Luke Burguess is out of contract at the end of this season and cant see any nrl club wanting him so no swap deal needed to sign him

Peter Smith of the YEP has denied Hardaker is leaving. I would say that's as itk as you need

Comes up with a few brain explosions though. The intercept pass to the young St George centre the other week after the hooter in the first period of extra time - IIRC that was one of his.

Think Hardaker's game could really benefit from getting away from Leeds altogether now. The NRL could be the place to grow up but in the end it's down to the individual whether they take the opportunity.

Like Tomkins, Hardaker wouldn't be in the Top 10 NRL fullbacks

Boyd
Inglis
Dugan
Slater
Moylan
Coote
Munster
Mitchell
Wighton
Barba
Tuivasa-Sheck
Tedesco
Gordon

Are all loads better than Hardaker.

Probably would be shipped into the NSW Cup sides a la Burgess and Mossop.

Disagree. There *are* loads of good fullback in the NRL, but the Hardaker of the past few years could hold his own on that list because he was so good defensively. He doesn't have the handling ability of Coote/Moylan type players but he has the exact same skill set as Josh Dugan, and he does ok. He's better than Gordon and Wighton on that list, as well as any Knights or Titans fullback, plus Inglis has moved to stand-off now. I'd back him to do well if he joins the right club.

Agree with Craigizzard, not saying Hardaker is better than any of those mentioned but you could have a debate for sure with the majority, going off the last few seasons.On this seasons form he would struggle to be in the top ten in SL.