Keiron Cunningham

[shaggy]

In july there was an article in the Daily Telegraph that Keiron Cunningham tested positive 2 a performance enhancing drug & was suspended 4 a yr. Yet on Fri i was watching the wigan v st helens game and he was playing
has he been cleared 2 play or is his suspension starting later or a 3rd option
????????????????

 

[JasonE]

I think it was a 12 month suspended sentence, the drug was apparently administered by someone working for the RFL at the time.

 

[pommie_raider]

He's fat and old any way

 

[terracesider]

From the Guardian:

Cunningham was found to have traces of the hormone substance HCG and fined £2,500 by an independent panel, although he was not initially named and the one-year playing ban was suspended because of the mitigating circumstances.

The 26-year-old Welsh captain tested positive 18 months ago but his name has only just been released following pressure from UK Sport, the government agency responsible for drug testing in this country, and the sports minister Richard Caborn, who had been critical at the RFL's lack of transparency......

...The independent inquiry into Cunningham's case concluded that "there was reason to believe Mike Sutherland had administered the drug to the player without his knowledge".

Sutherland was a fitness adviser employed by the RFL immediately before, and then during, both the 2001 and 2002 Test series against Australia and New Zealand. Sutherland had a similar role with St Helens until an article in the Australian rugby league magazine, Big League, alerted both teams that he did not have the qualifications he had claimed and he was sacked. Sutherland was unavailable for comment yesterday.

It turns out that this Mike Sutherland is actually a fireman from Bolton, whether or not he's qualified at that I don't know. But either he was very good as a fitness advisor or it's a wonder-drug because it's worked wonders for Cunnilingham. Fatty is now streamlined, but just as over-rated.

 

[suburbanknight]

He's fat and old any way

Isn't Cunningham only 25? Hardly old is it.

 

[Paul-The-Cowboy]

She's getting confused with Jimmy.

 

[pommie_raider]

Jimmy's not fat, and he's half the hooker Cunnigham will ever be!

 

[Paul-The-Cowboy]

Jimmy's not fat, and he's half the hooker Cunnigham will ever be!

Exactly :lol:

 

[John_Travolta]

Keiron Cunningham happends to be my fav player lol, I say he`s th ebest Hooker in the world still.....

Troy

 

[vbfg]

Nothing like this year mate. Even if he ever was, and he wasn't, this year he's been off the pace, his distribution has been poor and he's grown two extra chins.

 

[warriors]

not gud enuf to clean terry newtons boots! overweight, slow, need i say anymore

 

[aqua_duck]

not gud enuf to clean terry newtons boots! overweight, slow, need i say anymore

Really? Gees Terry Newton was dead set hopeless in the 1st two test in my opinion. If Terry Newton is the best hooker GB have to offer, then......... :roll:

 

[JasonE]

Cunningham at his best is easily the best hooker, he's awesome but I must say i was disappointed in Newton this series, I have rated him highly in the past but he never displayed any of his outstanding ballskills that I know he has and he also missed lots of tackles, he's much better than that.