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...and in their inimitable and oh so predictable way, some Hull FC fans take to their board to suggest that Richard Agar must have been involved; one brave soul claiming that the conditioner and Mr Rule have been made scapegoats, because the RFL are too 'scared' to go after Agar and Uncle Kath.

Never mind the fact that the bans have been issued by another body and have nothing to do with the RFL; since when did facts have to get in the way of the childish and potentially libelous rants of a small group of fans who believe their club would be sweeping all before them if not for Mr Agar.

I know he's not on Twitter and I don't think he reads this board - I'm tempted to give him the heads up though; I'd love to see how their more vocal morons would react to a short, sharp solicitors letter.

do you seriously think that a head coach would not be aware of such an issue before the CEO ?
I think now the people have been advised of their bans, there may me a can of worms opened

i think your point kind of misses the point, or maybe it just shows your inability to understand what information has been released. there is no suggestion that agar was or wasn't aware of the issue following the test. however rule has been banned for his handling of the situation. until we know what that handling was, then it's best to shut up.

there has been no suggestion that agar acted in any way that was not appropriate. personally i think the judgement raises more questions than it answers, i would like to know just how james rule managed to incurr a two year ban - the mind boggles as to what the daft bugger was playing at.

if this is club organised, and covered up, as suggested by the HDM story - how many points deduction will HFC start with do you think?

I know that protocol dictates that only the people DIRECTLY involved i.e. the accused and the CEO of the club are officially notified by the Governing body and UKADA of a failed test.

Whether it was commonly known within the club before that is only your speculation.

it's out there now. rule conspired to help gleeson lie about the circumstances of how the controlled substance got in his body. it's on sky's website.

The documents make for interesting reading; www.ukad.org.uk/anti-doping-rule ... iolations/ Gleeson got the pills from a Mr Sean Long!

The documents make for interesting reading; www.ukad.org.uk/anti-doping-rule ... iolations/ Gleeson got the pills from a Mr Sean Long!

it's a common name. it won't be the same one that was involved in the betting scandal with mr gleeson.....

I think basically Rule came up with the idea for Cooper to take the blame so that Gleeson would get a lesser punishment.