What inconsistency?

www.ukad.org.uk/anti-doping-rule ... iolations/ Click on Martin Gleeson's name, this opens up a hidden paragraph with more detail. Click Decision , to read the full report on PDF document. Names Sean Long as the team mate who purchased the product 'OxyElite Pro' for him (from as shop in Wigan) whereas Gleeson originally stated originally he has purchsed the item himself.

www.ukad.org.uk/anti-doping-rule ... iolations/ Click on Martin Gleeson's name, this opens up a hidden paragraph with more detail. Click Decision , to read the full report on PDF document. Names Sean Long as the team mate who purchased the product 'OxyElite Pro' for him (from as shop in Wigan) whereas Gleeson originally stated originally he has purchsed the item himself.

Reading the report on Hull FC Conditioner Ben Cooper gives more insight into the goings on. (I also have a degree of sympathy for Gleeson and Long here), although Long hasn't been charged with anything.

Click Decision


To summarise:

*3rd June - UKDA charge Gleeson.
*4th June - Cooper signs statement that he supplied Gleeson with OxyElite Pro in error.
*9th June - Cooper hands in signs 2nd testament to show he was solely to blame for the positive test.
*9th June - Cooper confirms when interviewed the above testimony, where Gleeson handed him a sealed packet of OxyElite Pro and asked him to check if okay to use (to combat fatigue). The reason for this was the usual supplements (provided by Hull's Official Supplement Supplier) was out of stock and the club didn't have a similar product at that time.

*When questioned further, Cooper confirms the statements above as false and that it was not Gleeson who came to him, but another Hull FC team mate (named as Sean Long in Gleeson's Report)
*Cooper admitted he checked the ingredients for Long on the WADA website but failed to check on the Global DRO database when previously he claimed he did.

The only thing Gleeson could really be found guilty of is the 'white lie' in an attempt to protect his mate.

All this begs the question, if a player has the 'sniffles' / needs legal supplements and buys a product off the shelf, should he trust his club staff before use? Or should he double check the ingredients himself on the numerous websites to cover his ass?

Here we are 8-9 years after the 'Cunningham Saga' and we still have club conditioners making errors.

It's nothing to do with the RFL, the Drugs Agency set the bans. If you are referring to K. Cunningham, that was eight years ago and the drug concerned was only banned in 2010.

WADA rules state that the athlete is ultimately responsible for what goes into their body and you can't really argue with that. However, your average rugby player isn't the sharpest tool in the box and rightly checked with those who are employed by their club to know these things. To some extent I have a degree of sympathy with Gleeson, however he's lied and made the situation much worse than it needed to be. Not for the first time, Gleeson has got into trouble when a certain other player is in the vicinity.

So what was Cunningham fined £2500 and given a suspended one-year ban for?

Bugger! Straight cough, I'm wrong, however as I understand it the one that Gleeson took was only banned in 2010.

Having had a look I think the one Gleeson was done for is only prohibited "in-competition", even more of a double whammy. By "in-competition" I'm assuming it could be used pre-season and only flags up if shown up in an after match test?

Now that does make things complicated, but when are some sportsmen going to realise that they have to thoroughly check everything they take?

Quote ="Wigan28/Leeds18 Andy"Not for the first time, Gleeson has got into trouble when a certain other player is in the vicinity.'" Agreed. They'd have been better off speaking to Bernard (who know's all about these things: www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2004/jan/31/rugbyleague ) than Cooper it would seem.

Quote ="Wigan28/Leeds18 Andy"Not for the first time, Gleeson has got into trouble when a certain other player is in the vicinity.'" Agreed. They'd have been better off speaking to Bernard (who know's all about these things: www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2004/jan/31/rugbyleague ) than Cooper it would seem.

UKAD have revealed Gleeson was supplied the drugs by Sean Long who was told by Ben Cooper that the drugs were permitted

The sad thing is the cover up, which is exactly what happened with Cunningham.

Then of course we had the Bailey and Senior "cold remedies"
Senior admitted in his book that it there were other Leeds players "taking the cough drops."

Paul Cullen made a statement to say that drug taking was rife in the game, then sort of denied it.

Get it all out in the open, and get them banned.

There is some real issue here. We have seen some players who have tested positive get away with it regardless of getting the ok from a conditioner or not. Most if not all conditioners are not Doctors now i would say that all clubs have a Doctor attached to it in some sort of capacity. Conditioners are not doctors. Gleeson should have showed some intelligence and sourced info from his GP or the clubs doctor himself.

But this is what i am not comfortable with is that Cunningham, Bailey and Senior have got away with taking an illegal substance. Rules with drugs insports should be black and white as various drugs can hide things in the body. Gleeson in his time at Wigan has showed himself to be a great player but a total idiot. A great waste of talent.

But if Gleeson has got banned prospective GB players not. I bet if he was in an England shirt he would not get a ban as 3 other players who played for GB have not.

The only person responsible for Martin Gleeson failing a drug test is the player himself as no one forced him to do it.As for the other two ,if they were involved with the supply or with a cover up then they are equally guilty and deserve everything that they get.

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Adam Pearson really doesn't like Kath Hetherington.

It seems not, in this instance, the club conditioner ok'ed it. Why should Gleeson then question it? We're not talking obviously prohibited substances here.

I hope he doesnt go doen the same road as Newton

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Quote MARTIN GLEESON is considering legal ­action against former club Hull after being hit with a three-year drugs ban. The ex-Great Britain centre, 31, who had half his sentence ­suspended, tested positive for a banned stimulant. But Gleeson has told friends he took an energy supplement which contained the drug ­methylhexaneamine in good faith'" www.dailystar.co.uk/rugby/view/2 ... -drug-ban/

Quote MARTIN GLEESON is considering legal ­action against former club Hull after being hit with a three-year drugs ban. The ex-Great Britain centre, 31, who had half his sentence ­suspended, tested positive for a banned stimulant. But Gleeson has told friends he took an energy supplement which contained the drug ­methylhexaneamine in good faith'" www.dailystar.co.uk/rugby/view/2 ... -drug-ban/

Nothing to do with Cunningham - far from it.

I cannot understand how a former director of a Championship club can get banned from the sport for 'financial infringments' and in another breath a former CEO of another club only gets 2 years for covering up a doping offence. I fail to see where breaking financial rules is 4 times more punishable that is all.

How much talent has gone to waste here? What a class centre he was.

Unlucky not to win the Harry Sunderland Trophy less than 15 months ago.

I'll echo what many others have said. I hope he gets the help and support he needs, and maybe come back to play the game again.

IMO we still miss him at Wigan.

Losing him left a gap not easily filled, and he was in good form. Hope he can sort himself out.

Odd how Sean Longs name keeps cropping up in various reports. Would you want him around your club?

All good for future Hull n Leeds club relationships too. Never been the closest of pals!