hIs spouting off on Twitter about leigh players being tested positive and leigh going to be deducted 15 points. I didn't know he worked the drugs agency

It won't go away though will it

Deleted his tweets. I'm sure Derek took a screenshot before he did. See you in court Andy!

Plenty screenshots and RFL copied in before they were hastily deleted I understand, put up or shut up time for this saga, and if unfounded then let the writs commence.

Simple answer,stay away from social media sites.I see next Tuesday being an interesting day.And all down too using social media sites..Nothing wrong with using forums,thats usually were the truth is.

Unfortunately, I have heard that this might be true. Two 'injured' players who may have had replacements brought in for them mid season.

Well there are rumours flying around but until anything is official they are just rumours and if incorrect then they are libelous. I really hope not for the club and for the fans.

While what he said is stupid he didn't actually mention Leigh or drug tests.

Unlike some people I find it pretty hard to bury my head in the sand and ignore the rumours given how strong they seem to be - just hop I am wrong

Either way when was a club ever deducted points for a player failing a drugs test

I have heard from a very good source that we have signed Mo Farah.

And Fatima Whitbred...

He didn't mention Leigh in his original tweet but when Liam Kay suggested that if they just concentrated on their own team they might win more Bracek's response was along the lines of "Wont matter how many games you've won when half your players are banned and you get docked 15 points."

Fairly big statement to make, especially in the public domain. Should be fined for bringing the game into disrepute. If a Leigh player went onto twitter and made very unsubtle accusations about another club being druggies and cheats in the public domain then I would expect a hefty punishment.

He deleted the worst of them (eventually) so somebody has clearly had a word with him.

I heard that during the during the Olympics Daley Thompson, Sally Gunnel and two unknowns were having a sneaky banned fish supper in the Olympic village. There was a knock at the
door and they all froze. Daley said " sush. I'll see who it is". He went to the door then came back smiling. "It's ok" he said. " It's Fatima wit bread".
Where's my coat.

Haha, remember that from years back

There was also one along the same lines about the boxer Tim Witherspoon

Innocent until proven guilty. What seems to pass a lot of people by who make snide remarks is that if they are wrong, then what they are doing is taking players who are out with serious injury and kicking them while they are down. How would you like it if you were ill or injured of a significant length of time and people started slinging mud at you?

As for Bracek. Complete scumbag, but it's all Leigh's fault isn't it

Brilliant - made me LOL

This wont go away until there is an official statement from the RFL, Not 100% why Andy has a vendetta against Leigh he is a Leigh lad after all. I mean he even felt the need to retweet the score when we lost against London.

We have all heard the rumours of players hiding from testers, dodgy protein supplements etc if just needs to be put to bed ASAP!

Tow Irish gents walked in their local for a beer. First one asked for cider, the other a pint of local Whitbread ale.

The second chap decided he needed the toilet so off he trots. Upon his return he sees a female olympian stood over his beer, knickers round her ankles and let a massive ripper off in his pint blowing all the cream off the top!

After seeing it he shouts in his usual fast Irish accent "OIII Did you just fartinmawhitbread?????"

To which she replied "NO!!! Im Tessa Sanderson"

i sometimes wonder if ive logged on to the Halifax and Fev sites when i come on here some days. The club put out a statement months ago when this rubbish originally surfaced in April.... subsequently one of the alledged players has since gone to play 2 months of RL.

Do people really believe that because bitter players, fans post such vile that its true. The RFL nor Leigh should ever feel the need to put out press releases to counter absolute nonsense.

Finally if anyone is trying to say Bracek didnt mean Leigh last night they are away with the fairies.

The sooner we are away from these bitter clubs and players the better!!

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Totally agree.

I do detect quite a lot of bitterness. Why do you think that is? And why do you think clubs don't appear (to me at least), to have anywhere near the same depth of feeling towards Bradford who appear to be going about their season quietly, with a lot less fuss and like leigh, have only lost one game?
Genuine question...

This topic was introduced to this forum by a Leigh fan, most wouldn't have bothered.

It stems from last season mate, and the constant childlike behaviour of several Yorkshire clubs who find it funny to try and bully and intimidate a professional RL player. I wont say any more on it because people will be taken to task through the right channels but if you understand the core of the problem my answer should help to answer your question.

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) - a body independent of the RFL and all other sports - move quickly when positive tests are identified. We'd have had players suspended within weeks of the tests if any of this was true, and we'd have had public confirmation a long time ago along with details of the ban.

Quite simply, if there was a large scale drug cheating problem at Leigh then it would be reportable fact by now.

Is that clear enough for everyone to understand?

And if, like at Featherstone, it is found that any individual(s) have cheated with performance enhancing drugs then they are irresponsible and will get the bans they deserve.