Season over for Gareth Hock

Gareth Hock was today suspended for 5 matches and fined £300. Sounds about right.

£300?!!

It's a meal in guiseppes for him and a night down king street!!

Any repeat and he should get a seasons ban.

Didn't madge say there was nothing in it?

I agree Jay £300 fine doesnt sound much but he will probably loose five times that amount in match fees.

the following extracts from the hearing make interesting reading:


Summary of Player’s submissions on the Charge / evidence:
Player accompanied by Assistant Head coach Shaun Wane. Assistant coach believes this was totally out of character for Gareth Hock. Furthermore the player has been out of the game for two years and is still adapting to his re-entry into the game.


Reasons for Decision:
The Committee accept that the action was not a deliberate attempt to gouge the opponents eyes. However the committee feel that the the player had no justifiable reason to place his hands in his opponents face. The panel believe the player's actions were reckless and contact was certainly made with the eyes of the opponent. The committee are of the opinion that this had the potential to cause serious injury to the opponent. The panel add that you needlessly struck your opponent after the initial incident. Whilst the committee take into account the guilty plea, they believe that a 4 match suspension for reckless gouging and a 1 match suspension for striking is in order.
Suspension:
5 matches (4 for Gouging and 1 for Striking)
Fine:
£300


Two things strike me about the above:

i) If it was not a ‘deliberate attempt to gouge’ – does that not mean not guilty?

ii) next time you go to court......take Shaun Wane!!

Personally, having watched the incident on a number of occasions, I feel the ban is about right – don’t think we will see him presenting trophies at any junior clubs end of season presentations though – after all would you parade him as a role model?

Fair point Aqui but i feel Hoch really must be close to the 'last chance saloon'.

Spot on Jay.

Think the RFL have been lenient to be honest. No excuse for what he did and I doubt whether Wigan Rugby will tolerate much more off him

he should be baned for life he is not a good role model for our up and comeing children this is why it is called thugerby league with guys like him shocking

Only latics supporters call it "thugerby league". But I agree with your role model comment.

PS. No 'i' in coming, Soccer fans eh!

a good role model is david beckham pity hock wasent on the same salery

crap latics and what should we rename football ballet ball with all the prancing and rolling around that goes on it seems a apt name for it

thugerby league a sport played in the north shame world champions which world thugaby world ha ha ha ha ha

good role model for our sport

stick to your ballet ball and your farleys rusk with ribena

you stick to boxing may have a match

Just glad there is no spelling world cup, we'd end up dropping the bloody baton

oh below the belt i felt that

hey warry warry warry warry warry warry warriton we are top of the league heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

shocking

yes they were with all there punching glad you say so

me i didnt say anything who was punching who

get rid of him wigan dont need him,he giving the warriors a bad name,just like some on here are giving ww a bad name

tom dont take it on,the fact is the might warriors have brought siverware and pride back to the town

well i support hock he,s the only one who showed any "fight".an old coach once said to a team i was in,if you,re getting licked badly and that does,nt fire you up ,play something else.

well I bet he will be mightily relieved will Gareth the Gouger, after all his last ban was much longer

I find it a bit rich for any Latic's supporter to talk about role models when they had a player who went to jail for beating up women.

when he was found guilty latics then terminated his contract, which i think was the right decision on the clubs part don't you ruddy

A big difference between being jailed for beating up women and being suspended for committing a foul offence in a game.

Suggest that all those having a swipe at Hock and the Warriors have a look at the case and judgement on the RFL website.

i never mentioned what hock, did you brought it up about king, i only asked you if you thought the club made the right decision when they terminated his contract,

terrible what happend there tom,

Whilst I have very sympathy for the fan who died I don't think it was just a random attack according to the press. He had quite a bit of form for football violence related incidents. Maybe it was pay back time.

Posted by: latics36 (43)
good role model for our sport



Lets see how many good role models for "your sport" are revealed in the Dispatches programm.

Posted by: david49 (1245)
i never mentioned what hock, did you brought it up about king, i only asked you if you thought the club made the right decision when they terminated his contract


david, the king saga is very old news, yes Latics were right to sack him, but, it was asked at the time why did they sign a criminal like him with a record as long as your arm in the first place that question was never answered by any Latics supporters on here, why was that?

simple answer he'd served his time for offences he'd been found guilty of

have i said anywhere that hock has not served his sentence and now after completing the sentence he has rightly been allowed to resume playing

the warriors have made a lot of wigan people happy and proud and put wigan on the sporting map for all the right reasons and now hock is spoiling all that

the warriors have brought silverware to the town and thats what people should be talking about

Tha cawn't knock owt where there is nowt.

Wow! You are so clever mswigan, you must are a typical Latics fan, all sarcasm,... and no substance.

ahcawntspeyk I am a Season Ticket holder at the Warriors

awcawntspeyk He just annoys me because he is a top player, I think world class, and he does this after being banned for two years.