Drugs-Doping

[SpaceMonkey]

Scurrah seemed pretty confident in his statement about the whole fiasco, I think I believe him.

I'm 90% sure we'll be clear, the only reason I suspect we haven't already confirmed is it was possibly past close of business in NZ due to the time difference.

 

[Fufu Andronez]

Found this in the NRL forum and as said there wtf?? Just because we didn't answer??

http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/pen...-1226575763705

 

[LeagueNut]

Do we need to be worried if Penrith are involved?

Did their current coach bring in new methods that had worked for him in the past? Or did a former coach have things in place that shouldn't have been??

It's all speculation of course, that's all we can do right now.

 

[LeagueNut]

Found this in the NRL forum and as said there wtf?? Just because we didn't answer??

I've just read the last few pages of that thread. I still can't work out if this is the worst thing ever in the history of the universe or just some trumped-up fishing expedition. If some of the speculation in that thread is on the mark there are going to be some massive shitstorms for some clubs to get through.

 

[SilentOne]

Club's sport science focus is on equipment and analysis rather than chemistry.



He's confident the Warriors won't be implicated in the drug scandal rocking Australian sport, but chief executive Wayne Scurrah can't categorically state that no players from the club will be linked to an investigation that claims performance-enhancing drug use is rife in the NRL.
"We've had no advice of any sort about the club or players that have been implicated," Mr Scurrah said. "Certainly there's nothing to be alarmed about that we are aware of."
Australian media have reported that six NRL clubs and a number of individuals, including at least one star player, are at the centre of an investigation by the Australian Crime Commission into the use of peptides - new-generation drugs that boost the body's production of human growth hormone.

The investigation claims to have uncovered evidence of systematic doping programmes at unidentified sports clubs, with the role of sports scientists and conditioning staff coming under scrutiny.
Mr Scurrah pointed out that a review into last season's poor performance by the Warriors highlighted an under-investment in sports science. That had been addressed this season, with the club spending heavily in an attempt to match its rivals on the increasingly vital sports science front.

However, the spending had been targeted at equipment and analysis rather than chemistry.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/league/news/article.cfm?c_id=79&objectid=10864820

 

[Skinner]

In an interview on Friday morning, Gus Gould was hugely confident that Penrith were clean........

 

[One Warrior]

Found this in the NRL forum and as said there wtf?? Just because we didn't answer??

http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/pen...-1226575763705

Note the asterixed comment on the diagram beneath the Warriors, that Warriors are not named in the ACC report.

 

[Evil_Mush]

Very handy fineprint, considering the heading for that image is "NRL CLUBS IN ACC REPORT 1".

Classic news media.

I gotta admit, I'm taking this all with a grain of salt at the moment (at least the NRL-centric side of the story), and not really paying too much attention at this stage. All the back-and-forth reports (often contradictory) with little to no actual substance gets tiresome.

 

[Diesel]

What's the word in Auckland, are the Warriors safe?

 

[spear tackle]

What's the word in Auckland, are the Warriors safe?

There was some article in the local rag that said they were, I guess its just a wait and see now. I hope they are all good.

 

[Rich102]

Even though the club might not sanction it some players are going to be tempted to take "supplements". We have all seen the change in some players physiques over the course of one off-season. Are they clean? Only testing will tell.

Common sense is not tested for in the NRL.

 

[ozbash]

this is going to be huge

 

[spear tackle]

this is going to be huge

Either that or a total non event

 

[Diesel]

Just saw we got the all clear in the NZ Herald

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Six clubs have confirmed that they're involved, so we've been cleared by default. Individual players could still be implicated but that applies to all clubs.

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

Either that or a total non event

Covering all the bases there.

I'm confidant that we are safe

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Worst case scenario for us now is individual players getting busted without club involvement, which is about as good as it gets for anybody at the moment.

 

[Wheeled Warrior]

With all the allegations regarding match fixing. They should ask Ryan Tandy where to start.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

So it seems to me that any club that has had any association with this Dank character will have their names mentioned in this report, and there were 5 of them, so I wonder how the 6th will become involved

Im tipping this to end as a storm in a teacup, much like last nights much hyped announced by Channel 9 that they were going to name an NRL star, which turned out to be Curtis Johnson :lol:

Hopefully it doesn't drag on too long though, pretty sure the audit at Manly has already been completed so hopefully results out soon and on with the season

 

[JoeD]

the article with the unnamed player is interesting. I have heard similar things from a current player ie he's pretty sure there are dopers in the nrl and he's suspicious of certain players but has no real proof.

I think people who don't think this is big are the same who thought Armstrong was clean right up until he admitted he wasn't