Whilst i agree with much of the above Gotcha unfortunately Zak has to take responsibility for the company he chooses to hang around with. As a professional sportsman Zak has a lot to learn something he does very slowly.

I cant see him coping in Aus away from his friends and family. His career could be heading for a crossroads. Personally i wish him well but wouldnt want to see him return to Leeds.

The problem he might have created for himself is that if he struggles there then maybe that other club who are interested think "hmmm.....maybe not after all"

Also on the friend issue....obviously you pick your friends and whilst he might be away from them can we say confidently he'll get his 'choice' of friends right over there. Just like a gf, with a few exceptions you usually have a 'type' of friend you like to be mates with. We hear plenty of stories of NRL players having dodgy or poor company.

If it wasn't for that, we wouldn't have Segeyaro...

It would be in Leeds interests if this serial miscreant made a successful go of it in the NRL.

Unfortunately, it's not looking very likely. Let's be honest here... he's nowhere near good enough.

The fact that this Oik from Ponty/Fev armed with an extremely limited skill set, who cannot perform even the most basic function in RL (passing the ball) won the MoS award last season highlights how dreadful SL has become.

Blah blah doom and destruction everything blue and amber is poor as is the whole of Superleague. We get it Billy Boy you don't rate RL in the UK. So why do you invest so much time and effort in it? I like your cameo cynic appearances. But please, just occasionally, change the bl00dy record.

I'd say tackling is the most basic function of rugby league William, there are plenty of players playing on both sides of the world who are pretty poor passers.

He can pass the ball fine, his flaw is that he doesn't most of the time.

Because he hasn't needed to.

He's been head and shoulders above most players his entire life, why pass when you have the skillset to skin the opposing player with pace or a juke? Only now has he finally run into players who are playing above him on a consistent basis, this is where he needs to step up and re-tool his game and to be frank, I hope he does, the more players being forced into learning at a consistently higher standard the better. I he cant master basic passing then he wont last long in the NRL.

If he was making the argument for any other reason than to get a rise, that might be a valid point.

We both know he isn't though, whether it's right or wrong.

The fitness/strength argument will never be resolved as long as we play 10 or so more games a season than the Aussies.
Something you can't lay at Hardaker's door.

Only now? 2011/2012 when he playing centre it was called that he needed to learn when to pass and the same happened when he went to FB mid 2012, so that's 4 and a half years he's had.

shouldn't some blame be laid at the door of the coaches too?

That is not the case though is it - the top players in the NRL play almost as many games as our players and at a significantly higher level of intensity.

The initial feedback from Hardaker is the training at Penrith is longer and harder than he is used to.

2015 NRL Grand Final was played on 4 October 2015. Australia didn't have any end of season internationals last year.

Round one was played 3 March 2016.

That's a five month gap between the end of one season and the beginning of the next.

SL Grand Final was played on 10 October. Third Test against New Zealand was played on 14 November. Round one started 4 February. That's less than three months gap for elite players between the end of one season the beginning of the next. Even without the NZ series, the gap between seasons would still be a month longer in the NRL than in SL.

You're not seriously telling me that doesn't impact on the players' ability to prepare their bodies properly?