Yep,

I’d say there’s definitely a reason and they have pictures of the queen on them!

Livermore used a really sad story in his defence and the human side of you says fair enough but the realist says why can I only think of him and Adrian Mutu in the last 10-15 years to have been caught taking recreational drugs? Are they well behaved? Or is it being covered up? It’s an easy answer IMO.

Yeah, it seems strange especially considering there must be umpteen times more pro footballers than rugby league players. Although I don’t think they have the party culture league players have and maybe the fact they have a lot more eyes on puts them off?

I’m sure there’s a small part of that but then even the lads down in the lower leagues seem to be whiter than white as well.

It just doesn’t stack up.

I think players who get tested for recreational drugs should get a short ban and be educated to discourage them getting in that situation again. However players caught with performance enhancing drugs in their system should get a long ban.

Rugby Union don’t announce publicly any drugs offence unless it’s a players second time. If a player is caught once, they must face regular testing and I believe some welfare program. We should do the same, we throw our players under the bus for 2 years for one mistake and give ourselves too much bad publicity when it isn’t necessary.