Saints warning for Pryce

Pryce: Community service sufficient

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St Helens have slapped Leon Pryce with a formal warning after he admitted to assault.

The Saints stand-off and former Bradford team-mate Stuart Reardon walked free from court last Thursday after a judge decided not to carry out an earlier threat to impose a prison sentence.

Reardon, 27, was given a 12-week suspended sentence at Bradford Magistrates' Court after last month admitting assaulting his estranged wife Kay after finding out she was seeing another man.

Pryce, also 27, was ordered to do 100 hours unpaid work after he pleaded guilty to assaulting Mrs Reardon's new partner in the same incident last summer.

"St Helens have reviewed the case and court sentence of Leon Pryce in detail," a club statement read.

"The club has concluded that the sentence of 100 hours community service is in itself sufficient punishment for his crime but have, in any event, also issued Pryce with a formal warning.

"In arriving at their conclusion, the club did take into account that Pryce was open, co-operative and truthful to the club when recounting the matter, has shown genuine remorse for his actions and due recognition of the embarrassment which it has brought upon himself.

"The club will be making no further comment on this matter."