Martin ASPINWALL [
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Mon January 2, 2012
Hull FC have lifted their suspension on new signing Martin Aspinwall after he was punished in court for being drunk and disorderly.
The 30-year-old former Wigan Warriors, Huddersfield Giants and Castleford Tigers second rower, who has yet to play a match for Hull after signing for them in the close season, will return to pre-season training next week after his club suspension was lifted.
Aspinwall was suspended indefinitely pending an internal investigation by the club and the outcome of police charges following an incident earlier this month.
Yesterday he was given a £300 fine by Hull magistrates after being found guilty of being drunk and aggressive on December 18 and has also been fined by his club.
Hull are still reeling from the suspension of former player Martin Gleeson for failing a drugs test and former chief executive James Rule and ex-conditioner Ben Cooper for their part in the affair.
However, Hull director of rugby Shaun McRae said the club were satisfied that Aspinwall was guilty of a minor misdemeanour and he would be welcomed back.
He said: "Following an extensive investigation into the issue which occurred involving Martin, we are confident that this was only a small incident and the fine and suspension more than satisfies any suitable punishment.
"It seems his previous record has probably gone against him in this instance. However, he understands he has done wrong and must accept the consequences of this.
"Whilst it may only be a minor affair, it is a timely reminder to Martin and the rest of the squad that certain behaviour is not acceptable and will be dealt with accordingly.
Aspinwall spent five weeks in prison this summer for dangerous driving, four weeks after receiving a suspended sentence for assault.
McRae added: "We have had lengthy discussions with Martin since he arrived at the club about his opportunity to rebuild his career here and the fact he needs to be a role model to our fans and he has consistently echoed his commitment to serving the club and its supporters with his performance this coming season.
"That will be his focus in the coming weeks as he rejoins the squad and looks to try and earn a place in Peter Gentle's side for the forthcoming fixtures."
Tue November 15, 2011
Source: www.hullfc.comHull FC have added another forward to their pack with the arrival of former Great Britain International Martin Aspinwall, who has signed a one-year deal.
The strong and powerful second rower will add plenty of aggression and physicality to Hull's pack, which can now boast eight top quality forwards, including Aussie hitman Mark O'Meley, Tongan's Sam Moa and Willie Manu, fellow former GB star Andy Lynch, goal kicker Danny Tickle and young stars Eamon O'Carroll and Joe Westerman, the latter the England Knights captain.
Aspinwall, who finished last season at Castleford Tigers, has been at the centre of a number of discussions from rival clubs, but is delighted his patience has held out to secure a sought after move to Hull FC.
"Once I was told of their interest, that was the place I wanted to go," said the Wigan born player, who has just turned 30 and has been biding his time with a number of potential suitors on the table.
"They have signed some good players, there is a new coach, a new regime and it all seems very positive from the outside so it seemed like the right move for me and something I wanted to be part of."
Aspinwall started his career at Wigan where he made over 100 appearances, scoring 33 tries in the process, before joining Huddersfield Giants and then Castleford Tigers.
During that time he also played in a Grand Final and a Challenge Cup Final, as well as touring with Great Britain and featuring for the England 'A' team.
However, having now put pen to paper on a one-year deal with the Black and Whites, with an option in their favour of another 12-months, he admits joining a club like Hull FC is certainly a highlight on that list.
"It's very humbling and a privilege to be part of this club, with the tradition and the history they have got," he said.
"It's a massive club ? the fan base, the facilities, the stadium ? and now with a new regime in place that are desperate to take the club forward everything is positive and it's something any player would want to be part of.
"I am not going to sit here and say we're going to win trophies as it's not right to do that, but I know I am joining a club that wants to get better and improve and silverware is their aim."
Having brokered a deal with Aspinwall in time for the back rower to join his new team mates for pre-season training, FC's Director of Rugby, Shaun McRae, added, "We have a player in Martin that doesn't just possess plenty of ability as a footballer, but a character with a point to prove and someone who is keen to make the most of a fresh start and make an impression at a new club.
