Gavin Haysecks turns the other cheek

Gavin Haysecks's reign as Pranker's Wycke RFC player-coach is over, after a series of embarrassing whippings. Haysecks was most recently caught with his trousers down by a rampant first XV from Fole Hilling. The 44 year old bachelor, whose legendary tight grip on the younger players seemed to have wavered in recent months, has lost 8 of his last 10 games in charge.

In a statement, Haysecks chose not to respond to his critics, whom he claimed had backed him into a corner. Instead, the reluctant fall guy chose to praise his players, whom he insisted had always stood firmly behind him.

“Anyone who has recently spent time under Gavin must have been torn apart by his sudden withdrawal,” said popular team mouthpiece and scrum half, Vince Misibly. “He will be sorely missed.”

Haysecks’s successor will announced by Pranker’s Wycke RFC in early 2007.