without going over all the comments. I recall before it was played out by the club you had an opinion of Dusty. All some have done here is ask the question of rance. It seems when it suits you to go to town its all good, but not okay for anyone to ask the question (without going to town)
One comment i did find is this from you in the dusty episode.
Can I add the clubs "response" to this has been shocking
No wonder we getting whacked from pillar to post
Nothing on the website, no from the club frosting the media
Where are you RFC?
you went on to say that the silence from the club was causing undue strain on the club and player. Some could argue thats exactly what happened to rance. Or is this different
Here's the thing, you see a player retiring and a potential legal matter as the same thing. I don't.
Rance retired, released a statement, did an interview with Richo, the club also released a statement and the captain fronted the media. But all those things are not good enough for some people, they need more. There has to be more... well guess what? no there doesn't. And I stand by my comment that the Rance marriage breakdown is none of our business.
On you other points re Dusty. Yes I had an opinion as many people did. Funny how you and others only ever seem to remember none and throw it up. But whatever.... the bits you have quoted in bold are definitely my words.
And yes as I've said above I see it as being very different... Dusty situation was being played put in legal minefield, if you remember the police were involved. So IMHO the Club need to act quickly, they didn't and that was disappointing. What you forget to mention that when they did react, they in their initial statement gave Dusty a bloody good clip and didn't condone his behaviour.
So just to make it clear... you may see the Rance/Dusty scenarios as being the same I don't, far from it.
I remember you over anyone else in the Dusty fiasco WP because you got on your moral high horse as hard and as early as you did. It disgusted me that much that a tiger fanatic that runs a tiger forum FFS could be so harsh without knowing the whole story and even more without giving Dusty the benefit of the doubt to start with.
You jumped on media reporting of the incident because there was a female involved. We all like/love/respect females but some talk poo and create issues just like men... You don’t need to jump in and defend every female just because they are female.
I’m sure if it was a reported a male was involved instead of a female you wouldn’t have been so harsh and definitively as you were.
And the other comments you made about the club needing to jump in and say something in the Dusty BS is garage too imo- as you said it was in the hands of the police, what did you expect the club to say or do? Especially if the club knew what went on and knew it was all BS.
But you are right about one thing- the issues are completely different, one was a beat up that had to run its legal course, the Rance one is strange to say the least for a number of reasons and it’s human nature to ask or want to find out why.
Reason why it’s strange
-the timing of the announcement
-10 months of rehab only to retire now
-the 2 years remaining on a huge contract
-the timing of the marriage breakup
-the lack of teammates acknowledgment on social media
In isolation 1 or even 2 of these might not mean much, but it’s all a little strange to me and obviously many others.
Surely all that is enough for Tiger supporters to think there might be more to this story!