Seeded password problem [Lions]

login_form_validator.php

<?php

namespace Lions\Forms;

use Laracasts\Validation\FormValidator;

class LoginForm extends FormValidator {

    protected $rules = [
        'username' => 'required|alpha_num',
        'password' => 'required',
        'remember_me' => 'boolean'
    ];

    protected $messages = [
        'alpha_num' => "':attribute' may only contain letters and numbers and should match your XXX username.",
    ];
}

sessions_controller.php

<?php

use Lions\Forms\LoginForm;

class SessionsController extends \BaseController {

    /**
     * @var LoginForm
     */
    private $loginForm;

    /**
     * @param LoginForm $loginForm
     */
    function __construct(LoginForm $loginForm)
    {
        $this->loginForm = $loginForm;
    }

    /**
    * Show form for creating a new session (aka login).
    * GET /sessions/create
    *
    * @return Response
    */
    public function create()
    {
        // This project is designed to test how easily different authentication sources (drivers) can be used in Laravel.
        // To aid this we return some extra meta-data about the current driver to the view.
        // You wouldn't need this in a typical application and this doesn't alter the login process in any way.

        return View::make('sessions.create');
    }
    
    /**
     * Store a newly created session in storage.
     * POST /sessions
     * 
     * @return Response
     */
     public function store()
     {
        $input = Input::only('username', 'password', 'remember_me');

	$this->loginForm->validate($input);

        $input['remember_me'] = boolval($input['remember_me']);

        if (Auth::attempt(['username' => $input['username'], 'password' => $input['password']], $input['remember_me']))
        {
            return Redirect::intended('/');
        }

        Session::flash('flash_message_danger', 'Incorrect username and/or password');
        return Redirect::back()->withInput();
     }
     
     /**
      * Remove the specified session from storage (aka logout).
      * DELETE /sessions/{id}
      * 
      * @return Response
      */
      public function destroy()
      {
      	Auth::logout();
      	
      	Session::flash('flash_message_info', 'Log out successful, authentication session destroyed.');
      	return Redirect::home();
      }
}

user_registration_form_validator.php

<?php

namespace Lions\Forms;

use Laracasts\Validation\FormValidator;

class UserRegistrationForm extends FormValidator {

    protected $rules = [
        'username' => 'required|alpha_num|unique:users',
        'email' => 'required|email|unique:users',
        'password' => 'required|min:6|confirmed'
    ];

    protected $messages = [
        'alpha_num' => "':attribute' may only contain letters and numbers and should match your XXX username.",
    ];


    /**
     * If no email was provided assume it is $username@example.com
     *
     * @param array $input
     * @return array
     */
    public function autofillUsername(array $input) {
        if ($input['email'] === '' && array_key_exists('username', $input) && $input['username'] !== '')
        {
            $input['email'] = $input['username'] . '@example.co.uk';
        }

        return $input;
    }
}

user_seeder.php

<?php

class UsersTableSeeder extends Seeder {

	public function run()
	{
        User::create([
            'username' => 'user',
            'email' => 'user@example.com',
            'password' => Hash::make('password')
        ]);
	}

}

users_controller.php

<?php

use Lions\Forms\UserRegistrationForm;

class UsersController extends \BaseController {

    /**
     * @var UserRegistrationForm
     */
    private $userRegistrationForm;

    /**
     * @param UserRegistrationForm $userRegistrationForm
     */
    function __construct(UserRegistrationForm $userRegistrationForm)
    {
        //$this->beforeFilter('auth');

        $this->userRegistrationForm = $userRegistrationForm;
    }
    
    /**
     * Show form for creating a new User.
     * GET /users/create
     * 
     * @return Response
     */
     public function create()
     {
     	return View::make('users.create');
     }
     
     /**
      * Store a newly created User in storage.
      * POST /users
      * 
      * @return Response
      */
      public function store()
      {
      	$input = Input::only('username', 'email', 'password', 'password_confirmation');
      	$input = $this->userRegistrationForm->autofillUsername($input);
        $this->userRegistrationForm->validate($input);
        
        User::create($input);
        
        return Redirect::action('UsersController@index');
      }

users_schema.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;

class CreateUsersTable extends Migration {

	/**
	 * Run the migrations.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function up()
	{
		Schema::create('users', function(Blueprint $table)
		{
			$table->increments('id');
			$table->string('username')->unique();
			$table->string('email')->unique()->nullable();
			$table->string('password', 60);
			$table->string('remember_token')->nullable();
			$table->timestamps();
		});
	}

	/**
	 * Reverse the migrations.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function down()
	{
		Schema::drop('users');
	}
}