Reading some strong runours that Mr Hock has been sacked as far as i know this is news to me but does anyone have any knowledge on this??? As far as i was aware he's recovering from his operation on the shoulder and he'd signed a contract extension not too long back so where has this come from and how true is this anyone??????

More Hock rumours. Brilliant...

Nothing in it at all as far as I know. I think it's just regurgitation of the rumours that started a few months back regarding Parramatta and the 'rumoured' reasons behind that move which ranged from the ridiculous to the unbelievable.

Oh well thats good news i wouldnt like to see Hock leave that would be pretty bad for our club with the season being so close, lets hope it's just rubbish then!

#hockrumours

Will be a big loos to your team losing Gareth. I personally can't see another player in SL replacing him at Wigan. Not my favourate player but god I wish we had him at Leigh.

As the saying goes 'There's no smoke without fire'

Having said that I'll choose to believe it when I see it

Why would the club sack him?
If they wanted rid then put him on the transfer list.
That way we'd get a fee rather than giving him away and probably to one of our main rivals.
OK we'd have to pay him but he wouldn't be playing and that would do him more harm than it would the club.
That's of course if there's anything at all in this, yet again!

I was thinking along the same lines. With top players so rare in Super League surely if the club wanted rid they'd try to sell him? If interested clubs had no money available there's the potential of trading players. Even if it wasn't like for like surely the club would look to get at least something of value in return for a player who, even with his past issues, is very highly rated and valuable to the club.

Gleeson was sacked

[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/wigan/9415552.stmNot strictly true[/url, plus Hock now is a far better player than Gleeson was then

I've heard it's a Swap deal with Adam Blair .....

If it's a swap deal would that make it a 'Blair Switch Project'?

I got yer coat

I was thinking Gleeson.
Took weeks before the club made an announcement one way or the other, so it seems strange they havnt come out and denied the rumours, just like the Gleeson situation maybe there is no good news to announce

Gareth Hock should have been sacked when he was found guilty of taking drugs a few years ago. The guy is a liablity and should have been thrown out of the game then as any Rugby League player under them circumstances whoever they play for.

Lets bring back hanging while were at it?

Not a question of lets bring back hanging. The likes of Hock who are in a privelaged position playing a game that they love and being paid for should know how to conduct themselves of the field.

So is it just drugs then?
What about other stuff like GBH,Assault,driving offences,Burglary, fraud etc etc etc ?

Just do us a quick favour and write a quick list (Shouldnt take more than a few minutes) of the offences that you would ban people for life for.

Don't talk crap ! You've got proffessinal sports people in a lot higher grade sports like prem footballers for a eg. Who don't even get 12 month bans for the same offences . 2 years ban for a recreational drug is a decent punishment . Any player deserves a 2nd chance . I wouldn't like you be in charge of any state of mind programmes , let's throw them to the dogs and sacked him and let's some one like wire pick them up on a freebie , that's a good idea haha NOT !!!

Genocide, life ban I think. Whilst it may not be currently covered by the sport, it's up there with recreational drug use.

Hes been sacked and in process of signing with another club, that im not sure off yet.

Why is he in a privelaged position? has he not earned the right to be playing a game that he loves and be getting paid for it, after all he is the one who dedicated his early life to cold Sunday mornings playing for amateur clubs.

Being a Saints Fan, looking at this rumour from outside the cherry and white box, I can't help but think if this rumour is true then losing another good player in such a short space of time can only damage whatever preparation time you have left for the start of the season.

Whatever his misdemeanours, whatever his off field antics other club fans cannot deny the fact that Hock is one of the best 2nd row forwards in this competition, and I hated every minute of Good Friday and Magic Weekend as he presented danger to our defence everytime he had ball in hand be it in his own 10-20 metres or in the opposition 40, he could provide the brilliant pass to set the likes of Tomkins, Charnley etc. towards the try line.

He'll be a loss if the rumours are true though.

He'll be a massive loss if any of this is true. If he has done something stupid I guess the club don't really have any other option.

i was for hock getting the boot for his drug offence but to paraphrase the status quo on here at the time it was 'give him another chance but if he steps out of line then get shut'

i hope for our sake these infighting/arguing etc rumours are false as id hate to think our club would bottle sorting it out.