No, the Roosters have not had any positive drug tests results
Elevated Human Growth Hormone readings can occur for a number of reasons. Having elevated readings does not a positive test make. For example, if you are sick or if you have a diet that is high in certain proteins or you work out a lot you could have elevated levels. Also race can play a part. Pacific Islanders have higher natural levels than caucasian people for example at certain times of their lives.
Elevated growth hormone levels are a warning sign that there may be other issues there that require addressing such as follow up testing, medical assistance for a virus or a change in diet.
Professional athletes often have levels that are higher than normal, especially if say they're going through a growth spurt in their teens. It's important to determine the baseline you're comparing one person to vs another and to also determine if there are genuine reasons as to why this can occur. Making blanket statements such as "players have tested positive" does no one any favours and only serves to muddy the waters and cast suspicion on people that do not deserve it. Such as we've seen with Cronulla all year.
For the record I have not flung any dirt at Cronulla - nor will I do so and I have been highly critical of the whole ElephantJuice in sport thing from the start. I personally think it's a f**king farce with more political bullshit surrounding it than anything else.
People have been using it as a vehicle to take the focus off their own failings and it's been a f**king disgrace from the get go.
Now it's being used to try and destabilise a club right on the eve of the Finals. The timing couldn't have been more obvious.
