He was neither held or unconscious. I agree the lads went too far and lost control, although I wouldn't call what happened cowardly in all honesty. They reacted badly and shouldn't have allowed themselves to be provoked.

I agree with regards to Facebook, as soon as the images went public it was only a matter of time before they were identified.

And finally I most certainly agree with your last sentence, I wish Sean a speedy recovery.

I've got no issue where two people go toe to toe, after a disagreement for example, that sometimes happens in life.
The thing is, you usually walk away from such situations with no more than a few bruises and a little dented pride if your the loser.
However, in cases where two or more people set upon one person means that ( unless you are some type of Bruce Lee clone ), there is usually only going to be one loser.
Most of us have either seen for ourselves or on the news, incidents where similar actions have lead to very severe injuries or worse in some cases, leaving devastated families to pick up the pieces.
Any situation where two or more people set about one single person is cowardly in my book, no matter what the provocation.

What ever the circumstances rugby is a family and I hope the lads career is not ruined by some mindless act speedy and full recovery I hope

Just because 3 people were allegedly involved, that doesn't mean all 3 were involved simultaneously against one person. That is yet another assumption that has been made, mainly due to the initial (incorrect and misleading) press release.

You say that it doesn't mean they were all involved simultaneously.
whether they were all punching or kicking him at the same time or taking it in turns makes no difference, Surely you are not suggesting otherwise.
I would suggest that, if there was one main perpetrator, why did the other two not attempt to beak it up?, reading the newspaper version it appears that he suffered repeated blows to his face by one or more persons.

We will have to wait and see what is eventually revealed, but whatever the outcome is, the fact remains, no matter if they all simultaneously took part in the attack or took turns individually, that would still be an uneven and cowardly act in my book, no matter what type of spin you choose to put on the it.

I am not putting any spin on it. I will reply by PM.

Ok, I have responded to your PM.

By any chance are you the third chap yet to be apprehended?

Haha no. If I was I wouldn't be posting on here about it.

that is exactly what the 3rd person involved would say when caught out discussing it

if you say you know, yet you dont say then in my book you shouldn't say anything.

Well I don't play by that book I'm afraid. All I have said is that the version of events from people who were there and involved is different to what is in the papers. Therefore people shouldn't be so quick to jump to conclusions and refer to them as "scum" until they know the details.

It isn't my place to put the exact details on a public forum whilst there is a police investigation taking place.

They're all scum and should rot in hell for their crimes.

You include Gleeson in that as well then?