I dislike the RFL with a passion and could walk away from them at the drop of a hat. What keeps you going are the players and coaches and staff at this level who are as far removed from the shower of crap at RL HQ'S as you can get. Hope Leafy is back in 2013 and I wish him all the very best.

Franchising, Double standards, Pointless expansionism at any price, the list goes on.

The chant this week should not be 'Come on you Dons' but 'We hate the RFL, We hate the RFL!'

There's nothing on the Dons' website or the RFL's website yet.

We must appeal this straight away.



On what grounds have they come up with 18 months? How does this case differ from Long and Gleeson?



Leafy must remember next time to set up an account with bookies instead and he'll only get 6 months.



As other posters have said how the s*n knew about the 18 months thing also makes you ask questions.



Its a disgrace if true.

Gutted for the Lad.

It's a serious offence of which he was found guilty.

But the RFL need to be challenged to justify the severity of the ban and demonstrate some consistency. Given lighter sentences previously for similar offences.

Agreed it is a serious offence, and he shouldn't have done it however 18 months is a joke.......infact the RFL is a joke at present!!

People slagging them off won't change their mind.

Putting some sort of concerted appeal together by the club, challenging the legitimacy of the punishment, might.

Sorry SO but they will not change the verdict IMO. Leafy is inconsequential enough for them not to have to worry about appeals or petitions or whatever us the little folk may try to organise in his cause. He is not an household name, an International player and will probably never get a mention outside of this (Doncaster)forum. I hope to hell I'm wrong but its my gut feeling. The RL have always been very good at hitting hardest at the smallest in our game. So I for one will reserve my right to slag off the jumped up wannabes that purport to be the bastions of our game. Someone is close to the Sun newspaper if Wanderers earlier post is correct and if they can be influenced by that promoter of all things virtuous in our society then God help us. I don't tust them and I never will.

I believe I said the same thing about small fry and big fish on the very first topic about Sean Leaf and his misdemeanour.

However if the decision is not challenged, on the grounds that is disproprtionate when compared with Long et al, it certainly won't get commuted.

So it's better to try than not to.

Has there been any official confirmation of any ban yet?

NO.

Then why are people having a go at the RFL? Until they hand out a verdict we don't think is fair then what's the point of calling the RFL?

Where has the [iverdict[/i information come from? I can't find anything anywhere on the web. There's nothing on the Dons' website, and nothing on the Rugby Football League website. Has someone got inside information? If so, where is it from?

From a source close to Shaun.

Not the one who stitched him up. He was mate wasnt he !

Information received from a excellent source.

The Supporters trust will be having a bucket collection at the next two home games, to raise money towards Shaun's fine.

Excellent. Shaun has been very loyal to this club and we should stick by him too.

Got to say that I thought John Scarrow made his point perfectly after the game. There are questions that need to be answered, specifically from the RFL end. I'd like to think theres been transparency in the entire thing, but I doubt it.

get the "scum" tomorrow probably be shouting from the rooftops how they cleaned up rugby league,

You've got to remember this is the RFL we're talking about. The RFL that comes out with e ideas like Superleague franchising at the expense of heartland clubs while non-clubs like Paris and Crusaders have £Millions thrown at them only to fail.

The same RFL that banned Jamie Bloem for 2 years for using a banned substance whilst allowing two Bradford players (names escape me) to walk away having refused drugs tests.

Now Leaf is (alledgedly) given 18 months while Long and Gleeson were given 6 months (I think) for exactly the same offence.

The RFL is the most morally corrupt governing body in sport, they hit the smaller clubs whilst letting the big boys get away with whatever, and its about time these descrepancies in punishments for rule breaches were brought to the fore.

I could quite easily walk away from the game at the moment.

Don't walk away, Gargoyle. I understand how you feel.



We might not like a government but we don't leave the country.



We all need to be strong together for the good of the Dons and Shaun. The game of rugby league and the Dons are well worth being involved with, even if the RFL are off our Christmas card list.



We all need to stick together and be strong.

Long got 3 months, Gleeson 4 months. Gleeson's ban was longer on the basis that he played in the game in question.



Mark Cass subsequently got a 12 month ban whilst on the Coaching staff at Oldham (again for placing bets).



We need to FULLY understand what Shaun was charged and found guilty of because short of the RFL simply imposing bigger bans each time, in this case the punishment seems (on what we know) to be harsh and disproportionate.



Shaun has been incredibly loyal to the Dons through some lean times and now it's our turn to show our support and repay that loyalty.

If you walk away they win, and nobody wants them buggers winning.