Hardaker 'Helping Police with their Enquiries' Leeds Rhinos 'bad boy' Zak Hardaker appears to be in trouble again, and is rumoured to have been dropped ahead of tonight's game at Warrington Wolves. Leeds have confirmed that two of their players are 'helping police with their enquiries' following the alleged assault of a a man at a student residence in Leeds last month. Non-club sources have named the players as star full-back Zak Hardaker and Elliot Minchella. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

Hardaker 'Helping Police with their Enquiries' Leeds Rhinos 'bad boy' Zak Hardaker appears to be in trouble again, and is rumoured to have been dropped ahead of tonight's game at Warrington Wolves. Leeds have confirmed that two of their players are 'helping police with their enquiries' following the alleged assault of a a man at a student residence in Leeds last month. Non-club sources have named the players as star full-back Zak Hardaker and Elliot Minchella. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

Having seen the picture released and thinking it looked nothing like Hardaker, I've now booked myself in at the opticians.

Hardaker is rapidly moving into the category..."could've been great but decided to self destruct"

I have no idea what the current issue is or isn't all i can say is that judging by his increasing tally of misdemeanours and indiscretions he looks to be in full 'self sabotage' mode and in serious danger of ruining his very promising career

I'm with you on that, in which case I'd better book an appointment at the opticians as well. The more I look at the picture the police released the more unsure and concerned I am.

I really hope that isn't a picture of young talent and bright futures being snuffed out.

Leon Pryce is still playing in SL.

Me too. His dress sense sucks.

That goes without saying, what got me fretting was how much weight he's put on in the face Looking at that photo if it is him, he wasn't dropped because of police enquiries, he's not match fit.

If Hardaker & Minchella were involved in this incident I can only imagine what McDermott & Hetherington must think.
They (Hardaker & Minchella) must both be truly stupid not to have learned anything from the examples set by Peacock & Sinfield both on & more importantly off the field.
So, so disappointing that they could have let themselves, their families, colleagues & the club down.
Sadly, appalling behaviour by young sportsmen seems to be on the increase.

For Zaks case let`s hope he was acting in self defence and or Minchella was the one who threw the punches
Even so poor from both of them to be out there at that time doing what!?
If it was Kylie or Burrow I might not have been that bothered

Whilst I agree it's disappointing from both Hardaker and Minchella, especially Hardaker since he should know he's high profile and with his previous indiscretions he needs to be careful. And that both of them should be more professional like numerous other members of the squad (regardless of what's happened in this incident they were both out drinking til half 2 when they shouldn't be).

But I don't agree that this kind of behaviour by young sportsmen is on the increase. We only need to look back to the thread on here about Schofield and the amount of stories about what senior squad members were getting up to never mind the younger ones.
I think young sportsmen are more professional than ever.

I'll be very surprised if Zak is at Leeds next season, even before this incident I had my doubts

We'll have to agree to disagree on this.
I don't recall reading in the past(20+ years ago) regular stories about sports stars being arrested or charged for assaults, drunk driving, drug misuse &/or drug dealing on a weekly if not daily basis.
Back then there was not the money nor the media attention that such people get these days.

Which maybe the primary reason it appears to be on the increase. I can only imagine what some of the pictures from some of the famous drinking sessions would've looked like from the old days had there been camera phones, CCTV and social media.

I still think that back then the likes of these young men may have drunk too much but they would probably have been too knackered from working all day in "proper jobs" to have then gone out on the alleged rampage in the middle of the night.
The truth now is some of our modern sportsmen have too much money & too much time on their hands.

TBF in the "old days" there wasn't CCTV, and there wasn't even reporting of a lot of the types of crimes that NRL/SL stars are getting caught up with now. Who knows what was going on.