OT: ASADA and Drugs in NRL

[Suitman]

Good 'ol NRL players.
Just when things were going well, there is another scandal to take the headlines away from the football.
f**king idiots.

 

[Gronk]

Good 'ol NRL players.
Just when things were going well, there is another scandal to take the headlines away from the football.
f**king idiots.

He was tested in Nov 2019, so I assume that he thought that it was safe. But they were obviously tested by ASADA whilst they were doing their off season training / rehab.

I know we say this often, but the good players are invariably risk takers by nature. <shakes head>

 

[Eelogical]

This news pepped me up.

 

[Soren Lorenson]

Why the delay? Did he play in the first 2 rounds?

 

[Suitman]

Why the delay?

Yeh.
I find the timing quite bizarre.

 

[Gronk]

Why the delay? Did he play in the first 2 rounds?

Yeh.
I find the timing quite bizarre.

Looks like either a) Sharks knew but were trying to squeeze a round or two out of him before suspension or b) ASADA were sitting on this.

 

[Suitman]

Looks like either a) Sharks knew but were trying to squeeze a round or two out of him before suspension or b) ASADA were sitting on this.

Option B Eddie.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

 

[Poupou Escobar]

They were reporting in an article this morning (since been taken down) that he had recorded his fastest ever sprint times haha. This explains it.

And when he found out he was so happy he flew into a rage.

 

[84 Baby]

There’s probably a really obvious answer to why it took so long

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Trump

 

[Bazal]

There’s probably a really obvious answer to why it took so long

Nah, it's cos we're f**ken victims, f**ken!

Just like Gal reckons he was when he ate all those peptides

 

[Gronk]

 

[T.S Quint]

From Cronulla again, maybe?

 

[Gronk]

It does seem odd that it took a long time, but if you followed the Shayna Jack (swimmer) case it took months and months to come out.

 

[parrathruandthru]

It does seem odd that it took a long time, but if you followed the Shayna Jack (swimmer) case it took months and months to come out.

probably gotta dot the i's and cross all the t's when your accusing someone of taking performance enhancing drugs

 

[parrathruandthru]

plus you ever seen those testers, they all look about 70. Probably took em ages to remember where they parked the car to get back to the lab

 

[T.S Quint]

From Cronulla again, maybe?

Wait, just realised who tweeted that.
Chances are good nothing wrong then.

 

[Gronk]

FYI a QLD cup player tested positive in August 2019 and was only banned two weeks ago.

Rugby League player receives sanction
4 May 2020
The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) today acknowledged the decision of the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) to sanction athlete Cade Maloney for the presence and use of a prohibited substance.

Mr Maloney returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) from an out-of-competition doping control test on 15 August 2019.

His sample was analysed at the Australian Sports Drug Testing Laboratory, part of the National Measurement Institute, which detected the presence of Higenamine.

The QRL imposed a two-year ban on Mr Maloney commencing on 17 September 2019.

Mr Maloney is ineligible to participate in any sports that have adopted a World Anti-Doping Code compliant anti-doping policy until 17 September 2021. He is also not permitted to compete in a non-signatory professional league, or event organised by a non-signatory International or National level event organisation.

https://www.asada.gov.au/news/rugby-league-player-receives-sanction-3

 

[Soren Lorenson]

Rugba League!!!

ps Roy and HG on abc on Saturdays has been one of the best things out of pandemic