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strider

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Could he have been given something and been dumb and just had it without question? Yes, I know being dumb isn't an excuse - but having trust in others is a nice thing at times too
 
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Well these guys are drilled on what they can and can't take from Harold Matthews onwards, there really is no excuse

What if someone slips somebody a Mickey (not referring to this particular case)? Still the players responsibility and you still (rightly) cop the suspension, but the moral judgement is quite different.
 
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no one's B sample has ever tested negative

Just to insert some facts into this discussion:

All Black lock Patrick Tuipulotu cleared of doping after B sample tests negative
By Liam Napier
Updated February 9, 2017 — 3.57pmfirst published at 3.40pm


Drug Free Sport New Zealand boss Graeme Steel says Patrick Tuipulotu's doping case is a "one in 10,000" occurrence after the All Blacks lock was cleared of taking a banned substance.

Fairfax Media broke news that Tuipulotu tested positive for a specified substance last November, and was subsequently suspended from taking part in all rugby.


https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-...-b-sample-tests-negative-20170209-gu99uu.html
 

Avenger

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So not a big believer in due process then?
You’d be surprised. I am but this is a hopeless situation. I still however think he’s a f**kwit and a downhill skier. Never wanted him re-signed in the first place. He’s past it and maybe he thought the same which is why he ‘allegedly’ took the substance in the first place.
 
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You’d be surprised. I am but this is a hopeless situation. I still however think he’s a f**kwit and a downhill skier. Never wanted him re-signed in the first place. He’s past it and maybe he thought the same which is why he ‘allegedly’ took the substance in the first place.

I probably wouldn't ;) Forgetting the individual involved, we'll find out and he'll either cop it or he won't. And he won't get any sympathy from me at that point if his B sample comes back positive.
 
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