Rubbish. That's what they said about the Bulls and look how that ended.

Bradford were relegated because they went bust - it was a badly run club. Leeds is the biggest club in Yorkshire and along with Wigan the biggest club in SL. No chance the RFL would let Leeds be relegated. If Leeds finished bottom they would increase the number of clubs in the league.

Leeds has the biggest support, the best stadium, one of the strongest financial positions and represents the biggest city in the competition.

If Leeds finish bottom I would want us to be relegated as SL would be a complete laughing stock I not…..

Perhaps but it would but it wouldn't happen - Leeds are too big to go down.

Bradford were well in decline as a club/team when they were finally put out of their misery.

There's a lot of contributors to our face book groups calling for a minutes applause for Zak on 33 minutes

How did he behave in the off season?

That isn't why he was let go, its stuff that happened in the last few weeks.

I wasn't keen on having Zak back for all the obvious reasons. However, now that he is, I want him to make a difference on the field and go some way to rehabilitate his pretty shabby reputation. Hope he is back and OK sooner rather than later.

I never said it was.

In the off season he made it quite obvious he wanted to leave and move back to West Yorkshire - this went on right to the start of the current season. Its disruptive and unprofessional.

Wigan were also pretty unprofessional

Didn't they say you can move but you can't sign for Hull or something daft

Gutted for Zak,whatever the cause of this.

Bemused/ sods law that a new signing would something happen/ get injured or banned game 1

It seems Hardaker won't be playing on Friday!! or potentially any time soon. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/61256123

It seems Hardaker won't be playing on Friday!! or potentially any time soon. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/61256123

Pretty reasonable request from Wigan really. He claimed he wanted to leave due to the commute, so the club ruled out Hull/KR as that was the same commute.

I'm really sorry I haven't been on here to quell some of the frankly disgusting "posting" on this thread quicker. Ive removed a few posts here and there to clean the thread up so if you have had a seemingly innocuous post removed its just been for expediency.

If you want to have those opinions fine, your welcome, but please, keep them to yourself and certainly don't go typing them on here. Maybe try one of the 96 "elite" Rhinos FB groups as using libellous remarks on here will get you banned simple as.

Castleford to Hull is probably half the journey time of Castleford to Wigan isn't it?

I think it was Pontefract to Hull as opposed to Pontefract to Wigan that was being discussed at the time. It is shorter but is still a substantial commute of around 100 miles round trip.

Hopefully he makes a speedy recovery and they find nothing. Even so he could be out for a couple of months at least and may not be able to drive for 6 months or more whilst being monitored.
Given the timing it could be stress related. As I say hope he is fine and his son was not too upset at seeing him taken ill.

It’s still a fair trek but the M62 from Ponte to West Hull is an easy drive, a veritable gentleman’s boulevard. I drove it every day for years plus another 15 miles up the A1.

It’s a doddle compared to heading to Lancashire on the M62.

Anyway, sadly After his seizure I don’t think he will be driving anywhere for a bit.

If you have a seizure they get you to do all kinds of scans (including ones where they try to induce similar episodes). If they can't replicate it or see other signs they will rule out systemic issues such as epilepsy and you can get a medical clearance to drive reasonably quickly. It might sound strange to not find a cause, but its not unusual if someone only has one seizure.

If he doesn't play for a while would it still count on our cap seen as he himself has played in SL?

if course it counts, but I reckon he’ll be back for next game all being well.

I get them when I'm sick but at no other time.

No, I get that mate. It's an easier commute for sure but it's still a commute and as Wigan held his contract I think it was more a case of a better reason to break it than a slightly easier drive. They did allow him to speak to all the club's that fit his stated desire to be "near his family" which I think was being more than fair.

As you say though; all irrelevant now. The focus has, quite rightly, shifted to his health issues. Hopefully it wasn't too serious and he makes a full recovery.

Has there been any update on Hardaker's condition?

In the after match press conference JJB said he had been to Manchester for some more test and was advised to rest at home, so wasn't at the game.

Back in training according to YEP so a possibility for Salford, who knows.