Huddersfield Giants stay tight-lipped on Mickey Rourke party ban story

Sep 19 2009 by Sam Casey, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

CLUB bosses have refused to deny reports two Huddersfield Giants players were suspended for partying with a Hollywood A-lister.

Keith Mason and Scott Moore sit out today’s play-off game against St Helens.

It is the second consecutive match they will have missed – after being banned from the last game of the regular season against Wigan last week.

The club have only said the pair’s suspension is over a breach of club discipline.

Now a national newspaper has claimed the pair were banned for boozing with Oscar-nominated actor Mickey Rourke.

According to the report, Mason and Moore struck up an unlikely friendship with Rourke – star of The Wrestler – at Stringfellows nightclub on the night of the Challenge Cup Final defeat to Warrington Wolves on August 29.

The trio reportedly exchanged numbers before the two players returned to Huddersfield.

After the club’s civic reception in St George’s Square – attended by more than 2,000 fans – the next day, they allegedly returned to London to hook up with Rourke at the GQ Awards at the Royal Opera House.

They were still in London at 8am the following day and angered Giants coach Nathan Brown when they then called to say they were sick.

The club is still flatly refusing to answer questions about the matter.

Yesterday media manager James Brammer: “We have said everything about the issue and there is no further comment from the club.”