Quote: Baxendale "That makes sense to me, however even if the Play Offs etc are standalone, they're still a sporting competition and must be governened by UKAD/WADA rules surely?'"
True, hard to dissect the little information I've heard, but it seems to around the days before/after a stand-alone event even if governed by UKAD. Very tough one to call as it really sets a precedent for future cases.
Say for instance his sample is from the day after the Saints game, then if the play off fixture was a stand alone event, the next stand alone event would be the Grand Final and between those two fixtures Zak would be OOC.