bit more i think.