Kyle Hayes Suspended Sentence

What questions? None were put to me.

Anyway:

1. Both managers still played both players, regardless of whether they went to court or not. Weak point
2. Couldn’t Kyle Hayes turn into a ‘wonderful man’? Strange point about Leahy.
3. Eddie Brennan was on the panel from 2000 to 2011, being a regular or not is irrelevant as is the documentary reference. Both a weak and strange point.
4. Do you condone repeatedly kicking a man in the head on the ground? Obviously not; another strange question.
5. Using emoticons? Try to be a bit more mature.
6. I really don’t think you’re concerned about the Kyle Hayes case or defendant; it’s all just a sanctimonious rant you’re on.

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Warning issued,

Why did you bring Kyle Hayes family into it?

That’s hardly rational …

Cody never had any issue with Brennan's "rice man" comments either. What people don't acknowledge is that Cody is an old man of another era. He is most unlikely to have been influenced by the frenzied media morals of today where everything is binary - you're either a wonderful paragon or an absolute scumbag, and that exposition of your moral framework publicly is the only proof of the man you are. Cody would be a pragmatist in relation to any such cases. The idea that he sat down to pick a team based on anything other than utility to the team (notwithstanding claims of bias locally towards certain clubs) is laughable. Only utterly dishonest or delusional people would think otherwise.

No surprise that a poster that got themselves permanently banned off the Kilkenny thread for pure bitterness and hatred of all things Kilkenny finds a way to display more bitterness and hatred of Kilkenny on a thread about Kyle Hayes, I said it before KK living rent free in this persons head. It’s actually quite sad.

Maybe it wouldn't happen so often if sentencing were taken seriously. Hayes is now the poster boy for why its ok to plough and and kick people in the head if you feeled aggrieved. No consequences whatsoever.

Hayes is in for a long summer and rightly so. The fans and even the players will be looking for opportunities to get one over him. He might not make it to the end of championship.

Right - but this Halvey incident was a far more serious offence. Drunken, careless driving leading to a fatal accident. I recall some of the leading rugby figures of the time lining up in the court to offer glowing testimonies on his behalf.

No, of course they didn't tell lies. Did John Kiely tell lies ? They were giving testimony in regard to what they considered the good character traits of the accused in both instances. Look, I'm sure Eddie Halvey is hugely remorseful and is a good human being but that does not diminish the egregious nature of the offence he committed for which he received a quite lenient punishment.