You seem to be making the same mistakes as other people here. There is a huge difference between calling people names because they are fat/ginger/illegitimate etc. and making abusive comments which are racisit, sexist, or refering to a persons sexual preferences. You may not think it is different but the last few are actually illegal.

As for your last paragraph about it being just "terrace banter and not abuse", are you serious? Is that what you really think?

I agree some Saints fans did shout abuse at Barrie Mac but so did most other clubs.

Yes Barrie Mac did get that at most the grounds.

Barrie Mac, James Graham and w@nker referees are red herrings; homophobic abuse is now considered a hate crime - there is no such designation for one-eyed hard men, fat gingers or Ian Smith, so the club had a duty to come down on the perpertrators like a tonne of bricks; they chose not to, so the RFL came down on them. They got what they deserved; simples.

It worries me there seems to be so many people who believe that homophobic abuse is;

A) Acceptable outright,
B) Can be compared to jokes about hair colour etc.


My friend today tried to tell me that Gareth Thomas has no right to complain because he is "openly gay". It is like living in the dark ages at times.

No it hasn't. Some Cas fans seem confused and want to blame anyone but the actual culprits, but not all. And certainly not all of Yorkshire.



No it's not. And pretending it is just makes the case for stronger action from the RFL.

I'm sorry, but the abuse that ginger people get is often far worse than what gay people get. Funny that the last few are illegal but this isn't.

I'm a cru fan, and thought the fine was harsh. Pretty sure a warning would of surficed.

rlreallyrl?

I always thought the Cas fans hated us anyway When we visit the Jungle we always get things thrown at us and anti welsh abuse from the fans Also looks like your club is going to be in more trouble again because of the morons at the Gnoll today.They were singing anti Thomas chants and being racist to Weller Hauraki and the funniest thing about it is you got 2 dark skinned players in your own team

If you can't take abuse and being man handled don't dish it out.Those 'kids' were asking for it

So stewards hitting fans is acceptable now is it? right-o, just another of many reasons why you shouldn't be in the league if you think that's how stewards should act, made the KR stewards look polite.

There was a Castleford lad standing waiting for his team to leave the field. As they walked off he stood behind the barrier and told them what he thought of their performance.

Good on him