Two Roosters players will be interviewed by ASADA. Source: News Limited
SYDNEY Roosters are about to be dragged into the NRL's doping investigations, with two players poised to be interviewed by anti-doping authorities.
The Daily Telegraph can reveal the pair are about to receive letters requesting they attend interviews in the coming weeks.
It's believed the Roosters players' names came up following the charging of Canberra star, Sandor Earl. Already, the exhaustive investigation has included interviews with more than 40 officials and players from Newcastle, Manly and the Cronulla Sharks.
ASADA has appointed three full-time investigators to the NRL's investigation since August and has more wide ranging powers which allows it to use phone records, emails and other communications as evidence to summons players or officials for interviews.
The NRL is expected to hand down findings from its own integrity unit investigation and the ASADA report at the same time in about four weeks.
Senior officials and football staff from at least two of the clubs are in the firing line for failing to exercise their duty of care to players when Stephen Dank oversaw their supplements program.
These include Sharks coach, Shane Flanagan, former strength and conditioning coach, Trent Elkin (now at Parramatta) and several other staff members who were sacked from the Sharks several months ago.
They have all continually denied they were involved in any peptide injection program at the club. Dank has repeatedly refused to be interviewed by ASADA, the AFL or the NRL and also denies any wrongdoing.
The NRL refused to comment on the new developments on Friday and would not confirm the names of either Roosters player. We understand, however, that trafficking allegations are part of the investigation.
The latest revelations that players from yet another club may be involved in the peptide scandal underlines the seriousness of the allegations made in February this year.
In the AFL, the Essendon investigation findings will also be handed down in coming weeks, with at least three senior football officials, including suspended coach, James Hird, also facing serious charges of breaching their duty of care to players.
While AFL boss, Andrew Demetriou has denied newspaper reports that life bans may be slapped on several Essendon officials, The Daily Telegraph understands ASADA's report outlines their alleged involvement in the administration of peptides to the entire team over a 12-month period.
Both the NRL and the AFL are signatories to the WADA and ASADA codes, and must therefore place themselves at the mercy of the drug agencies if violations are uncovered. The NRL says it will only deal with the facts as they come to light and these will be released in mid-October.
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