Moonlight wrote:
Stinks of being a complete set up and the bloke that sold him out to the worst rag in publishing history must be very proud.
Shaun has always struck me as well-educated and intelligent. Therefore I really struggle with some elements of this. Has he been set-up? By a so-called mate? Why talk about these issues with a complete stranger?
I keep coming back to two things ... (and don't forget I've already said I consider him intelligent) ... If it's a mate, then either that mate is not the person he thought (poor judgement, perhaps) or it's a stranger, then why discuss these things which are dynamite in the world in which Shaun moves, not knowing what the outcome might be (incredibly poor judgement).
I have read somewhere else that it's effectively very naive or very cocky ... I wouldn't have Shaun as either.
Moonlight wrote:
Can't condone what he's done and with the laws of the game being broken then he must accept his punishment. Made sod all out of a bet that most would have fancied and to throw your RL career with the Dons down the pan in this manner is at least an extremely stupid act.
Agreed, if confirmed Ban and Fine inevitable.
Moonlight wrote:
The whole article From Rugby ace to The darkest day in rugby league history is melodramatic nonsense. His quotes have to be taken in the same context IMO, journalistic Hans Christian.
I really hope that it is ... however in reality, you play with fire there's a good chance you get burned.
Moonlight wrote:
For me it's a real real shame that the one bloke to stick with us over the past few troubled years ends up like this. Sad Sad day. He gets my best wishes for the future.
I'll wait for the full story to emerge (although we all make mistakes) but it is certainly a sad day for our Club and RL.
Perhaps a statement from Shaun might shed some light on the level of wrong-doing.