I've seen a screenshot of a text from Bailey denying the sacking and other rumours.

And Chev Walker and Dwayne Barker, who seem to have been given "free passes" by the RL community for their part in the incident.

He is proving a point.

He felt he was handled badly and not consistently with others, and the instruction form McDermott for him to return to training straight away and cancel his holiday, in Zak's own words "will not be forgotten".

He was in discussions about a new contract before the episode with England. After then he called off all talks, and has not been back to the table since. His intention was to move at the end of his contract, back at Christmas time.

Hopefully, and I hope desperately, something will change there, and between them they can change his mind.

Well there is another 2 years for him to change his mind after this one. Though i can't imagine anyone thinking that getting kicked out of a world cup squad would earn them anything other than a kick up the .

To clarify is he upset that he feels others have got away with things and he has been punished?

There are many on here who would wish us to believe otherwise.

Yes. But the biggest point was that he ended up with no break at all because of it. As soon as the England issue happened, Leeds dealt with it and told him to get back in training and cancel the holiday he had booked. Every player other than him had a break of some nature.

These guys get paid to play sport, I have no idea what they have to complain about.

Oh dear, every now and again their employer asks them not to get f********d up on beer while they are expected to be ready to do their job. I get told when I can and can't book holidays, welcome to the world of grown ups with responsibilities.

Every other player at Leeds didn't get kicked out of a World Cup squad though.

well said,fully agree.

In which case I desperately hope he matures a bit quicker and doesn't waste his talent through arrogance and ego.
He deserved punishing.

I don't see a £2.5k fine and getting back in training to be an overly harsh punishment.

It's his own unprofessionalism that has put him in this position, if it's true he has reacted in that way then he really does need to grow up, as DHM has pointed out.

Not many are good enough to have the opportunity. Those that are should be taken into consideration, when operating a double standards operation, not the other way.