You have got yourself a cracking player,one of our most consistent players,but in superleague its the 3rd brush with authority in the last few seasons and you are almost compelled to act.
For me personally I believe it is about what players do on the pitch not off it,paul gallens record on and off the pitch makes ben look like a fairy but if you had the chance to sign him what would you do.????

Well, Belly hasn't posted racist comments on a social networking site.
Also, Belly is one of the worst characters you'll ever meet. But unless evidence of him repeatedly kicking someone who is prone on the floor he won't be classed as much of a coward by me.
And your attempts to dismiss Cockayne's behaviour as "In the past" is laughable.

wow...heard it all now, a physcotherapist that went to an approved school. Bell was,nt a half decent rugby player either.

So you would hold someones criminal reccord against them after 3 years of keeping their noses clean even though the courts deemed a suspended sentence appropriate for him?

Yes many other occupations you would get fired for posting racist comments on a social networking site but HKR decided that a fine and an awareness course was appropriate.

As for the most recent one, he's broken a no drinking rule that the club imposed. He didn't break any laws (that the police deemed fit to charge him with anyway). Ok so maybe the final straw for HKR as a club but hardly reason to not have a talented player playing the game.

The police obviously didnt think the remarks made by Ben were racist otherwise he would have been arrested and put in front of the beak, and as for the assult on a man in the street!, as Nick has already commented, the incident was almost 4 years ago and he admitted it was wrong, Unfortunately people like you seem to thinks that counts for nothing.
As for your comment that he almost kicked a man half to death!, without meaning to sound like i condone such actions which i most certainly dont, you sound like a bit of a drama queen, i helped out on the city centre pub doors for a while in the Early eighties and saw far worse take place on numorous occasions nearly every weekend, so please by all means do critisise him for his thuggery but to say kicked a man half to death is over the top and dramatist imo, and yes i have seen the cctv evidence of the incident.
Anyway back to Ben the player, he will give you 100%+ on the field and will realy prove to be a hit with your fans i am sure, i would have loved to see him stay at Hull Kr but unfortuantely as previous Kr fans have already stated, he ran out of chances and the club had no other real alternative but to release him.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ben for his contributions on the field for the club over the last few years and would also like to wish him well in the future, for gods sake just try and keep your head down this time and concentrate on what you do best on the field.

Bad decision to sign ben Cockayne. Why do you need him, top of the league playing great Rugby. he will upset the team he will be on a higher salary than other players. I am afraid you can forgive someone once , think about forgiving someone twice, but after that it is all down hill. Once a scoundrel always a scoundrel.

ahhh scabbs owd cock! I thought this would draw you out!
How the devel are you sweetheart pet lamb???

Missed you

Confirmed: - Ben is def a rover!!

As a player, he's a SL standard player and he's a great addition to the squad

As a person, you have a PR disaster and someone i wish would find another profession, preferably something very dangerous.

But as it's not your club he's playing with, I note your comments but with respect, I hope that our club is now left to make the judgement on whether he's been a valuable signing ourselves!

Not picking a fight, i like Fev, met a few last year, top lads but there is no doubting the guy is a scroat of the highest order.

On the field though he can only add rather than detract from your squad i'll concede that.

He can! And that's what I'd rather concentrate on rather than the notoriety and a hell of a lot of fevour whipped up about his history - which has been dealt with and serves no purpose to keep going over and over it again and again!

I would have thought he''ll only be with us til the end of the season anyway - he's SL class and will no doubt go back there. BUT, if he helps us win the GF then it will have been worth it!!

I personally don't know the lad - but I do believe him to be a decent signing at this time of the season!

hardly a disaster, the press love a bad boy to make a scapegoat and considering Ben was only a passenger he has taken a hell of a fall for Liam Watts. His facebook privacy settings were his major downfall, bilmy I think there are a lot of people out there that have extremist views but his actual comment was a throw away description of a person. Call him what you like but if you don't know him or never spoken to him your judgement is worthless.

Maybe we should list all the kids he's helped grow to love the game? How about the coaching he's done to help the grass roots levels of this game? Shall we maybe emphasise the time he spent with fans being much greater than some of the "gentlemen" of the game.