Paddy Jackson & Stuart Olding -treat women poorly

Bandage · April 14, 2018, 12:36am

Dry your eyes, mate. I know it’s hard to take but her mind has been made up. There’s plenty more fish in the sea.

the_man_himself · April 14, 2018, 1:05am

Gilroy hardly got sacked?

flattythehurdler · April 14, 2018, 5:51am

I’d be very surprised if they had managed to terminate the contract of an ordinary worker under such circumstances.
Having said that, I couldn’t really see any way around it for either party.

myboyblue · April 14, 2018, 6:11am

They brought the franchise into disrepute and violated the code of conduct

Chucks_Nwoko · April 14, 2018, 6:23am

It’s amazing the amount of people who think they know more about a case than the actual jury. You couldn’t make it up!

flattythehurdler · April 14, 2018, 8:27am

Did they, I wonder.

myboyblue · April 14, 2018, 8:59am

Bring the franchise into disrepute? I’d very much say they did given the circumstances

Sidney · April 14, 2018, 9:43am

People always have the option of boycotting Irish rugby from now on if they feel that strongly that the chaps have been wronged here.

But I’d hazard a guess that that’s pretty unlikely.

flattythehurdler · April 14, 2018, 9:45am

By sending private WhatsApp messages?
Hmm.
You could argue that whomever broadcast said messages did.
No difference in the eyes of the law between the lads and the other pair who remain feted.

gilgamboa · April 14, 2018, 9:53am

None in the eyes of the law but a world of a difference in the situation. No sponsor could point to one word of media reporting naming the others. Nor were there names trending in outrage for weeks at a time. Nor was there any complaint of improper behaviour from anyone involved.

flattythehurdler · April 14, 2018, 9:55am

Their.

gilgamboa · April 14, 2018, 9:58am

Good man yourself

flattythehurdler · April 14, 2018, 10:00am

Thanks. It’s nice to get a bit of positive feedback.

Sidney · April 14, 2018, 10:03am

Who’s this now?

dodgy_keeper · April 14, 2018, 10:10am

Two Munster heroes.

flattythehurdler · April 14, 2018, 10:13am

Being serious for a moment, the ulster lads were accused of a crime and found innocent. Unanimously. In jig time.
So effectively, they had some sort of legal threesome, and WhatsApped a couple of times about it. Its a dangerous path this “bringing into disrepute” judgement. It is entirely perceptive.

TheUlteriorMotive · April 14, 2018, 10:13am

Well the precedent is now established and there is a tightrope to be walked.

Sidney · April 14, 2018, 10:14am

Oh right.

I suppose the big difference is that most of the country doesn’t believe Murray and Zebo are rapists.

flattythehurdler · April 14, 2018, 10:14am

What’s this now?

glenshane · April 14, 2018, 10:17am

It’s funny how the sexual history etc of the complainant is protected while the sexual history etc of the defendants has resulted in termination of their contracts.
It’s an understandable commercial decision dressed up as an ethical one.