Zak Hardaker charged : Mon Jun 09, 2014 4:01 pm  

Hardaker charged with Grade E offence - carries a 4-8 match ban. Peacock also charged with punching v Leigh. http://www.loverugbyleague.com/news_152 ... um=twitter

Hardaker charged with Grade E offence - carries a 4-8 match ban. Peacock also charged with punching v Leigh. http://www.loverugbyleague.com/news_152 ... um=twitter

Re: Zak Hardaker charged : Mon Jun 09, 2014 5:48 pm  

I've seen the video of Hardaker making the comment and hope he gets the full 8 games

Re: Zak Hardaker charged : Mon Jun 09, 2014 6:10 pm  

St pete wrote:

I've seen the video of Hardaker making the comment and hope he gets the full 8 games

It was ugly.

I doubt he will get the full 8 games though.

Re: Zak Hardaker charged : Mon Jun 09, 2014 6:17 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

It was ugly.

I doubt he will get the full 8 games though.

He deserves it. No room for that in life, never mind sport.

Re: Zak Hardaker charged : Mon Jun 09, 2014 6:19 pm  

Full ban for me too, no place for it at all, regardless of who it was directed at.

Re: Zak Hardaker charged : Mon Jun 09, 2014 6:46 pm  

Simply HAS to get the full ban. If he doesn't the sport looks bad and that should not be allowed to happen. Any lesser punishment will reflect poorly on the RFL.

Re: Zak Hardaker charged : Mon Jun 09, 2014 7:41 pm  

If he pleads guilty he can't get the full ban. Justice is about rewarding an admittance of guilt.

My issue with his current guilty plea is that I'm not sure whether I believe it or not. I'd have to see the incident again from a wider angle because I'm not sure who he was saying it too and there again comments to the ref has to carry more than to a player, it just does.

To a ref with no guilty plea 8, to a ref with a guilty plea 7, a player with guilty plea 6 for me.

Just hitting out with an 8 regardless would not be justice.

Re: Zak Hardaker charged : Mon Jun 09, 2014 7:54 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

If he pleads guilty he can't get the full ban. Justice is about rewarding an admittance of guilt.

My issue with his current guilty plea is that I'm not sure whether I believe it or not. I'd have to see the incident again from a wider angle because I'm not sure who he was saying it too and there again comments to the ref has to carry more than to a player, it just does.

To a ref with no guilty plea 8, to a ref with a guilty plea 7, a player with guilty plea 6 for me.

Just hitting out with an 8 regardless would not be justice.

Eh? That logic is very warped. You don't even need a plea if you know he's guilty in a case like this. The initial decision at the very least has to be 8 matches, otherwise it risks it being seen as okay. They need to make a lesson out of Hardaker for this, it's just not on in this day and age.

Re: Zak Hardaker charged : Mon Jun 09, 2014 7:56 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Eh? That logic is very warped. You don't even need a plea if you know he's guilty in a case like this. The initial decision at the very least has to be 8 matches, otherwise it risks it being seen as okay. They need to make a lesson out of Hardaker for this, it's just not on in this day and age.

Agreed!

It's not like he can say it wasn't him, it's on video of him saying it.

Re: Zak Hardaker charged : Mon Jun 09, 2014 8:04 pm  

It's not warped logic, it's the normal process of justice.

He can be guilty but argue all sorts. He can argue he said it to a player not a ref, that it was heat of the moment, that he had suffered a recent emotional trauma with his pet cat, all sorts for mitigation.