Tough to know what to believe to be honest. A lot of rumours are coming from Cas fans, who naturally have an axe to grind. I remember them coming up with all sorts of crazy rumours when he was suspended this time last year. I'd get rid, but not confident that the club will, given how difficult it would be to find a good replacement four months before our first game.

Only player to wreck two different clubs build up to GF in consecutive years.

Zak Hardaker given a 20-month driving ban after pleading guilty at Leeds Magistrates to drink-driving. The Court heard he was more than twice over the limit and told officers he had two gins and six pints. Listed on court documents as Zak Dakin, he was also given a £1,810 fine. https://www.wigantoday.net/news/wigan-w ... -1-9392273

Zak Hardaker given a 20-month driving ban after pleading guilty at Leeds Magistrates to drink-driving. The Court heard he was more than twice over the limit and told officers he had two gins and six pints. Listed on court documents as Zak Dakin, he was also given a £1,810 fine. https://www.wigantoday.net/news/wigan-w ... -1-9392273

Radlinski bang right not to comment. As others have said, I think he'll be kept on. IL and KR will have known when they were getting themselves in for when they signed him and would be very naïve to think they'd have no further issues. Granted, probably thought they'd get a decent year out of him first!

Article saying he was twice the drink drive limit having drank "6 pints and 2 gins". Failed breath test after he ran off and police attended his house. Chances are his alcohol levels were higher than recorded after his little jog home and journey to the cells.

Time will tell what's next for him. If he is sacked, another Cas contract wouldn't surprise me and it would speak volume about the culture there. Can't help but feel if I was a team mate of his I would be absolute livid at him detracting from GF chances last year but I suspect it'll be water under the bridge for them...

Just a steady night then by Zac's standards.

Would be interested to know if he had training the next day...

Failed breath test after he ran off and police attended his house. Says it all really, B in him off before he causes real problem within the club, We have Escare so we will not suffer for having, Use his money on another prop

Wigan’s main issue should be that he was out on the razz after midnight when he was due in for training the following morning. If that’s how he treats the club that have offered him a lifeline, within days of starting, they god knows what he’ll be doing once he’s got his feet under the door.
The fact he’s been caught drink driving in a car that’s uninsured and doesn’t have an MOT just makes it worse. And the stupidity of trying to evade the police by running off and even then claiming not to be the driver is just indicative of his poor decision making.
But from a performance point of view, the fact that Zak thinks it’s okay to go out and get battered when he’s due in training the next morning is the biggest worry,

Hope not.

God I hope not. Powell has turned around the culture at Cas.
Chase shipped out as soon as he was starting to bubble.
Carney kicked out when he caused problems within the squad.
Hardaker sacked on the spot, but only because Steve Gill was so adamant,

Signing Hardaker again (IF he becomes available) would be such a backwards step. Unfortunately though, it wouldn’t surprise me. Powell sees him as more than a player and I think that might cloud his judgement.

Would it not be easier for you to stalk him if he did go back to Cas though?

Only on game day.

Didn't Powell resign chase?
Didn't Powell sign hardaker in the first place?

What is so bad about Yorkshire that makes people want to get p155ed out of their brains?

The thought that he had to travel to Wigan probably. I never knew he was so attached to his golf clubs. As for the mitigation his brief should have got a couple of months for contempt with this pearler -:

He added: "He takes his responsibilities as a sportsman very seriously."

Best ask the rat brothers.... o sorry that wasn't in Yorkshire.

you see this type of behaviour every nigh on reality shows police interceptors etc. And when the scrotes get another fine and another ban for endangering peoples lives I always think instead of using another ban lock them up for the period you were going to ban them for ensuring they are off the roads.

Were does it say that he was uninsured and no MOT as that would have been stated in the court case and a bigger fine.

He likes to make the headlines on Grand Final week doesn't he, for all the wrong reasons.

He was arrested on the Tuesday night, Wednesday was the players day off.

