For me,sad to see him go,100% every game,loved the fans and vica versa,but I feel he left the club with no choice.! Good luck wherever you end up and thanks for your fantastic effort on the pitch.

Thank you for the good times Ben. The MOM performances in 2006 (inc the incredible Grand Final display), that match-winning try in the first SL game against Wakey, the enthusiasm and rapport with the fans, all and everything else will not be forgotten.
Shame it's had to end like this, and IMO the club have done the right thing, but over the last five years he's been one of the most reliable players we've had. Just wish he could have sorted himself out, cos I fear it could be downhill for him from here now.

On the pitch Ben has been fantastic for us and been part of the Championship side that got us promotion and kept us up, he can be very proud for his efforts. My fav memory of Cockayne was the winning try in our game v Wakefield at home in our first season in SL.

Its a shame he has had to leave the club but things had got out of hand.

Yeah, cos the board have been terrible for us haven't they?

All I will say is people like Cockayne ,Tansey etc,should take a step back and realise just how lucky they are to be involved in a game 99% of us would have loved to have been in a position to play.

I give it 2 years before hes in prison.

Well said Ian. Nice to hear an honest opposition view on him (as a player). Definitely will leave a gap within our ranks for sure. It's disappointing for everyone concerned. I certainly think he could've gone onto to big things at Rovers but it wasn't to be, sadly. Sometimes divided opinion on the terraces but no one doubted he did/does have a special connection with many fans. Which makes this decision a sad one but ultimately I think probably best for both parties. Time to move on.

why is it over the years at all clubs in rugby league we get good players and bloody good players but they ruin their lives with of the field antics I can name another who was good yrs ago David bishop but of the field he was a plonker douse it all go to their heads

Absolutely gutted about this but, the club have no choice, their hand has been forced! Ben gave 100% every game without fail and unfortunately some other club will benefit from this. Good luck for the future Ben!

Signed for Fev last night for rest of this season.

glad the club have made this decision. Personally felt they should have made it following the racism on facebook affair. I don't care how good he was on the pitch or if another club benefits from his signature, i'm just glad he's no longer associated with us.

Hate him as a player, thug off the field too.

Adios out of the city you horrible rat!

Rover's dont need him dragging the club under with him.

RoversTrace (assuming she is mortonstalker) has a good video on YouTube of Charlie that's currently doing the rounds on Facebook, Well chosen song and a reminder of just how much he has been a part of our rise.

Have a look, titled: Charlie_0001.wmv
Once there, her other videos are a good watch too, the one titled Ben Cockayne was great, 10-17 at Huddersfield IIRC, first Rovers player to the fans to celebrate, love it.

I fully expect that Charlie will get a warm welcome at NCP in the future in any shirt.

How did you know it was me





Glad you liked it

The guy is scum, how anyone can hold him in high regard is beyond me

Your better off without him

I find myself in the very unusual position of agreeing with you. I just wish more rovers fans would say the same but unfortunately I believe club loyalty is still winning the day

Each to their own opinion.

On the field he was unmatched for heart and off the field he was a great lad too, I've had the pleasure of talking to Ben a fair few times and he always had time for fans.

What he got up to, in his own time, is no worse than what goes unnoticed each and every day countless times in Hull, some far worse. His identity tied up his actions and sadly has ended his stay at Hull KR.

If it hadn't been for the media sources around the modern game this wouldn't have been the outcome.

Barrie McDermott has done worse than Charlie (he was the first person in the UK charged with using CS gas in a brawl) and now is a much loved TV pundit.

Barrie was a scrapper no doubts there (however he never needed a mate to hold any-one down whilst he kicked them in the head!!)...nor is Barrie a racist ....unbelievable comparison

Well said dum dum Charlie is a really nice guy but he made the mistake of moving back to the area where all his trouble started my motto is never go back and he did, I was angry with bens last actions simply because he was great for our club and I just hope he doesn't keep falling into the same trap at his next club.

Did the people in this area make this [ilovely nice guy[/i be a racist ?

Well, I've never met him, but I do remember his girlfriend (at the time, no idea if they're still together, hope not for her sake) being completely dumped whilst he went out on the town in Perpignan. Strange behaviour for such a lovely lad...

Whoo Whoo I never said that did he but it's pretty obvious ain't it that it's all happened whilst he has been living in this area he moved back to as I've said gutted he's gone from a players perspective but the club have done the right thing now it's up to him to turn his life around,and bb u know as well as I do that other people in society have done far worse things than Ben and I know that but cos he is in the lime light it's made it worse u cannot tell me he is the only racist in the country

Sadly he is not the only racist in the country...

I think the fact he is in the limelight has not made it worse at all, in fact I suspect his rugby kept him out of prison after his appalling assault! (as it has a few players)..
He is a grown man who has been given numerous chances to turn his life around, he has displayed to every-one that he is a scum-bag with no respect for all his fellow human beings.
I expect people to recognise his contributions on the rugby pitch, however I find it very disturbing when people describe a racist who nearly kicked a man to death as a lovely, nice man etc....

He's not even racist, he joined some 'proud to be British' Facebook groups and called an indian taxi driver a derogatory term (not to his face, to his own friends) hardly puts him in white robes with a burning cross, does it?

I could join the same groups (which have over 1000 members) and write offensive comments on my wall and I guarantee I won't end up in the paper.

You really have shocked me with that post Dum Dum as I know you are an intelligent man!
Mind you some would argue Nick Griffin is also intelligent.