Absolutely fantastic article. The club have been tremendous in the support package had in place for Gaz, just further confirming my ideas about being responsible employers and embracing players like a family would. Just a pity Terry weren't still at Wigan when his ban came.

Can't bloody wait for June.

He'd have to wait 3 weeks for it because they take a mid season break for an academy test series v France. So it wouldn't be to 9th July v Quins in London.

What a great article.

When he first got banned I was mad as hell - and didn't want anything or anyone to give our club more bad press and did not want him back. When I was asked 'would you rather have him playing against us?' my respnose was always the same 'I would rather have him playing against us and loose; than loose our dignity again as a club'

Reading this article has changed my views - Lenegan and the club have done the right thing in making Hock proove himself and challenge his morals.

He was one of the best in SL at the time of his ban and I'm sure with the bulking up and training he has been doing since the ban he will only come back stronger but even better for me is his WANT to play for Wigan and realising what he had and every so nearly lost.

Well Done Gaz and please please please don't risk loosing it all again

A friend of mine was on a night out in leeds one night and was asked by a promanant Leeds 2nd rower if he could borrow his Mobile Phone quickly as he had left his at home.

After the phone call was made, said 2nd rower offered to buy my mate a pint to say thanks.

In the pub was a mass group of current Leeds Rhinos players all enjoying a few sherberts.

After a couple of pints the question of "who do you hate playing against the most" popped up.

Everyone of the Leeds players said "Gaz Hock". He is hated because he will physically cause pain both tackling and running the ball in. Most thought he is a good lad, others thought he was not...

All agreed that they hated comming up against him the most. Quite an honour from the then Champions.

Get him back into the swing of things and i see no reason why this unofficial title could not be regained.

I have never thought the argument we ought to have him back because if we didn't he'd be lining up against us was a good enough reason to take him back on anyway.

Reading the article you get the impression he certainly needed the help he has had from this Robinson bloke to stop him going off the rails when banned and that fact he seems to have changed is all good for him.

However there are several posts in this thread mentioning who he might replace in the team. Well whoever it is, it will be someone who didn't take drugs and get banned. I have no problem with the likes of Hoffman coming in and taking the place of one of the other back rowers if he proves he's a better player. That is sport but I'd be quite happy if Hock had sorted himself out and went to play for Saints or Bradford or whoever and left our current players to fight for the first team places.

Now before anyone says that is punishing him twice, its not. He can still have an RL career but I'd prefer it if it were elsewhere and the club focused on the lads who have remained professional throughout and won us a grand final. I shall now don my hard hat......

Fickle as this may sound - up until reading the article I was saying pretty much the same as you are now.

I was annoyed that he had spent all his life growing up wanting to play for Wigan - got there and thrown it all away-great advertisement for kids that idolise him. Of course I believe everyone should be given 2nd chances but I wanted that to be at another club and I didn't want Hock back for us as I didn't want us being the soft option.

The article is very well written and obviously written for one reason only, however; little things I have heard along the way and coupled with the article have changed my mind and if he continues and prooves himself then I will welcome him back.