3 to 5 week for me, apologizing doesn't make up for saying it in the first place.

As you say it won't happen and I can just picture all their fans singing "There's only one Zac Hardaker".

F......g F...s the lot of em.

8 match ban for you Baldy.

Accompanied by the most tuneless brass band in Yorkshire?

Ain't that the truth!!

I hear that tonight they are playing "YMCA", "I Will Survive" and a medley of Judy Garland numbers.

"His name is Zak, he tickles your back"
"Hard-Hard-Hard-acher".

Hope the ref's in pink tonight and a rainbow appears over the stadium.

"Wash your mouth out son, Cos Hardaker wants yer bum"...

Weyman had his ban overturned. Apparently there wasn't clear enough evidence. Always a first time I guess.
I do wonder if it was the fact they shot themselves in the foot by stating that it happened in the 'personal space' of Tim Roby but his mic was unable to pick it up.



I also notice Mr Roby hasn't got a game this weekend.





I think we can all agree that even though it us it's nice for a Hull club to not be shafted and for the disciplinary to be shown for the clowns they are.

It appears to have been Roby's word against Weymans and Hornes. With no recorded evidence to prove what he said, no other "court" would have done what they did. No wonder the ban was overturned. Is the original panel a load of blokes in a pub? Do any of them have any legal training?

How does Peacock get found guilty of a grade B offence yet avoids a suspension?

Oh wait, Leeds own the rfl, silly me.

Do any RFL officials have any training whatsoever??

This is exactly right at the time of the origional ban I read 'In his personal space' and the read 'Wasn't picked up on the referees mic' and I burst out laughing.

Zak Hardaker banned for 5 games and fined £300.

Yet the ref on the field heard it and did nothing.

I think the £300 is a bit of a joke, but 5 games is fair enough

He could have spent that money on soap to wash his mouth out.

so we can take that as the standard for this sort of thing being 8 weeks and £500?

I can't believe that. People are walking away from our game in their droves and one of the reasons is because of the bias shown by our governing body.

McDermott defends Hardaker
Last Updated: 16:23 11/06/14


Leeds Rhinos coach Brian McDermott has defended Zak Hardaker after he was handed a five-match ban for "using verbal abuse based on sexual preference".

Hardaker admitted making the remarks during his side's Super League defeat at Warrington 12 days ago but denied they were aimed at referee James Child and claimed he was unaware of their connotations.

The Rugby Football League's independent disciplinary tribunal accepted that Hardaker is not homophobic but were satisfied that the remarks were made to the match official.

McDermott said: "From the outset, our club has always had a stance against any form of discrimination.

"We actually had a week designated to the Lesbian, Gay and Trans-gender organisation and Zak Hardaker and Kallum Watkins were the cover boys on that.

"Zak fully accepts the punishment that's been handed out to him. From the outset, he's shown remorse and realised the error of his ways.

"But he's really upset that he's getting accused of being homophobic. He's been found guilty of using offensive language and causing offence. To inaccurately tar a young man with that is irresponsible.

"It's a tough week for Zak and it will continue to be a tough week. He's getting hammered from everybody for two words that he shouted out.

"It's a shame that the whole game has been brought into question. But one of the positives is whole game's response.

"We haven't tried to sweep it under the carpet, we've been very transparent with how we've dealt with it. What is hasproved is that there is absolutely no homophobia in our sport."

Hardaker will be sidelined until mid-July but is expected to attend the England training camp in Loughborough this weekend.

Frustration

Meanwhile, McDermott has hit out at the RFL's failure to punish Leigh forward Matt Sarsfield for instigating a fight with Leeds' former England captain Jamie Peacock during last Friday's Challenge Cup quarter-final.

While the match-review panel decided the sin-binning was sufficient punishment for Sarsfield, Peacock was ordered to face a disciplinary hearing and only avoided a suspension because of the provocation and his previous exemplaryrecord.

"There is a sense of frustration of why he was even called up," he said. "Our game has never really made a distinction between the thug and a braveheart.

"It almost seems to be making too strong a point on the people who retaliate and not enough about the people who are the actual instigators.

"Leigh had a strategy to win the game. They felt they couldn't deal with JP's open and honest game where he just runs as hard as he can and keeps as fit as he can so that he can last longer than anybody else.

"Leigh concede they can't do that so what they do is wait until he is on the floor and cheap-shot him and head-butt and try to get him to retaliate and get sent off.

"While ever those thugs aren't being made accountable, you will always give those thugs the motivation to do it.

"It's unbelievably frustrating. It was a head-scratching moment when they said the Leigh player wasn't acting against the spirit of the game."

Is james child gay?

I don't think it matters does it? What he said was wrong whether it be to a heterosexual or homosexual.

I agree it was wrong either way but more severe if he is actually gay.

What's funny is Leeds complaining about being stitched up by the RFL.

They should spend a week in our shoes where Mickey gets a 2 match ban for tackling somebody and our players (rightly) pick up bans for punching unlike Teflon Peacock and Teflon Sinfield.