He will now it's been on here

"Former Cronulla hooker Paul Aiton has not been asked to choose between playing at Wembley and a career-ending suspension, according to his club Leeds."

Bit of a daft lad if he chooses career ending suspension. I'd go with playing at Wembley.

That's a fair point!

Cake or death?!

Just re-read your post, my bad.

Joke of a decision by asada, they are the laughing stock of world sport doping!

Same old aussies.... always cheating. What a bloody joke. They get ONE year, backdated. This country is a joke, when it comes to doing something about their sportspeople who end up being cheats!!! Let's see if they update their Sanctions page. Though I can't help but notice that the RL players who have been done for steroids all got two years. (3 months for cannabis). So why have this lot got one? www.asada.gov.au/rules_and_viola ... tions.html And to think that an Australian International and captain of NSW is a drug cheat and lied continually for the last X amount of time. Disgusting.

Same old aussies.... always cheating. What a bloody joke. They get ONE year, backdated. This country is a joke, when it comes to doing something about their sportspeople who end up being cheats!!! Let's see if they update their Sanctions page. Though I can't help but notice that the RL players who have been done for steroids all got two years. (3 months for cannabis). So why have this lot got one? www.asada.gov.au/rules_and_viola ... tions.html And to think that an Australian International and captain of NSW is a drug cheat and lied continually for the last X amount of time. Disgusting.

The story seems to be that some players were unknowingly given supplements containing banned substances by an expert employed by their club in 2011. However, none of them have actually failed a drugs test. So the evidence is entirely circumstantial, there appears to be no hard evidence. Obviously some players are feeling pressured by the NRL and their clubs to take the soft bans to put an end to the issue, but I don't see how this would stand up in court if they refused?

yeah I mean surely if your going to get injected with something you would ask to see if its legal and you would also look to see what's in it to make sure wouldn't you?

I got an injection from my doctor a few months back, he said it was a flu jab. I presume it was, he's a professional, qualified person, employed for his expertise and in a position of trust, so I took it on faith that it was a flu jab and didn't look to see what was in it or if it was legal.

McDermott on Aiton courtesy of Yorkshire Evening Post - m.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/spo ... witterfeed “That’s all they are, rumours,” McDermott said. “At no stage has our club or the RFL had any contact, WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) haven’t contacted the player. Paul is not even part of the investigation. It’s just reports in a newspaper. “Paul’s getting ready for a game, we’re getting ready for a game.”

McDermott on Aiton courtesy of Yorkshire Evening Post - m.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/spo ... witterfeed “That’s all they are, rumours,” McDermott said. “At no stage has our club or the RFL had any contact, WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) haven’t contacted the player. Paul is not even part of the investigation. It’s just reports in a newspaper. “Paul’s getting ready for a game, we’re getting ready for a game.”

ASADA/WADA are not coming out of this very well. After the highly politicised original announcement ,
with national politicians in the background, the whole story went quiet just when we wanted evidence. Now there seems so little evidence that they are willing to make deals. Any player can easily say that they had no knowledge of wrong doing because they trusted a doctor who was expected to work within the laws. I cannot see anything but benefit of the doubt if the courts get involved.
On an only distantly related note WADA chose not to take action against former East German sports stars despite being handed boxes full of notebooks with detailed doping information for identifiable individuals. Although not named the information was in the format that x took y drug and broke world record today. Some of those records still stand.
If they were certain about the NRL why should they not be demanding the two years? They cannot be seen to treat cases differently or surely Rhys Pugsley could ask for a reduced sentence on the grounds of stupidity.

Double post.

Are pain-killing injections 'performance enhancing' or caffine drinks or Lucozade?