Has again been charged with making deliberate contact with an official. Haven't seen the incident but isn't this the third time he's been charged with such an offence?

It is the 3rd time he has been charged. The first 2 he was found guilty. The few Salford fans who commented seem to think it was accidental.

I'm sure it was all somebody elses fault, some other boys made him do it and he's the one being picked on.

That's his usual excuse, right?

There are no longer sufficient words within the english language to accurately articulate the stupidity of Gareth Hock.

He is an idiot and if he is guilty it's time to sine die him. Clearly he cannot learn. But have not seen the incident yet.

Good on you for not letting the fact that you haven't seen the incident stop you from passing judgement.

I have seen the incident & I'm flabbergasted that time is being wasted on charging him for it. There was a certain try if he could have taken the ball in and his eyes never left the ball until collision was inevitable. Are all players now to be required to check that the referee has not taken up a position in line with their run before they set off?

There, having added my eyewitness account, I'll leave it those of you who didn't see it to seek justice & to punish accordingly.

you must be new to RL

As opposed to your view, because you were obviously there?



Ps both clubs and journos tweeted about the incident, all said accidental too.

Whatever happened , happened in front of the Hull fans im pretty sure they would have let us know if Gaz Hock had been out of order , total non incident and a complete waste of time

This is exactly what happened last time when he ended up with 5 matches playing for Widnes. Even the ref on that day said it was accidental and never reported it, both sets of fans agreed they could see no issue, yet he still copped the ban. Who knows what craziness the disciplinary will come up with next???

Shay part of if he is found guilty do you not understand, but the fact he his being charged makes me think the RFL Think there is something in it.

I have just seen this incident on SKY SPORTS. Anybody who thinks he isnt going to get a ban is kidding themselves. The incident is awful, I watched it a few times and he will definitely kop a big ban!

Looks quite bad on the tv, which is a surprise really as at the game it went pretty much un-noticed. It happened right in front of the away fans yet there was little or no reaction.

Was it Child?

You must have missed him reffing the TV game in France at the same time as the Salford game.

Are you actually serious that there is nothing in this?

I have just seen the clip and deliberately puts the shoulder in, His season is over - What an absolute moron!

yep. he actually changes direction to barge him. absolute tool

Wonder if Barcelona might put in a bid?

Seeing the incident on TV makes it look like a completely different incident than it did st the game & from that footage I'd expect him to be found guilty.

It looked 100% innocuous at the game but the camera never lies as they say.

With Hock its always a case of Guilty until proved innocent, you just can't take the "Wigan Mongrel" out of this type of player.

Its a conspiracy. Everyone at the game including salford club, local journalists and all salford fans saw it clearly as an unfortunate accident. Either Sky have it in for him or the video evidence has been 'doctored' by someone else who wants rid.

So if it was a deliberate act and he's getting a Grade E charge, then why wasn't he sent off? Ian Smith sent him off for grabbing his hand. If he has supposedly shoulder charged Matt Thomason, why was he still allowed to stay on the field of play?

Not only was he not sent off but he wasn't even spoken to about it at the time. I was at the game and in real time there seemed to be absolutely nothing in it. Just looked like an accident collision. No getting away from the footage though, looks really bad. Just very strange how nothing was picked up at the time. Nobody even mentioned it really. I can only assume the match director or whatever they're called reported it.

Just seen the footage on that well known site and to say that he could have avoided contact with the ref would be an understatement.
It appears that
Hock may have thought that the guy in the yellow shirt had the ball.

What was he trying to do ??

Scoring under the posts?? Hock tried to pick the ball up on the run but the full back got there 1st. There then appears to be a deliberate step and a dipped shoulder into the ref. Been great for us this season but can't condone that (Although I did try to without 1st seeing the replay!).