Plus players Lilley and Handley will be looking at far improved deals, can't imagine they would have been on much before this year.

Agree also biff but while certain players have upgrades surely JJB Delaney Mags Burrow will of taken less?
One thing none of us know is who's on what but surely we can see over last few years too much has been done on the cheap and now without three of the legends were being found out

But JJB and Burrow were two of our best performers so why would you want to pay them less?

Apparently Cas have walked away from a deal with Leeds for Hardaker.
Cas had an offer of 90k accepted last week and agreed terms with Hardaker.
Huddersfield then made a larger offer and Leeds demanded Cas match this, but we declined.
Hardaker had already agreed terms with Cas and is apparently less willing to go to Huddersfield.

Source?

Tomato

Considering I've just had to step in and drag Zak away from having a fight with his own mates and throw him in a taxi home.....I'm not sure the time away in Aus has done anything to mature him.

You should have left him to it. Maybe it's time he realises he's a grown man and has to take responsibility for his actions

It was embarrassing. Here he is at a crucial point of his career and he's at the bottom of Briggate having a Jeremy Kyle episode with his mates (who he previously claimed he needed to get away from, and I could see why tonight)

I thought he was with the England RL squad - did he not make the trip to France?

He's not in the England squad

Like Cockayne did?

Leopards can't change their spots.

Printer has probably knocked £20,000 off the fee we were going to get

Serial miscreant in behaving like a serial miscreant shock horror.

Printer - you should have left him to it.

Leeds need to get rid - pronto - bugger any fee - it ain't worth further disruption to the club.

Time to sever ties.

That's what happened with Rangi at Salford. Was too disruptive. MK got shut rather than wait for a fee.

If he's not careful by the time Hardaker matures his career will be done and dusted.

Id say his career is pretty much done and dusted now anyway, probably best to shuffle off to somewhere like Toronto for a couple of years, that is if he'd get a visa.

Good point. Being compared to Cockayne must surely be an honour to Hardaker. He'll never change. Had the chance to become a mainstay of our club and help guide us forward. Instead his true colours have come out.

Hi can someone help me I was wondering
If Zak don't move on before training start next year will he train with the Leeds squad ?
and if he doesn't move on before round one is he eligible to play for Leeds (he will still be part of the squad that makes up the salary cap)

I would imagine he'd still train with us if he remains here and we'd play him if we had injuries (we played him vs Wakey even though it had been announced he was transfer listed) providing Hardaker is professional enough to accept that situation. Whilst a good player, if it remains our intention to sell him and move ahead with Sutcliffe or Golding at FB then they should be picked ahead of him.

Is sounding like he's Huddersfield bound though.

If a club is wanting him you would think they would want him available for when their pre season begins?

You'd think so, but not before he's back from England duty.

Unless GH has a major change of heart(?) & Hardaker shows that he's changed (both improbable to my mind) then I do not believe we'll see him in Rhinos colours again.
I feel really let down by Hardaker, I named our first Westie Zak in his honour since he'd become a favourite of mine.
Thankfully our dog is infinitely better behaved & more mature than his namesake.