Rangie Chase should be giving some money towards Tangi's support.

Too right.

Loss of earnings in the form of compensation for criminal injuries should apply...the hit on him was beyond the laws of the game

Dont clubs have to have insurance for stuff like this? And yes i agree chase should have to pay him..

Anyway good luck with your walk

There are three mandatory insurance policies in place covering Public Liability, Personal Accident and Death by Natural Causes.

However it is recommended that players and clubs consider whether additional cover is appropriate for their own personal circumstances.

I'm just not sure, and after looking into this matter, I'm slightly concerned how safe semi professional players are. This incident doesn't happen week in week out, the game has cracked down on dangerous tackles, like chicken wing.

Tangi may have some sort of claim in place. The fans are concerned that if he doesn't have evidence of earnings through playing rugby league for Featherstone his visa may be brought into question :-/

Thank you for your well wishes

I doubt Rangi Chase will give a penny, largely because he's a [BLEEP

Ex Fev Favourite, Tony Tonks posted on facebook that the insurance is very difficult to get and only covers neck and back injuries, not a dirty little Cas [BLEEP smashing your jaw.

Tangi has said that he will receive a small income from Fev, but I for one can't stand by and let a lad suffer like this, after becoming a Fev legend in such a short period of time. I've sent £100 of my meagre wages to help him.

What about a bucket collection at the game?

I am my friend. The weather isn't looking in our favour for staying dry. Hopefully my straw hat with shelter me from the down pour. I've heard one of your fellow fans has sent a signed Tomkins shirt to be auctioned off after the game. I applaud that, as I will show my gratitude for each donation I recieve.

I've caught the bug a little with this charity walk. If, touch wood it never does, any of your cherry & whites is in need of some support, I will be more than help happy out.

He should auction off his MoS award for Ropati's benefit. He should never have won the award in the first place so this would do something to right that wrong and make some restitution to Ropati for the injury he suffered.

All us Wigan fans could have a whip-round and return it to its rightful owner

Agreed. Love your user name - I'm guessing you aren't a fan of the MoS awards process either!

I think though that last year was an even bigger disgrace than the Barrett/Roby debacle. When they robbed Trent at least they had the decency to overlook him in favour of a player who was also world class, even if not up to Trent's standard that season. When they picked Chase over Tomkins on the other hand...

The players picked Chase.

To me that makes it worse. That means that the players, who should know a good player when they see one better than anyone else, clearly dont know enough. Either that or they are a very jealous bunch.

James Roby?

Just shows the fickleness of some players who voted for him. It's alot easier to stand out when playing for Castlford (no offence to their club) than if he played for Wigan or Wire etc

I would be seeking the services of a 'no win no fee' injury at work type lawyer to seek compensation from Cas, as it was one of their employees that caused his workplace injury.
It would be good exposure for these type of parasites and may get him an out of court settlement.

2007 "the system is a disgrace, the players should pick man of steel"

2011 "the system is a disgrace, the players aren't capable of picking the man of steel"


anyway, back on topic - is there any recourse for Ropati to sue Chase, especially as his actions have led to a direct loss of earnings for Ropati.

Agreed.

The MoS judging is an embarrassment to the sport. This sort of incompetence/petty jealousy is very unhelpful to RL's image and its attempts to be taken seriously as a significant sport in this country.

I'm sure the club will seek legal advise on the matter. Can't think of any previous incidents, where a player has seeked compensation, against the individual who caused it. Hopefully it won't come to that. It's a contact sport, we want tackles to be legal of course, but we'd hate our players to refrain from big hits, to avoid the risk of potential court action.

....on another note........any standing water on the pitch yet

ps will be in the seated stand waiting for the bucket collection for Tangi so i can do my bit

Dunno about the pitch, but lots of standing water on the playing field and green in Ackworth, 1 1/2 miles away.

Re: getting a no win no fee solicitor in.

I'm just finishing my law degree now so I can maybe give a bit more information on this.

Proving a tort of offences against the person in a professional sporting context is notoriously difficult. Lawyers and academics have been arguing for years over whether or not injuries like this constitute a normal and acceptable risk through playing the game (which has normally been seen as the threshold).

A friend of mine is currently writing a dissertation on the subject (with a particular focus on rugby) and there's a really large amount of confusion over it. Its worth going to seek advice but the standard set will be hard to reach particularly due to the fact rugby is a physical game and injuries like this might been as an acceptable risk which does not give rise to liability.

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