This is official. Leeds have put Hardacre on the transfer list at his own request. The fee is £300,000. Hardacre says he wishes to test himself in the NRL. " Leaving a sinking ship" comes to mind.

from bbc www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/36451429

from bbc www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/36451429

good luck to him. with all the nonsense he has created for himself off the field, it could give him the chance to settle down away from the limelight.
good for England/GB as well, as we have seen already how Sam's defence has improved after a spell in the NRL, so hopefully Hardacre can develop his all-round game as well.
he is a talented player. we dont want him to go down the hock route.

It's about time Leeds felt what we have been going through over the last three-four years.
Ryan Hall next?

Have a sneaky feeling they are clearing a massive chunk of their salary cap in order to sign a certain Wigan second rower

All seems a bit strange. They talk about him wanting to go to the NRL but teams over there don't make too many mid season signings. Why make it so public? If he wants to test himself in the NRL surely he would go in the off season and it wouldn't need to be blown up with him being placed on a transfer list.

It just seems like he wants out of a sinking ship and Leeds have thrown their toys out the pram (although to be fair they've stick by him in the past so you can understand them being annoyed).

I don't know the truth of why Hardaker is wanting to leave now (apparently personal reasons and not to do with the club) but it's not true that NRL club's don't make mid-season signings. Peats, Hurrell, Grevsmuhl and Paulo are first graders who've changed club's just this week, and there'll be more moving before the June 30th deadline. If he wants to go to the NRL then now is exactly the time to say so.

Do you think an NRL team will pay £300k for him mid season though?

Maybe they will but I can't see it. Maybe some sort of swap deal will be sorted out.

Apparently its Leeds that want rid early and it's not a salary cap issues . Let's just say Ferresgate seems contagious !!

He has A criminal record, he will be lucky to get a visa to oz. apart from that he is crap, in a crap team.

Don't think he got a criminal record for the student attack. Gave him a bit of cash and a "I'm sorry" letter.

Unless there is a deal already in place for Hardaker (sounds like he might have been poached) i can't see anyone wanting him because let's be honest, Sam Tomkins he aint. No matter how hard the Leeds fans pretend he is better but he is miles away. His tacking is better because he is bigger (but Sam's defence is ok anyway for his size) but he has a lot of frailties in his game that will be quickly uncovered in Oz. I hope he goes over there and makes a fist of it because look at Sam now. Ok he isn't the baby faced annoying little quick full back he once was but what he is now (so far) is a well drilled, defensively sound player with a lot more game management in him. Might do Hardaker the world of good going over there and learning to grow up a bit. Zak got found out a bit against New Zealand so would do him the world of good.

On this subject, i saw a text message from Sam T when he first went over to Oz and Jarryd Hayne went past him in his first few games and scored a try and he went straight over to Sam Tomkins and shouted "You are in my world now" Think that probably sums up the determination of the down under players to prove that they are the best.

Or it just proves that Jarryd Hayne is a c#nt.

I'd say initially Hardaker would probably look better than Tomkins did in his early days in the NRL as he's good defensively and a strong runner. Once opponents work out that he can't/won't pass he'd become completely anonymous though.