I think the point isn’t that this particular offence is pretty clear cut in terms of evidence. You can’t really dispute not being over the limit if the intoximeter records you as over the limit. If he hadn’t been over the limit he wouldn’t have been charged.
Ten bets he can go is plead guilty and mitigate. Pleading innocence is never a good idea in drink driving cases, unless of course you want to incur the wrath of the magistrate who has to listen to a pointless argument.

You need to give your head a shake also. What if the club do let him go and he reaches rock bottom and then follows the same route as Terry newton. Now imagine if that was a member of your family. just a little food for thought.
BTW I don't condone what Zak did and i too was originally calling for his head but i've since calmed down and looked at the bigger picture.

That is a very noble sentiment but deeply flawed, effectively what you are saying is that a club (or employer) could not sack someone no matter what they do if there is the slightest risk that the individual could then do something unfortunate, surely there must be a line where the club has to protect its own interest and reputation, duty of care can only go so far. Obviously the club in this case will have to consider all possibilities (and they will have far more information about the individual than anyone here will have so should be in a better position to make a judgement) but from the outside it would seem the best option is to get rid to protect the club.

For me what it does do is question the judgement of the club in employing him in the first instance and I have no doubt that they would have stayed well clear if he was an average player - I wonder if the fact of how good a player he can be over-rode other considerations - I guess we will never know.

What a load of old , Sick of people using the Terry Newton scenario for certain agendas, Zak is a complete ar$e, The type of guy that would lie and claim he was depressed to get his own way, I don't for one minute think he is mentally disturbed, he's just some chavy council estate scummer who doesn't want to leave that lifestyle behind, I suspect he really can't wait till he can be with his mates full time again selling gear, mugging old grannies, twocing cars and doing burglaries, No fan on here is genuinely scared of him doing a Terry Newton, your all just t1ng yourselves in case he get's given the boot and ends up at Warrington and scores loads of tries against us.

Terry newton was a different scenario altogether. He was left out to dry. had little support.
Hardaker has had nothing but help, counselling, and various people willing to help him change. Some people don’t want to be helped.

Newton socialised with the same druggie gangster as the boxer "hitman" and look at the results of that lifestyle choice.

I'd be extremely surprised if that happened.

My point was that you threw the “ if it was a member of you family” crap into the argument, I was simply pushing it back to you from a different perspective. I appreciate that you yourself come from a very small gene pool so perhaps it’s understandable that you didn’t quite get the point that I was trying to make.

I got your point, you where just trying to be a clever like you are doing know, why not do yourself a favour and just keep it shut

Obviously being clever isn’t your strong point. I’ll keep posting if only to get under your skin

Enjoy yourself

The guy is an idiot should be sacked/contract withdrawn end of.