Rob's a very funny guy and you have to understand the context of his comments.
The group of us (pi$$ed as lords) jeering the pros during the finals of campaign last year whenever we saw them cheating generated very simular comments. I almost fell off the bleacher when he screamed "I hope your mother's proud of you!"
oh believe me i know where your coming from with 'the lads banter', but just find the comments to be distasteful, im sure rob is a cool and funny bloke and its much easier to joke with someone when you know them, but saying to a stranger i hope you die of cancer is a bit hard to swallow