I remember when this was a rugby forum. Sooner it gets back to that the better. Problem is on here that people hide behind profile names. Lets get back to the topics worth discussing not slanderous commenting on peoples lifes. Cocaine is a choice. But its illegal so you get caught you get done.

Another possible snorter...??

Correct!! Keyboard Warriors at their best/worse! Boring nonsense

That's irrelevant. You said cocaine is nearly harmless and it absolutely isn't. Wether the legalisation would affect it (or the harmfulness of other drugs) doesn't change the fact that right now the production and shipping of cocaine across the world causes misery to a large number of people. I don't dispute that alcohol causes problems too, but again, were not talking about alcohol are we.

You can have a shandy, you can have 1 or 2 pints but with cocaine people just get ‘on it’ and can’t stop when they are on it, I’ve been on days/nights out where lads I’ve been out with will come out, have a line then go back home straight away and just sniff it all day, all night and into the next day. It’s an epidemic in my opinion, far worse than alcohol.

I beg your pardon?
I’m proud to say I’ve never even touched a cigarette in my life never mind something like coccaine.
Why would having an opinion on it suggest someone has used it? Strange...

Spotted you, lovely little tantalizer you were wearing.

But we didn't did we? he continued to do it so blatantly whilst he was suspended it was impossible for the club to ignore it.
Maybe he wanted to be sacked.

Stalker!!!

What a load of rubbish!! If Cas (or Leeds) had recognised his addiction issues and took proper steps to help him address them, perhaps the drink driving would never have happened? We’ll never know. Whilst he is entirely responsible for his poor behaviour, what we do know is that the investigation into his drug use uncovered serious PTSD issues from something that happened in his youth. Wigan went the extra mile with him and his residential rehab has hopefully helped him deal with his issues properly and for good. Time will tell.
The truth is a player of ZH quality will always be snapped up after a ban because of their immense talent. He’s played 8 games and getting better every week and whilst he might not have hit the form he achieved in 2017, he’s certainly on the right track.

Leeds did and put plenty of support in place for him. But you can only help someone who wants to be helped. In the end, they had enough and got rid.
He wasn’t actually a Castleford player when he spiralled out of control, so there wasn’t a great deal the club could do. When he was first suspended and the club terminated his contract, they found him employment but again, you can only help someone who wants to be helped. At that time he didn’t and he ended up with the drink driving incident. I hope that has given him the kick up the backside he needed and that the rehab has turned his life around.
The PTSD you mentions isn’t accurate either, and the incident you refer to isn’t something that happened in his youth but during his last season at Leeds. It’s not appropriate to make public on a forum though.
Blaming othr clubs for Hardaker’s troubles I’m afraid is well wide of the mark. Players are responsible for their own conduct, particularly when they don’t even have a club. I’m afraid Cas can’t be held responsible for the fact Zak developed addictions when he wasn’t even part of the club.
To be honest, in Wigan’s shoes I’d be more concerned about his attitude after the game - joking and laughing immediately after a defeat in those circumstances is indicative of someone who doesn’t gave a monkey’s chuff about how the team do.

What did you expect him to do, Cry like a baby and throw the toys out of the pram? Maybe that’s what you wanted him to do, but the good thing for Zak is that he rose above it, rather annoyingly for Cas fans.

Well usually, you’d get some kind of serious interview about how disappointed they all are to lose and that they’ll work hard in training to put things right etc etc etc.
Zak didn’t seem to care about the result - in fact he seemed to find it funny the team had thrown away a massive lead.

I’d say he was embarrassed.
To be frank I thought it was refreshing from the usual post match sh*te most players give about being disappointed and working hard in training, in a thick, rough, scruffy, northern accent.