Because the only reason this has come to light is because of trial by social media. It seems every club in the comp now has professional lip readers who are 100% certain he said the word 'puff'. The game as a whole is pathetic now. Does anyone remember when Wigan played at Wheldon Road and someone in the crowd threw a banana on the pitch aimed at Henerson Gill, so he picked it up, peeled it, ate it and then chucked the skin back into the stand and laughed. Shame how different things are these days. Like someone else has already commented on here, I'll find it hard to still be in love with a sport as sad as RL.

Well if Leeds fans turn their backs on the game the Game will lose a large percentage of its following .

And absolutely nobody would cry a river.

you might (and its a big might) then win a GF

Except for pretty much every team in super league who would lose out in revenue. You think anyone would lose out in revenue if they went without your poxy clubs bus load?

No one would give 2 sh*ts.

No one gives 2 sh*ts about hardakers verbal, except for a bunch of stupid k unts on an interent forum.

So... if Zak is found guilty, Leeds Rhinos fans will abandon the sport completely.

Are the RFL taking note? Is that a risk worth taking?

*LOL* - Where's RL Meltdown?

I have watched the video a few times & i can say I haven't got a clue what Zak said.
The RFL should leave this be.

Have the RFL actually said Hardaker is under investigation?
I thought they had just stated an incident is under investigation. Everyone seems to know its Zak that is the player concerned but if the RFL have not made that public maybe Leeds saying nothing at this stage is the correct thing to do.

We'd be in good company, afterall you've abandoned the game in this country, right?

Better before super duper league? attendances declining? england rl worse than ever? sky's b*tches?

It's a valid point. But these rumours have being ongoing since Saturday, Hardaker himself hit out earlier on twitter, and surely the club must know of that. They must know how low he is feeling. The club should have acted by now publicly., IMO of course.

I don't think the club should rush out a statement as soon as. They would be I imagine talking to the player, the RFL , looking at the video.

An immediate statement backing Hardaker will only lead to criticism from others and won't actually do anything to quell the baying mob, probably more fuel it.

Many of us will remember similar incidents.

I can also remember seeing black men being referred to as Chalkie by knuckle-dragging "comics", watching a blacked-up Spike Milligan in "Curry & Chips" on TV too. Women barred from public bars, signs in lodgings stating: "No dogs, gyp[is[/iies or blacks"

Fortunately the vast majority of the population have moved on from those days, I suggest you try at least catching up with them

So it was remarked about by Sky commentators after a try was scored and they discussed it during the game and it drew the attention of the RFL? So if the game was not televised nothing would be investigated

Yes, it's a bit like: if you decided to knock one out in the privacy of your bedroom, you would be fine. If you decided to do similar in the middle of Briggate on a Saturday afternoon, there would probably be unwelcome consequencesd

next time he should chicken way flanagans knee, maybe cause a career ending injury. nobody will think the worse of him and he may get a 3 game ban.

but blow a kiss on the otherhand............................................................

Last time I was on Briggate I doubt anyone would understand me and I am not xenophobic either

Surely it's way past your bed time with school in the morning?

Zak is probably daft enough to invite the Sky cameras down to Briggate on a Saturday afternoon while he knocks one out.

He is several incidents just waiting to happen.

bloody long time since i was at school idiot

Well stop acting child-like then. Why would someone condone injuring a fellow professional?

ZH has no-one else but himself to blame if his next match is in 2015.

Where did I condone it???
The fact is I've he did it then it would receive half the rubbish from people pretending to be outraged and offended from blowing a kiss. It's nothing. Homophobic my

Totalrl is the other site which you earlier described as reputable?

Really?



It's a site dominated by a coterie of deluded pro-franchising, pro-merger, anti-P&R zealots who hijack every thread in order to push their tiresome agenda. Many of them appear to be Leeds fans too. No surprises there.

Horrible place full of SmokeyTA-esque fog-knitters. He's probably one (or more) of the aforementioned coterie.

The RFL have created the state if mind to look out for players welfare after the terry Newton suicide. Having seen some of the vile abuse zac has had put on his twitter feed is nothing short of a bullying hate campaign, and the people putting these posts are far worse than anything he has said and done. Should be proud of themselves. They way he has been treated would not be surprised if he buggered of to Union Oort even worse.

I recall many on this forum pretending to be outraged and offended over Cas fans homophobic abuse of Gareth Thomas several seasons ago.

Who said you were?