Equine intervention: Sharks leave the stable door open
Brad Walter Rumours that Cronulla players were using so-called ''horse drugs'' began after one member of the squad allegedly asked what ''equine'' meant.
Rugby League
Evidence builds in Sharks case
Brad Walter Credit-card receipts and recorded phone conversations may be tabled as evidence when Cronulla players begin meeting with Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority investigators next week.
Luckless Dragon faces late test
Brad Walter Luckless Dragons centre Chase Stanley trained with the side on Thursday but a final decision on whether he plays against Brisbane on Friday night won't be made until close to kick-off.
League
Toovey confident no Manly players have crossed the line
David Sygall and Brad Walter Geoff Toovey has insisted he would be surprised if Manly players had injected supplements without the club’s knowledge, but the Sea Eagles coach warned if any had broken the club’s rules they would...
Sport in Crisis
Needles are 'red flags': Souths
Brad Walter South Sydney stars say injections are not commonplace in rugby league.
League
Any injections should raise red flags, say Inglis, Crocker
Brad Walter South Sydney stars say injections are not commonplace in rugby league and alarm bells should have been ringing for any player asked to take any substance via a needle.
League
Grant, Smith to discuss funding with pollies
Brad Walter ARL Commission chairman John Grant and chief executive Dave Smith will begin their quest to ensure the game has the same access to government funding as the AFL when they meet politicians in Canberra...
League
Cards set to fall after Thurston stays north
Brad Walter Israel Folau, Sam Williams and Corey Norman are set to be among the biggest beneficiaries of Johnathan Thurston's decision to play out his career in North Queensland after turning his back on up to...
Brad Walter
When the bucks stop, trouble starts
Brad Walter According to Shane Flanagan, the Cronulla players under a drugs cloud have done nothing wrong, the football club staff sacked last Friday have done nothing wrong, and the former trainer confronted by...
Players refuse to give up fight
Brad Walter, Sydney Star recruit Chris Heighington says players considered boycotting Sunday's match.
Losing mates would be too much to bear - Heighington
Brad Walter STAR recruit Chris Heighington has admitted it would be ''devastating' for Cronulla if 14 of his new teammates were suspended for doping violations and revealed the players had considered boycotting...
Rugby League
Sharks boss could be the next to go
Brad Walter Damian Irvine expected to become the latest casualty of doping and salary cap scandals.
League
Irvine next in line for Sharks exit
Brad Walter CRONULLA chairman Damian Irvine is expected to become the latest casualty of the doping and salary cap scandals that have engulfed the club and left sacked football manager Darren Mooney in hospital...
Testing times for Tigers as Potter ponders effect of cloud over first game
Brad Walter Wests Tigers coach Michael Potter admits he will not know exactly what effect the death of young forward Mosese Fotuaika has had on the club's players until after Monday night's match against...
With no chief, could Cronulla have been an accident waiting to happen?
Brad Walter Can the Sharks survive?
CRONULLA CRISIS
Tardiness in acting on suspicions cost Cronulla staffers their jobs
Brad Walter CRONULLA coach Shane Flanagan and key staff who worked alongside him in 2011 have paid the price for ''negligence'' that the club's board admits has left up to 22 current or former players facing...
SIN BIN
Just what led Dogs to stand Barba down indefinitely?
Brad Walter Ben Barba may be back in four to six weeks but anyone still questioning the extent of the Canterbury star's problems should carefully consider the following question: Just exactly what would it take...
A disappointing debut in defeat, but SBW knows it's onwards and upwards from here
Brad Walter After a debut he described as ''disappointing'', Sonny Bill Williams declared: ''It is good to be back in the game I grew up playing.''
Robinson suggests SBW may start soon
Brad Walter Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson says it will take a few weeks for Sonny Bill Williams to settle back into the NRL but was pleased with his first outing against South Sydney on Thursday night.
Rugby League
Sharks up in arms with former trainer
Brad Walter and Glenn Jackson Cronulla players and officials believe former head trainer Trent Elkin has informed the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Agency about the drug and supplements program which was in place during his time...