Have you never had a few pints when your off work the next day.

Plenty of times. But I haven't jumped into a car after six pints.

I posted this about Zak and how Wigan's chairman would handle the situation back in September Quote ="The Biffs Back"We all knew that he was gonna screw up again but not before he made his debut FFS! Very interesting to see how Wigan handle this incident so soon after he has started training with them especially as the Wigan chairman said this upon his signing Quote Ian Lenagan warned that Hardaker cannot afford any more controversies. Lenagan said: “This wasn’t a decision that we made lightly. We recognise the serious nature of this incident and our choice in offering this opportunity should not be seen as condoning his actions in any way. “We had extensive conversations with Zak and his family before making our offer. “We encountered a man who, after eight months of reflection, openly admits that he has made a series of significantly poor decisions over the past few years. “Crucially, we also saw someone who recognises that this is the final opportunity to focus on delivering the achievements his talent should generate. “I have had the experiences in business and sport of offering contrite individuals the final opportunity and environment to learn from their mistakes with some notable successes and occasional failures.'" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-leagu ... lay-drugs/ Wigan have previous and didn't cover themselves in any glory with the way that they handled the Bateman/Mossop incident, when perhaps the end result was perceived by many that they simply decided to just keep the only player worth keeping ability wise rather than who did what and to whom I could still envisage Zak playing for Castleford in 2019'" How will Lenagan now handle this situation after stating that Zak can't afford any more controversies but now that he has been found guilty of drink driving prior to him even lacing up his boots for Wigan? An awkward situation without a doubt for Lenagan with how he handles this I feel sorry for Sam Tomkins who has been fantastic this season and has played his best rugby since his return from the NZ Warriors and has been allowed to leave Wigan the club he loves, to sign for the Catalan Dragons for 2019 onwards, when I'd guess that it wasn't his preferred option

I posted this about Zak and how Wigan's chairman would handle the situation back in September Quote ="The Biffs Back"We all knew that he was gonna screw up again but not before he made his debut FFS! Very interesting to see how Wigan handle this incident so soon after he has started training with them especially as the Wigan chairman said this upon his signing Quote Ian Lenagan warned that Hardaker cannot afford any more controversies. Lenagan said: “This wasn’t a decision that we made lightly. We recognise the serious nature of this incident and our choice in offering this opportunity should not be seen as condoning his actions in any way. “We had extensive conversations with Zak and his family before making our offer. “We encountered a man who, after eight months of reflection, openly admits that he has made a series of significantly poor decisions over the past few years. “Crucially, we also saw someone who recognises that this is the final opportunity to focus on delivering the achievements his talent should generate. “I have had the experiences in business and sport of offering contrite individuals the final opportunity and environment to learn from their mistakes with some notable successes and occasional failures.'" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-leagu ... lay-drugs/ Wigan have previous and didn't cover themselves in any glory with the way that they handled the Bateman/Mossop incident, when perhaps the end result was perceived by many that they simply decided to just keep the only player worth keeping ability wise rather than who did what and to whom I could still envisage Zak playing for Castleford in 2019'" How will Lenagan now handle this situation after stating that Zak can't afford any more controversies but now that he has been found guilty of drink driving prior to him even lacing up his boots for Wigan? An awkward situation without a doubt for Lenagan with how he handles this I feel sorry for Sam Tomkins who has been fantastic this season and has played his best rugby since his return from the NZ Warriors and has been allowed to leave Wigan the club he loves, to sign for the Catalan Dragons for 2019 onwards, when I'd guess that it wasn't his preferred option

Was widely reported when he was arrested and charged.
Those offences will have been dealt with by means of a fixed penalty I’d imagine.
As a criminal offence, the drink driving had to come to court.

He was meant to be in training. He’s not part of the main playing group.

With drink driving the defendant is arrested for that offence and it's standard procedure to charge with all document offences. The defendant then produces those documents at court and those charges are then dropped hence there been no mention of the document offences in the court report