Re: The in's and Out's of Superleague : Thu Apr 15, 2021 8:41 am  

nottinghamtiger wrote:

Yep.
One of the ideas we should be copying from the NRL is the concept of a ‘Integrity Unit’ (though I’m not sure I’d call it the same thing) that can suspend players for off-field incidents that bring the game into disrepute.

Agreed.

I would rather Leigh had searched harder & longer for a player of calibre & without the negative baggage.

Re: The in's and Out's of Superleague : Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:03 am  

Durham Giant wrote: No he should have been stood down as soon he was charged as that means that CPS have determined their is a better than 70 %chance of conviction. You know this because a) you are a police officer ? b) a member of the CPS ? or c) you are a lawyer ? It is not as if he was a Leigh player they have signed him knowing he is in court soon. It is a shocking decision Regardless of whether other teams have done the same two wrongs don’t make a right. This condones an acceptance of DV.. even if he does not get convicted as the victim is in Back in NZ this may harm evidence against him , he may even get off with a lesser charge but the headlines say it all https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -club.html The headlines also say that Leigh and Wire were happy to ignore the above . Where do the headlines say they are happy to ignore ? No they don't !!! You have provided a link that was published in July 2020, the headlines DO NOT say that at all !!! In fact Leigh are not mentioned at all as they had no interest or connections & Warrington suspended Gelling & then got rid of him. When Greg Johnson did the same he never played for the Giants again. Both of them are scum FWIW , I believe that the RFL & SL should block any signings of players with ongoing or proven offences at this level, the same goes for the likes of Foloau, Chase, Barba, Hardaker & just for fun Joel Monaghan the Dog Botherer & Tomkins the Rectum of Wigan for example.

Durham Giant wrote: No he should have been stood down as soon he was charged as that means that CPS have determined their is a better than 70 %chance of conviction. You know this because a) you are a police officer ? b) a member of the CPS ? or c) you are a lawyer ? It is not as if he was a Leigh player they have signed him knowing he is in court soon. It is a shocking decision Regardless of whether other teams have done the same two wrongs don’t make a right. This condones an acceptance of DV.. even if he does not get convicted as the victim is in Back in NZ this may harm evidence against him , he may even get off with a lesser charge but the headlines say it all https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -club.html The headlines also say that Leigh and Wire were happy to ignore the above . Where do the headlines say they are happy to ignore ? No they don't !!! You have provided a link that was published in July 2020, the headlines DO NOT say that at all !!! In fact Leigh are not mentioned at all as they had no interest or connections & Warrington suspended Gelling & then got rid of him. When Greg Johnson did the same he never played for the Giants again. Both of them are scum FWIW , I believe that the RFL & SL should block any signings of players with ongoing or proven offences at this level, the same goes for the likes of Foloau, Chase, Barba, Hardaker & just for fun Joel Monaghan the Dog Botherer & Tomkins the Rectum of Wigan for example.

[Durham Giant]

Re: The in's and Out's of Superleague : Thu Apr 15, 2021 6:06 pm  

Ste100Centurions wrote:

FWIW , I believe that the RFL & SL should block any signings of players with ongoing or proven offences at this level, the same goes for the likes of Foloau, Chase, Barba, Hardaker & just for fun Joel Monaghan the Dog Botherer & Tomkins the Rectum of Wigan for example.

I work in child protection and probably the biggest issue we take up is domestic violence probably over 50% of cases.

I liaise with the police, women’s refuges , probation etc on a daily basis. The cps don’t take cases to court unless they have a high percentage of getting a conviction. So they do not think there is evidence , they have to pass a test which is , on the evidence available is their a realistic proposition that the court will convict. They have to be satisfied the evidence is there and strong enough to convince a judge and jury they will convict the perpetrator. The more serious the offence the more they have to satisfy themselves that they are likely to get a conviction


As this case is in very much in the public domain hence my link to a newspaper article there are many others it my view it does diminish the game and makes Leigh look bad that they are prepared to give a short term contract to someone because they think he may not be around for along contract does suggest that they are aware of the issues but have chosen to ignore them for some short term benefit.. it is just plain wrong

Re: The in's and Out's of Superleague : Thu Apr 15, 2021 7:52 pm  

I can’t believe there are people in this thread sticking up for Leigh and the maggot himself by stating “innocent until proven guilty” or something along those lines.

We know her face was smashed in and was hospitalised. Do you all think she fell into a wall or something? You should all be Ashamed.

[Wildthing]

Re: The in's and Out's of Superleague : Fri Apr 16, 2021 4:48 am  

Steph Curry wrote:

I can’t believe there are people in this thread sticking up for Leigh and the maggot himself by stating “innocent until proven guilty” or something along those lines.

We know her face was smashed in and was hospitalised. Do you all think she fell into a wall or something? You should all be Ashamed.

We know you are a WUM just trying to get a reaction from the Leigh supporters, then when you do will whine you are being bullied.
Why don't you try to post about genuine RL issues instead of being a WUM? You might actually enjoy it?

Re: The in's and Out's of Superleague : Fri Apr 16, 2021 4:49 am  

Steph Curry wrote:

I can’t believe there are people in this thread sticking up for Leigh and the maggot himself by stating “innocent until proven guilty” or something along those lines.

We know her face was smashed in and was hospitalised. Do you all think she fell into a wall or something? You should all be Ashamed.

It's easy for you, some of us haven't got your criminal law expertise.

Re: The in's and Out's of Superleague : Fri Apr 16, 2021 5:45 am  

Wildthing wrote:

We know you are a WUM ("Steph" )just trying to get a reaction from the Leigh supporters, then when you do will whine you are being bullied.
Why don't you try to post about genuine RL issues instead of being a WUM? You might actually enjoy it?

Not yet into May and we have the post of the year already.

Great stuff

Just noted that Leigh are now up to 10th. place Slow but steady progress towards survival.

Re: The in's and Out's of Superleague : Fri Apr 16, 2021 6:37 am  

Donnyman wrote:

Not yet into May and we have the post of the year already.

Great stuff

Just noted that Leigh are now up to 10th. place Slow but steady progress towards survival.

I think you’ll find we are DOWN to 10th place - 2 games in and we are in free fall

Re: The in's and Out's of Superleague : Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:07 am  

ColD wrote:

I think you’ll find we are DOWN to 10th place - 2 games in and we are in free fall

It will be very interesting as the rounds go by. You just need to do better than one other club this time, unlike last time when you went down without coming last..

Who do you think that could be??

A few "four pointers" to look forward to.........

Re: The in's and Out's of Superleague : Mon Aug 02, 2021 6:25 pm  

Leigh Centurions have signed Sam Stone & Jai Whitbread from the Gold Coast Titans.