Has money started to infect in Rugby?

[R1Geezer]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/my _club/harlequins/8191371.stm
As a Rugby player and supporter, I'm, utterly disgusted by this, are we turning into a soccer style cheat if you can approach? Is this the start of things to come? How can the sport clean this up going forward?

[SeaJayPea]

This is one of the most depressing things about any sport that I've read in a long time.

That it was Dean Richards, a man I've admired since his playing days and, even worse, that he's admitted doing it on four occasions before, makes it all the more depressing.

The only way that the sport can clean this sort of thing up is by handing out long bans to individuals, lifetime if necessary, and big fines to clubs.

Fortunately, there's no suggestion that this sort of thing is widespread, although I'd bet that there's a few people about today thinking 'there but for fortune....'

[R1Geezer]

don't be a tw@t, you know what I'm talking about. In any sport they play to optimise the laws of the game but this is a quantum leap above any other incident I can think of. Perhaps Dancairo you can have a go at a constructive contrbution rather than demonstarting what a prize pill0ck you are.

[Prudentia]

Rugby has always been corrupt, from top to bottom of the sport, just follow a local club, and see.

[R1Geezer]

I do and I have, I've never seen any corruption. Until recently it was striclty amateur. Every club I've ever been to has been full of hard working people keeping their club alive. Anyway this is not a question about corruption is it.

Perhaps you can expand Prudentia, not saying there aren't miscreants out their, I have never encountered any in my long career and I have played over 20 years in UK, France etc etc

[Prudentia]

remove the blinkers,and watch at your local club, drink fuelled plots and schemes abound I am told

[R1Geezer]

ahh you are told! Right oh! So just outlne your experience in the game for me....

- How long have you played?
- How many clubs have you visited?
- What specific instances of coruption can you cite?

I susect you are one of those people who believe all the yarns spun around bars etc, on face value.

[Prudentia]

I think its past your bedtime, take your pills and hot chocolate and wander off into your own little world, sleep tight perhaps mummy will bring you a little drinkie in the morning, yaaaawwwn

[R1Geezer]

So no answer then what a Numpty fcuking tw@t. Make an insulting sweeping statement and then try patronise when you are shown up, go and let someone else have a go with the family brain cell. You must be one of those fa66ot footballers, What a J arthur!

[Prudentia]

glad you're pleased, off to bed now, mummy will come and tuck you in

[sn�gs]

Pru... I'd be interested to hear the reasons behind your statements too...

[R1Geezer]

I can tell you the reasons mate he/she is a brainless tw&t who is too much of a sh1t head to come clean about being wrong in the first remark. It made a sweeping statement because it probably heard it some where but it is as thick as 2 short planks and probably believes it. Failed to back it up at all when pressed. Probably on the dole with no friends and no life.Zillions on credit cards and probably watches all the soaps and the Jeremy Kyle show. The lowest form or vermin trying to insult it's way out of beig wrong rather than attempting a ratonal discussion.

[Panic Button]

No, don't hold back Geez, tell us what you really think

[zig.zag]

Prudentia seems to have lost the plot on this one

rugby is one of the only the only sports you can take your family to these days

[zig.zag]

Prudentia has always been a wind up

[Prudentia]

one cannot have a rational discussion with an idiot who has no idea that money drives all sports and all sports thive on money, I,m off to bed now, content, very very rich and have never had a credit card, how much in debt are you? night night.

[R1Geezer]

when did she have the kin plot! Brainless b1tch

[Panic Button]

(or perhaps she's right?)

[Prudentia]

hi zig zag, love and best wishes!!!!

[zig.zag]

nite Prudentia