Zak sacked!

Does this mean sacked but will still keep his registration?
Or sacked we no longer want anything to do with him even though we might get some cash back from another club?

The timing on this announcement is interesting after the Wigan rumours. Cas could have sacked him at any point but appear to have made efforts to keep him on side, including, so it is rumoured, helping him find gainful employment. Yet having held back from any announcement or action and before the RFL / UK Anti-Doping agency have made any public announcement. They've sacked him. Very Interesting.

On the day they release FPN too.........

Wigan would be crazy to offer Hardaker anything solid at this stage. There is a very high risk he never comes back anywhere near as good as last year, especially given 2 years completely away from the game.

The announcement was clearly a slip up by Powell.

Regarding keeping the registration, on talk sport last night they said if Cas had suspended him they could keep it, but if he is sacked then they can’t.

Hence looks like Wigan are gunna get Zak on the cheap. I’d imagine somehow someway Cas would get some compensation but seems they’ve blown their bargaining power.

Wane commented on Hardaker in the YEP and sounds utterly deluded. The only way Hardaker will change is if he takes a ban as a real wake-up call, not because of what any club can do to help him.

Wane obviously thinks threats of physical violence will straighten out Hardaker. He's apparently not been to the Warwick.

Quite.

He's had his 'chance'.

He had a 'chance' after assaulting a student.

He had a 'chance' at Penrith but didn't make the grade.

He had another 'chance' by Cas signing him up for a fresh start - which he ruined with his drugs offence.

So now its Wigan and their 'holier than thou' attitude. Betty Ford Clinic they are not.

How many more young fans get a 'Hardaker 1' shirt - only 12 months down the track to be told that he doesn't play for their team anymore.

'Why not Dad?'


You can't educate rubber.

Can't stand Wane. His comments are ignorant at best. 'we look after our players'... yes and of course neither Leeds or Cas do. He should be keeping his mouth shut (which I know he finds difficult) and go nowhere near Hardaker until after his ban, it's sending the wrong message. In fact if any of Zack's management team have been talking to another club the RFL should lengthen his ban for good measure.

Does anyone come back to RL a better player? Ever?

Compare that to McDermott, who when asked about Hardaker’s availability essentially said that it should not be a news story and we should be talking about players who actually can play (his interview is available on RL with JD on most well known social media sites).

This should be the approach of everyone when discussing a player who can’t play for the foreseeable future.

It's like Wane is turning a blind pie to all Hardaker's past discretions

14 month ban confirmed.

So come out of it pretty well then hasnt he, so will be at Wigan next year on a big earner. This is why people like him never learn as he has ended up coming out of it in a better position.