I find it hugely ironic that a day after complaining about a lack of advertisement of Rugby Leaguefrom Sky, Hardaker then took it upon himself to make sure RL remained relevant in the spotlight.

Nailed it!

All this after Bateman was singing his praises in the RL press earlier this week. Does the guy never learn?

Drink driving, no insurance, no MOT.

Seriously this guy is never ever gonna change. He is a disgrace!

Can’t educate pork.

Couldn't Wigan sell him back to Cas?

He has not got issues, he is just a world class , but keeps landing in his feet. Clearly even wigan cannot now employ him.

I am sorry but you are not aware, you are out right wrong, south stand fully paud fir by the club, north stand shared investment.

Hardly surprising.

If brains were cotton wool, old Zakky boy wouldn't have enough to make a Tampax for a canary.

Fake news.

How’s Wakefield’s stadium coming along? We’ll be done with our temporary stand shortly, you could buy that for a start, only need 3 more stands then.

Shouldn’t you be more interested in the Catalans ground or maybe even one for Toronto?

The same Wigan that gave a slap on the wrist to a player for smacking his teammate round the head with a bottle? Yeh, they’ve got standards, them.

That’s the thing though, he has been getting great support year upon year, mistake upon mistake, club after club, much much more then Joe Average would’ve gotten for the same behaviour. Arguably this could be why we see these constant failings because he knows people will still continue to give him chances because of his talent.

He should go to prison - something has got to make him grow up and take responsibility for his actions

I'm not saying support so that he can continue to play RL. Not support as in "we'll stand by you and give you another chance". I mean support so he doesn't end up in prison or a grave. There's obviously a pattern of self destructive behaviour. As I say he shouldn't step on an RL field again in a professional capacity but that doesn't mean there's no underlying problem that doesn't need sorting. Nobody acts like this "just because".

I’ve got a job for Zak; he can sniff all those ridiculous lines off the Toronto “pitch” and make it start to look like a rugby league pitch rather than a laser light show at the Warehouse Project.

Give him another 2 legs and a tail,and he could be a sniffer dog at the airport.

Ian Lenagan

Chalk another one off Ian...





Get him off to Toronto. The dealers there are suffering since the departure of the three amigos at the start of the year

Maybe we should use the yanks abbreviation of DUI to prevent confusion

Wigan would be fools to keep him now. He's an idiot

You have no idea, The south Stand has been funded 100% by the Rhinos, while the new North Stand is jointly paid for by both the Cricket and the rugby, sharing the corporate suites etc. In fact the Rhinos share of the cost is £14 million. (be noted this is the cost to Leeds Rhinos not Leeds city council )

He did put the old "as far as I'm aware" on the end which usually means "I haven't got a clue".

Prize pillock - always has been, and always will be; and it makes a mockery of all the mental health nonsense that was trotted out to excuse his previous indiscretion.

Would someone do that for no reason whatsoever?

Undoubtedly, some people who suffer from mental health issues have questionable judgement and behaviour that can be a manifestation of their mental state.

But I am firmly of the belief that some people are also just first rate A-holes. People who's number 1 priority is having a good time, regardless of the potential consequences or the impact they have on those around them.

Zaks interview in RLW stinks of someone who knows he's super talented, knows that's enough for him to stand out in SL and be a star and as such hasn't needed to apply himself. Whilst he made all the right quotes about now focussing on his career, ultimately.hes proven again that he takes his talent for granted and thinks he can behave however he wants, because he's a good rugby player and that will always be there as a living for him.

As such, I'm more than confident that Zak firmly sits in the A-hole category, potentially both, but using mental health as an excuse for his repeated bad behaviour does not wash with me.

He likes a drink, and is clearly a terrible drunk - behaves badly and make a terrible choices. That is not necessarily (and rarely) a mental health issue.