in my rumour there was hock and one more.
seems the "one more" hasnt been caught .....yet.

could be just a rumour though.

Need to see his side of the story first, loads of chemicals floating around in prescription drugs, it would be a shame for the game to lose such a talent, one of few who really gives the aussies a fright( and I don't mean his looks), he may even get a lighter ban being a Wigan player.

course it does. Hock was stupid to get caught the others were not. thats the harsh realism of it all.

Be serious. He's known for it. Arguably should have gone during the last wigan drugs shake down.

My point is that it seems that they were lucky to catch him

Good post. It would be very naive for anybody to think he is the only high profile player who has dabbled in social drugs and that is why the rfl need to send out a very strong message. As bad as it will be for Wigan and England they need to start giving out further punishments than just the 2 year ban. Should he be banned from representing his country when he returns to playing?

He was stupid to take it in the first place.

thats what im banking on seeing as we do own the league and everything.

I agree, but he's not the only one. Not by a long shot. Like I said you'd be surprised.

From what I've heard he's not alone, but it isn't contained to Wigan either.

Sad thing is I wouldn't be surprised.

What a sad day for WRLFC.

There have been cases of this being used as an excuse, but it rarely works (Ian Sibbit being the latest exception, overusing the drug Salbutamo found in asthma inhalers).

Jaap Stam tried it on when he was tested positive for Nandrolone a few years back, stating that traces of it were found in a 'Vicks' style vapour stick he was using to help nasal congestion!

it is if we dont sack him.

On a given Sat night in Wigan there are about 65% using it.

We're in the minority. It's become comment place, players, like everyone else don't seem to see it as such a big deal.

This isn't my take on it, but we have to be realistic.

What has the players talent got to do with this?

And why do you want more players to do it?

I'm not getting carried away, merely asking a question.

Is it beyond Sport England and the RFL to do a shake down of every SL player if there are rumours flying around? I'm guessing the resources required and potential fall out would be too great? I know it's potentially tarring everyone with the same brush, but it'd sure send out a message. Drugs and professional sport don't mix.

If so many people are aware of numerous player behaving like this, why don't they just test every player in SL catch the lot of them?

It's looking like he'll quite rightly get the book thrown at him, any other players who have behaved in the same way will be cacking it now, but will probably be looking at ways of masking it as mentioned, and then once it's all blown over in a couple of months they'll be back to there old tricks.

Thats what they have the drug testing for.

It's rife within the game mate.

Do you ever talk about anything other than the team for next year?



One of the worst days for Wigan RL in the last few seasons and your on about how we can spend his money!

Gareth Hock is thick!

Get real. They have drug tests, the players make sure they are clean for when the tests come round. Thats how it works.