On the back of yesterday's announcement by the club and subsequent editorial on this site, our editorial team decided to try to turn this into something positive.
Impotent rage is simply that, and a waste of emotion to boot. Instead, we're going to try to turn our attention to making sure some good comes out of this all.
This writer is making a pledge.
For every minute Israel Folau plays for the Dragons this year, I will donate 10p to charity.
The charity we've chosen is the Albert Kennedy Trust.
They do great work with vulnerable young LGBTQ+ people. 24 percent of homeless young people identify as LGBT. Of those people, 77 percent believe that coming out to their parents was the main factor for their homelessness. This charity aims to help those people and last year they provided 6,075 nights of accommodation to vulnerable LGBT young people.
Each week, we'll update the running total and include YOUR donations too. Pledge for a game - maybe when your team is playing the Dragons - for a month, for the season, whatever. Maybe just chip an idle two quid if you can at some point between now and the end of the season. Whatever you feel.
However you wish to join in, DONATE HERE and send us a screenshot of your receipt on twitter or the messageboard and we'll add your amount to our totaliser (widget on the homepage coming soon).
Please share widely and join in if you can. Let's help make a difference and get something good out of this whole sorry mess.