"He adds competition for places and extra depth in an area of the team we wanted to strengthen, as well as bringing a level of aggression and fierceness that we think will compliment the qualities of the players around him.
"Martin has impressed both Peter and myself in the way he has conducted himself over the last few weeks, he has had to be very patient before we could get the deal over the line and we are really looking forward to working with him and seeing the impact he can have in our side."
He added, "He is a proven Super League player with international pedigree and to be able to introduce someone of that stature into our squad at this stage is a real boost for us."
Aspinwall is now one of eight new signings confirmed for the new season, as a new look side enters a new era of Super League.
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 2011 engage English Super League
Castleford Tigers
18 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 2 [19 Feb 11] W 18-12 v Huddersfield (H). [BE]
[View] Round 4 [06 Mar 11] W 27-14 v Hull KR (H). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [12 Mar 11] W 34-24 v Catalans (H). [BE]
[View] Round 6 [20 Mar 11] L 14-18 v Bradford (A). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [27 Mar 11] W 56-18 v Crusaders (H). [SR]
[View] Round 8 [01 Apr 11] W 20-18 v Hull FC (A). [SR]
[View] Round 9 [10 Apr 11] W 52-20 v Salford City (H). [SR]
[View] Round 10 [15 Apr 11] D 26-26 v Harlequins (A). [SR]
[View] Round 11 [22 Apr 11] L 24-28 v Wakefield (H). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 12 [25 Apr 11] L 20-22 v St Helens (A). [LK]
[View] Round 13 [29 Apr 11] L 6-48 v Leeds (H). [BE]
[View] Round 14 [13 May 11] L 0-62 v Warrington (A). [SR]
[View] Round 16 [05 Jun 11] L 18-40 v Huddersfield (A). [LK]
[View] Round 17 [12 Jun 11] D 22-22 v Wigan (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 23 [31 Jul 11] L 26-46 v St Helens (H). [BE]
[View] Round 24 [12 Aug 11] L 0-56 v Leeds (A). [LK]
[View] Round 25 [20 Aug 11] W 34-30 v Wakefield (A). [SR]
[View] Round 26 [03 Sep 11] L 18-50 v Hull FC (H). [LK]
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2010 engage English Super League
Huddersfield Giants
11 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 4 [28 Feb 10] L 10-14 v Warrington (H). [LK]
[View] Round 5 [06 Mar 10] W 52-0 v Wakefield (A). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 6 [14 Mar 10] W 26-20 v Leeds (H). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 7 [20 Mar 10] W 32-18 v Harlequins (A). [LK]
[View] Round 8 [28 Mar 10] L 6-24 v St Helens (H). [BE]
[View] Round 9 [02 Apr 10] W 48-6 v Les Catalans (H). [SR]
[View] Round 10 [05 Apr 10] L 18-30 v Salford City (A). [SR]
[View] Round 11 [09 Apr 10] W 24-0 v Castleford (H). [LK]
[View] Round 13 - Magic Weekend [02 May 10] L 10-28 v Wigan. [LK]
[View] Round 14 [16 May 10] L 30-38 v Wigan (H). [BE]
[View] Round 15 [23 May 10] L 20-36 v Warrington (A). [BE]
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2009 engage English Super League
Huddersfield Giants
19 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] Round 1 [14 Feb 09] W 30-8 v Les Catalans (A). [WG]
[View] Round 2 [22 Feb 09] L 6-23 v St Helens (H). [WG]
[View] Round 3 [27 Feb 09] W 16-12 v Bradford (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 4 [06 Mar 09] L 20-24 v Hull FC (H). [WG]
[View] Round 7 [27 Mar 09] W 22-8 v Wigan (A). [WG]
[View] Round 8 [10 Apr 09] W 30-10 v Celtic (H). [WG]
[View] Round 11 [26 Apr 09] L 18-40 v Warrington (A). [WG]
[View] Round 13 [17 May 09] L 4-24 v Salford City (H). [WG]
[View] Round 14 [24 May 09] W 54-6 v Wakefield (A). [WG]
[View] Round 15 [05 Jun 09] W 22-6 v Hull KR (H). [WG]
[View] Round 16 [14 Jun 09] L 12-20 v Leeds (A). [WG]
[View] Round 20 [11 Jul 09] W 32-16 v Harlequins (A). [BE]
[View] Round 21 [19 Jul 09] W 28-10 v Warrington (H). [BE]
[View] Round 22 [26 Jul 09] W 36-12 v Les Catalans (H). [BE]
[View] Round 23 [31 Jul 09] W 24-0 v Hull FC (A). [BE]
[View] Round 24 [16 Aug 09] L 18-28 v Bradford (H). [BE]
[View] Round 25 [21 Aug 09] L 10-12 v St Helens (A). [LK]
[View] Round 27 [13 Sep 09] W 48-16 v Wigan (H). [LK]
[View] Finals Week 1 [19 Sep 09] L 2-15 v St Helens (A). [LK]
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2008 engage English Super League
Huddersfield Giants
15 games; 4 tries, 16 points.
