I've heard the final straw came when his wife left him

I found the quote from Peter Hood the Bradford chairman rather curiousTerry was the ultimate professional during his time at the club and it was a privilege to have known him as a friend and colleague."

Surely the timelines of his positive test (Nov 09) suggests that he was perhaps doing this when he was still with Bradford? My own speculation of course, but thought it was a rather odd quote.

Sad loss of life all the same.

I think he meant his commitment and attitude to training and playing through the pain barrier many times for club and country. He played at the top level for over a decade before touching the HGH, so I suppose for the largest part of his career, it's a pretty fair and accurate statement.

Terry said himself in an interview that he only started to use HGH in june 09 to speed up his recovery from injury. But carried on using it afterwards.

New contracts tend to start in November so chances are he was training at Wakey when tested. Hood's statement also read that he would be willing to call into schools or junior RL clubs in his own personal time (admittedly as is the expectation on all professionals, but as we know ourselves it doesn't always happen...) despite living in Wigan during his time at Bradford.

very shocking news...a truly sad story...RIP Terry Newton.

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