Absolutly shocking that it turns out the Drugs team lifted Gleesons ban temp so he could face us and it gave the other 7-8 FC players extra time for it to get of their systems. A cover up in the exttreme by the drugs gang(even tho they must have known it would come out) but more importantly by the RFL. Fc fans claims of widespread use of the banned drug in my opinion is just a smoke screen to push total blame away. www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/articl ... andal.html Nothing but fing cheats and the RFL also should hang their heads in shame. Tip of the iceburg philb ? Spot on mate.

Absolutly shocking that it turns out the Drugs team lifted Gleesons ban temp so he could face us and it gave the other 7-8 FC players extra time for it to get of their systems. A cover up in the exttreme by the drugs gang(even tho they must have known it would come out) but more importantly by the RFL. Fc fans claims of widespread use of the banned drug in my opinion is just a smoke screen to push total blame away. www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/articl ... andal.html Nothing but fing cheats and the RFL also should hang their heads in shame. Tip of the iceburg philb ? Spot on mate.

Quite amazing.



I don't understand this one, wouldn't the fact they played the game make then available for testing?



Both have tarnished the name of the sport.



Obviously.

Oh dear

Sounds very bad when you read that, RFL, Hull, UKAD all in it together.

Terrible. If this is correct then heads really need to roll, top of the list should be Rimmer, can't stand that bloke.

The guy off red dwarf?

Whoo whole can of worms opened here can't see it ending here to be honest and in hind sight there was a couple of the fc players that lost weight like mega quickly,feel sorry for Gleeson, fc making everyone think it was to do with his previous problems when now it comes to light it was all fc doing.

Jeez. I'm genuinely stunned. As always with things like this, please be careful. The Hull FC forums and VT are maybe more appropriate places to discuss the main aspects (depending on what the mods there say), but there is a general interest and Rovers angle to it, so I'm okay with it staying as long as people are careful. Did I mention about being careful? Cheers.

Yeah u mentioned it a couple of times MR think everyone a bit shocked by it all feel sorry for the fans tbh

Forgetting the fact it is FC, this is really harmful to the whole sport. The RFL chose to allow players who had likely (admitted by the CEO of the said club) taken a banned substance to take to the field and play. Players on both sides could have been harmed by this and while an over reaction for the actual drug taken it just shows the RFL pick and choose.

I do not think Wakefield would have been offered the same leniency and at the time of the licences being chosen we may well have seen both Halifax and Widnes promoted in their place as a punishment for this. However as a desirable club with a facility worthy of Prem football I think favouritism has been shown here.

I am saying this as a fan of RL, the principals more than the actual drug being taken should have repercussions to the people involved. The players that are known to inside sport should be tested weekly reguardless of cost as this should be met by the Hull FC club. With wholesale changes at Hull FC I do not see a ban or points deduction as suitable and beneficial to the sport but a suspended punishment possibly a good idea.

It makes you think what would have happened if and i mean if they had beat us and we were at the bottom of the table and like in the old day we had been relegated,I bet they would have been a court case and heads would have rolled then bloody idiots

Is this really FCs fault (by that i mean this new part of the story as Obviously before it was)
What i mean is this - it was in Gleesons statement that a load of them were taking it and only he got caught because he was taking it on the day and not the night before or day before, this statement was given to the RFL who in turn did not pass said information over to the UKAD even though it states that yet are to be provided with all evidence and documention regarding the case.
Surely this is the RFLs fault?
The club i dont feel sorry for but i do for the players- as they were told by a professional setup that it was fine to take.

All in all its made our sport look a sham, reminds me of that bloodgate scandle in yawnion

As half our ex players are now in your squad, youd better be careful what you wish for

The players shouldnt and couldnt get done for this(apart from Gleeson who unfortunately is the 1 that got caught) the club should be fined - correct its a new set up but its still under the same name therefore its the same business and a show on force needs to be shown.
Heads should role at the RFL- some of them are past it anyway and arnt letting the sport develop like it could, too many "top" teams get treated differently.

They must now be fined as they made commercial benefit i.e winning games and finishing higher up the table than they should have ( as they had at least 1 player, allegedly a number more playing under performance enhancing drugs ).

The RFL's complicity in this is the most shocking element. They were clearly worried by Rules assertion that this could run thrughput the entire 1st team squad. if the RFL had acted properly as they should have and notified Uk Anti doping agency God knows how many players could have been banned and how would that have looked if they couldnt raise a side.

Think that the RFL won't punish Hull because they themselves have made this whole debacle so much worse for the sport.