[View] Round 12 [27 Apr 08] L 20-28 v Hull FC (A). [WG]
[View] Round 13 [03 May 08] L 34-36 v Warrington. [WG]
[View] Round 14 [18 May 08] W 50-16 v Hull KR (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 15 [24 May 08] L 0-48 v Les Catalans (A). [WG]
[View] Round 16 [25 Jul 08] W 34-4 v Wigan (A). [WG]
[View] Round 17 [15 Jun 08] L 26-28 v Wakefield (A). [WG]
[View] Round 18 [22 Jun 08] W 26-16 v Harlequins (H). [WG]
[View] Round 19 [29 Jun 08] L 16-46 v St Helens (A). [WG]
[View] Round 21 [11 Jul 08] L 8-46 v Leeds (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 22 [19 Jul 08] L 18-19 v Warrington (H). [WG]
[View] Round 23 [03 Aug 08] W 40-14 v Castleford (A). [WG]
[View] Round 24 [10 Aug 08] W 30-24 v Hull FC (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 25 [16 Aug 08] L 20-22 v Les Catalans (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 26 [24 Aug 08] L 22-40 v St Helens (H). [WG]
[View] Round 27 [06 Sep 08] W 38-20 v Warrington (A). [WG]
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2007 engage English Super League
Huddersfield Giants
12 games; 3 tries, 12 points.
[View] Round 7 [25 Mar 07] L 16-18 v Salford City (H). [WG]
[View] Round 8 [06 Apr 07] W 56-12 v Wakefield (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 9 [09 Apr 07] W 26-18 v Warrington (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 10 [15 Apr 07] W 41-16 v Wigan (H). [WG]
[View] Round 11 [22 Apr 07] W 46-16 v Harlequins (H). [WG]
[View] Round 12 [27 Apr 07] W 28-16 v Hull KR (A). [WG]
[View] Round 13 [06 May 07] W 36-12 v Wakefield. [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 14 [18 May 07] W 36-12 v Bradford (H). [WG]
[View] Round 15 [25 May 07] L 12-14 v Salford City (A). [WG]
[View] Round 16 [03 Jun 07] D 9-9 v Hull FC (A). [WG]
[View] Round 17 [17 Jun 07] L 12-25 v Leeds (H). [WG]
[View] Round 19 [08 Jul 07] L 28-47 v Warrington (H). [WG]
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2006 engage English Super League
Huddersfield Giants
23 games; 12 tries, 48 points.
