We don't need yet another fullback/winger. We need to save precious cash in case a decent halfback becomes available.

Not really played alot of rugby either over this season and last. Too risky.

I don't understand why anyone thinks we should be interested in Reardon, unless some see it as essential that the squad has a player who assaults women in it, and he's the currently available option.

its not silly read the court transcript
"After shouting insults at his wife, Reardon grabbed her arm, causing three bruises. "

can you imagine a 999 call from Some rough Council Estate in Bradford(you must have em)
"the police please. Ive just heard a man call his ex wife a dirty slut and he's grabbed her by the arm it looks like it might leave a couple of bruises"

not a chance would it get a response in a million years

however "please help Leon Pryce and Stuart Reardon are here threatening to beat me up..."

then thats different....

I would imagine Its Tony Smith putting down a marker that anyone "Drinking" is not going to be tollerated.....rather than getting rid of a "wife beater"....

so he's probably unfortunate in that respect.... Briers is probably the next man sweating....

So kicking in the house door had nothing to do with it.

Indeed.

They are probably the two most famous men in Britain, that would have set every alarm bell going that there is.

Just put aside his off field record and look at his on field stats. Since in joined Warry in 2006 here are his stats. (From the Warrington site)


2006 Warrington Apps 22 Tries 4

2007 Warrington Apps 19 Tries 6

2008 Warrington Apps 7 Tries 2


What can he really bring to Bradford ?

We have enough on our hands as it is this year, why would we really want to add to this with Reardon ?

Also if he was as good as Pryce was as a player, would Warry still ditch him ?

With the form of our current fullback, I'd hesistate to say that tries scored isn't the only stat we should be looking at with Stuart Reardon, or any other FB.

That's true. Its only the Fullback who is responsible for disintegrating defences and missed tackles. We need a fullback that can cover for the defensive lapses and collapses of the rest of the team single-handed.

Indeed, although the tries were not my main point, it was all I could find on him to kinda back up what I was trying to say.

With his form and match time, is a player that will help Bradford claw their way back into the competition or is it more likely that we'd be carrying him ?


We need to take action, but jumping for the sale bin isn't going to help IMO

One is rugby related and one isn`t.

Incidentally does anyone else remember us signing Dave Watson after he`d he`d been sacked by Halifax for drug taking? I think it was the odd spliff rather than performance enhancing though.

A catch from fullback, and maybe even a tackle

anythings better than Platt.

How long has Reardon been out injured? I wonder whether Wire used the same clause to terminate his contract as we did with Tupou (I believe it is a standard clause in all SL players contracts).

Which then makes me think - why sign an injury prone player when we have just got rid of one? Unless it's to fill the home-grown quota.

apparantly not because neither have been done for criminal damage or breaking and entering....

I'm not saying what they did was right but I feel quite sorry for Reardon because this has been used as leverage to get himout of the club...

when a player Like Cockeyne escapes jail and a sacking then in no way should Stuart Reardon recieve anything than a slap on the wrists...(no pun intended).

he's worth a punt for you lot as he's much better than platt.

he's been out for almost 12 months which is standard for a snapped Achilles.

Chris Bridge snapped his a couple of months earlier than Reardon and he has just succesfully got back into first team action. Reardon was apparantly only a few weeks away from getting back in contention again.

other than the achilles he bust his shoulder at the end of the season before last.

They should all be sacked, any other job they would be.
I wouldn't have Reardon, or indeed Pryce for that reason. How could any club call itself a family club and employ them? Shame on them.

I think youll find those charges were dropped, i think you had better be careful

Hull FC just announced they've signed Reardon until the end of the season.

Good on Bradford for not jumping in.

Bad signing by Hull.

Could very well be. I'm happy that he's got some sort of contract and equally happy that it's not with us.

Shame really, because he was a good player for us at one point.

May depend on whether he is, er, available, for more games for them this year than he was for Wire last year...?

Very true, although that would be part of the contract he's signed, I'd imagine

only signed to the end of the season, and id imagine if he goes to prison the contract will be void

sitll very surprised by this signing though

Tom Briscoe got injured yesterday with what looked like ankle ligaments, and with Todd Byrne out for the season and Motu Tony and Raynor still weeks away we are very light in the backs.

You've not been reading the press reports. The prosecution brought no evidence for the charge of violent entry. In the RL press report just after the pleas of guilty were made it stated that Reardon fooled his wife into opening the door to him by saying his son was in hospital and then pushed past her, with Pryce following him in. There was no violent entry, no kicking down the door.