I'm sure Ryan would have just looked down at his winners medal and been quite pleased with that and although he would have missed out on what was probably a very memorable coach journey home with his team mates I'm sure he made up for it afterwards.
I would imagine all this happened late on as Ryan as ever was one of the last people off the pitch as like a professional player and role model he patiently had his photo taken with fans with his winner medal.
Must admit it seems a non story that I hadn't heard of but I suppose if its doing the rounds of the taprooms in Leigh with lots of bull and spin added by people who don't know the facts then the club should be rightly keen to snap off any negativity at source and continue to build on the positives of our team of which Ryan is one of the major ones.