I have come across such contracts preventing people for working for other organisations. Ive come across it in sales, where reps aren't allowed to work for similar organisations so customers can't be taken by rivals, and also where employees are involved in aspects of research and developmemt. To prevent someone from admitting that he has such a clause is just bizarre!
Either way- I think marwan has come out of this looking, at best petty at worst clueless.

You're right clauses restricting working for another organisation happen in certain industries but it's unheard of in British RL. Because the clauses a club can attach to a severance agreement are limited by the RFL, and IIRC no such clause exists in the list of acceptable clauses.
It's also because it's unnecessary. If Salford wanted to restrict Hock playing against them all they had to do was loan him to another club.

Isn't a crucial point in the Hock severance deal the fact that Salford are continuing to pay him?
It would then be a tad odd if you were paying an opposition player to play against yourself!

Barton who drew up and proof read the settlement agreement then. Marwan won't be happy and I quote.

.....unable to play for Salford City Reds against Salford Red Devils......

That's assuming we believe that was actually written?

Highly unlikely Paul Rowley would be involved in fabrication of this. Marwan even intimated this was the case on twitter. Believe what you like.

Some dodgy refereeing in this game already.

Patterson should've been shown red imo.
Barlow in the bin.
Taylor gets smashed on the jaw and it's a knock on?

I thought Wayne Godwin had retired??
Patterson very lucky not to see a card IMO

Do some of Leigh's forwards live down the road in Wigan,look as though they enjoy a pie or 2

Leigh are doing pretty well so far. It's a big game for Fages, he's got to run the team now, and I've never seen much evidence that he's good enough tbh.

Ultimately I think Salford have too much for them, even with a few key players missing, but I'd like to see an upset.

Would shut up Koucash and a few of their fans as well

Great game so far. Niall Evalds looks a great player.

But on the flip side the Leigh fans have already been telling us how they are going to take the middle 8 by storm. If they win today they would become unbearable.

Fages and evalds are Salford's best players by a mile but aren't regulars because of the big name signings both look class whenever I've seen them

They can say what they like,they won't be able to handle the intensity of Super league teams over a sustained period and let's face it,they aren't playing much in that league are they

I know they won't, but that won't stop them from crowing about how brilliant they are.

I think the intensity that both teams are used to will prove to be difference in this one. I think Leigh will get flatter as the game goes on and Salford will pull away in the last 15 minutes or so.

Agree, very impressive.

God, the commentary team are desperate for a Leigh win.

That BJB pass could cost them the game. I feel that they just needed to stay patient and the game was theirs, as it is they concede twice in a few minutes and now they're in trouble.

Come on Leigh!

Yep. I'm a neutral in that I don't support or harbour a dislike for either side. I'd probably slightly lean toward wanting Leigh to win simply because I think most neutrals back the underdog.

But the commentary team are embarrassing. Aside from the ridiculous over the top bias, there's Rod Studd talking about anything except what's actually happening. He's effectively chatting with Terry O'Connor over the top of the game.

Terry is doing his usual of a load of cliches wrapped in bo!!ocks.

Can we have one game where we talk about the game and not the commentary. Obsessed is putting it midly. They're not THAT bad. Can find faults of all commentaries in all sports. We've got a brilliant game of rugby where a championship team are beating a super league outfit and people want to talk about the commentary!

Couldn't understand what he was trying to do. He must have thought he was still at Leeds. Either way he may well have cost them the game.

Unfortunately showing why Leeds chose Briscoe over him. His defence was terrible.

Well done Leigh. An opportunistic effort got them back in the game and they showed guys to grind it out.

Salford looked completely rudderless without Dobson though. I've still never seen Fages do anything to prove he's anything other than bang average. He's like Jacob Miller without the pace. I don't get it at all.

What a cracking game , can you believe BBC didn't want to show it, fair play to Sky , we'll done to Leigh also the groundsman fantastic pitch , the Doctor won't be happy .