Drink-driving rugby league star banned

FLED Hardaker at court ENGLAND rugby league star Zak Hardaker got a 20month driving ban after an “amateurish attempt” to flee police while twice the drink-drive limit.

A court heard the Wigan Warriors player, 26, had drunk two gins and six pints when officers spotted him driving erratically.

He pulled into a cul-desac in Ponetfract, West Yorks, and fled with a pal.

When police quickly turned up at his home nearby, Hardaker initially denied driving but then “came to his senses”.

Leeds magistrates court heard he had been worried about leaving his golf clubs in the car overnight.

District judge Paul Currer told him: “You showed greater concern for your clubs than you did the safety of the public.”