But they have only had circa 24 hours to consider their approach. I should imagine a great deal of legal work is being done in the background looking for mitigation or a flaw in the sample process. Also should his B:Sample be negative he will be in the clear.

Bdum tsch!

do you not remember when everyone was complaining about eh MIA's from that squad, che smith came out and said the rfl had cocked up releasing this as the elite squad/have to let WADA know where they are 24/7 for testing purposes and everyone had assumed it was the england squad, when it wasn't.

I hope not.

If he's been tested positive Wigan should use him as an example to all the other over paid dic*heads we currently have at the club.

I don't care how good a player he is, we shouldn't be making excuses for him and he should be made to pay the price for what he's done.

I didn't dispute that. You stated that the thread title is wrong, yet all these reputable websites state almost exactly the same. These are not amateurs on a forum, they are professional websites with legal advisors.

Why is that difficult for you to understand?

Let's start a new thread for LWF...


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Yeah, I'm just pretty sure that had anybody known about this Smith wouldn't have selected him, as he probably won't be around for a couple of years.

I think any club should stand by their player if that player has been 'wronged'. However, I hope that IF guilty then wigan let things take their course and don't bring the "men in suits" into procedings to defend the indefensable!

hope hes ok to play semi all them knock ons he makes will help us win

As far as i an see it's a presumption, there is no facts to state Hock as been taking cocaine, the drug he has tested positive for is used in muscle pain relief medications, the test can also be wrong if he has liver abnormality's or an infection which he may of may not know about.

You may not have noticed but the Wigan, Leeds, Bradford and Salford boards started with the title "Hock tested positive for cocaine" those have been changed to simply "Gareth Hock" wonder why that is.

Maybe, I'm not overly interested in a debate about this. This started because you stated the title was incorrect. I pointed out that perhaps you should let all the reputable websites and news agencies know that they have got it wrong too. If they have got it wrong, no doubt they will change within the hour anyway.

I haven't really gone into my beliefs on this thread.

Even though Hock hs been caught - I'm not holding my hopes up for a lengthy ban.

Punishments for the Wigan Warriors are generally far less than for other clubs.

Salary Cap, then Cocaine, What Next?

I suggest this thread should be removed. It's just too risky.