: Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:53 pm  

Uptoncat wrote:

Its more widespread than you would like to think, the only way to stamp it out is to test every player every week, including the off season too.

And if the sport could find the money to do so, I back that 100%.

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:55 pm  

t-r-i-n-i-t-y wrote:

And if the sport could find the money to do so, I back that 100%.

Agree 100% i feel it could come to that testing each squad each week, i realise the problem is huge i just cant understand why anyone would want to throw that much away

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:05 pm  

How often are players currently tested?

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:09 pm  

jonh wrote:

I am not exaggerating when i say it is a huge problem within our game.

so what can we do?

i personally would like hock to make an apology at a press conference and do community work to discourage others.

don't think he should slip away for 2 years as if nothing happened

3 months at the most to rehab and then back to it , suspension is ignoring the issue

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:18 pm  

t-r-i-n-i-t-y wrote:

And if the sport could find the money to do so, I back that 100%.

How much does it cost to test p!ss

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:34 pm  

Mutts wrote:

so what can we do?

Ban them for life? But then again, they could go to RU I suppose

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:41 pm  

I'd like to see the rfl show lists of people that are tested year, look at the people who have been banned ovr the years ryan hudson, sean penckywinc(sp?) phil berry,Maitua, wendel sailor and i believe there was a youngster at st's RU MattStevens and many more!!
Its is obvious this is going on in sport with prob many more players using and touching drugs in general performance inhancing or not.. Surely a lengthy ban, mybe rehab and some community work for the club so they are still in the public eye and cannot just hide away from the problem

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:01 pm  

great talent just a bit dopey

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:46 pm  

Disney cat wrote:

How much does it cost to test p!ss

The cost to the police to test pi55 after a person requests a test by not giving breath is £120. They are only looking for booze, the WADA test is for everything known to man, roids, coke, weed, e's, and the list goes on with god knows how many meds that are banned.

I liked Hock, and do not put his performance down to a sniff, a very good player, with the brain the size of a microscopic pond life dweller !

Very good, very ugly, and now very very dumb.

I also agree with jonh, this is a big problem not just in our game, but at evry level of sport.

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:51 pm  

jonh wrote:

Lets just hope some good comes out of it and others in the game at all levels take note, this is a much wider issue than simply Hock unfortunatley.

Well from Wakey's point of view, I'd hope we'd be 2 points a season or so to the good from it, as on at least two occasions over the last 2 or so years he has rampaged through us and made the difference.