[View] Round 1 [12 Feb 06] L 12-20 v Leeds (A). [WG]
[View] Round 2 [19 Feb 06] W 26-20 v Warrington (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 3 [24 Feb 06] L 20-36 v Wigan (A). [WG]
[View] Round 4 [04 Mar 06] W 18-16 v Wakefield (A). [WG]
[View] Round 5 [12 Mar 06] L 16-18 v St Helens (H). [WG]
[View] Round 8 [07 Apr 06] L 18-36 v Salford City (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 9 [14 Apr 06] L 18-26 v Hull FC (H). [WG] 12 Pts; 3t
[View] Round 10 [18 Apr 06] L 18-52 v Bradford (A). [WG]
[View] Round 11 [22 Apr 06] L 14-46 v Wigan (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 12 [29 Apr 06] L 16-22 v Harlequins (A). [WG]
[View] Round 13 [06 May 06] W 19-16 v St Helens (H). [WG]
[View] Round 14 [14 May 06] W 32-18 v Salford City (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 15 [28 May 06] L 6-19 v Hull FC (A). [WG]
[View] Round 18 [23 Jun 06] L 16-42 v Bradford (A). [WG]
[View] Round 19 [02 Jul 06] L 14-36 v Leeds (H). [WG]
[View] Round 20 [09 Jul 06] L 26-30 v Warrington (A). [WG]
[View] Round 21 [16 Jul 06] W 26-20 v Wakefield (H). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 22 [23 Jul 06] W 34-10 v Castleford (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 23 [04 Aug 06] L 8-56 v St Helens (A). [WG]
[View] Round 24 [13 Aug 06] L 12-26 v Hull FC (H). [WG]
[View] Round 26 [03 Sep 06] W 24-18 v Salford City (H). [WG]
[View] Round 27 [09 Sep 06] W 20-12 v Catalans (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 28 [17 Sep 06] L 30-42 v Bradford (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
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2006 Challenge Cup
Huddersfield Giants
1 tries, 4 points.
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2005 English Super League
Wigan Warriors
27 games; 5 tries, 20 points.
[View] Round 1 [11 Feb 05] W 15-4 v Salford (H). [CT]
[View] Round 2 [19 Feb 05] L 16-18 v Wildcats (A). [WG]
[View] Round 3 [25 Feb 05] L 27-28 v Bulls (H). [WG]
[View] Round 4 [06 Mar 05] W 32-20 v Widnes (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 5 [12 Mar 05] L 20-34 v London (A). [WG]
[View] Round 6 [18 Mar 05] W 62-6 v Leigh (H). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [25 Mar 05] W 22-20 v St Helens (H). [WG]
[View] Round 8 [28 Mar 05] W 21-15 v Hull (A). [WG]
[View] Round 9 [08 Apr 05] L 16-24 v Huddersfield (A). [WG]
[View] Round 10 [15 Apr 05] L 14-38 v Rhinos (H). [WG]
[View] Round 11 [22 Apr 05] L 8-40 v Bulls (A). [CT]
[View] Round 12 [29 Apr 05] W 23-22 v Widnes (H). [CT]
[View] Round 13 [15 May 05] L 22-28 v Warrington (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 14 [20 May 05] L 24-26 v Huddersfield (H). [CT]
[View] Round 15 [30 May 05] W 34-20 v Salford (A). [CT]
[View] Round 16 [03 Jun 05] L 18-22 v London (H). [CT]
[View] Round 17 [10 Jun 05] L 24-28 v Hull (H). [CT]
[View] Round 18 [18 Jun 05] L 0-70 v Rhinos (A). [CT]
[View] Round 19 [01 Jul 05] W 30-22 v Leigh (A). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 20 [09 Jul 05] W 36-17 v Warrington (H). [CT]
[View] Round 21 [15 Jul 05] L 18-40 v St Helens (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 22 [22 Jul 05] L 28-34 v Wildcats (H). [WG]
[View] Round 23 [05 Aug 05] W 40-12 v Salford (H). [WG]
[View] Round 24 [14 Aug 05] W 48-24 v Widnes (A). [WG]
[View] Round 25 [21 Aug 05] W 28-24 v Hull (A). [WG]
[View] Round 26 [02 Sep 05] W 24-22 v Rhinos (H). [WG]
[View] Round 27 [09 Sep 05] L 12-38 v St Helens (H). [WG]
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