I think it would probably depend on where the balance of your squad needed strengthening.

It would probably also depend on what else you could get for your star halfback.

And on what your star halfback wanted. If you were Chase would you want to stay at a club that had just lost its 2 brightest young talents and had recruited pretty much nothing comparable in return?

I don't know the answers to any of these but they are all considerations for all parties involved.

Whilst there is obviously a chance that the coke could have been masking something more serious, Hock was banned for taking a 'social' drug. Newton and Hudson were banned for performance enhancing drugs.

For me, that is where the line in the sand is for sacking. Stupidity and cheating are different things.

No drugs, no matter what sort, should'nt be tolerated in our game. But i think clubs and rugby league in general should do more to help players. Gareth Hock made a stupid mistake, but Wigan have stuck by one of there own, and hopefully he will learn from his mistake and come back the player he was.

Apart from Dave Watson who we signed.

He passively smoked that joint if you believed his tale!

Along with some violent &/or racist ex-cons.