Looks like Gareth Hock will not be coming to the Giants next year then.



the fact that there were rumours around him coming here a couple of months ago makes you wonder whether Wigan were trying to offload him before this broke without telling anyone. If that was the case they were being very , very naughty.

Don't see how that is possible. The sample that proved positive was taken on June 5th.

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he would of had an opportunity for a 2nd sample surly?

Ian Lenegan comes across as a principled guy.



The talk was , according to you, a couple of months ago whie the drug test was just over 2 weeks ago.



If Wigan knew there to be a problem they would deal with asap. Not wait til the lad got caught.

Might explain his totally over the top behaviour in the "Friendly" Never liked the t**t.Isn't he Brown's brother in Law?

Quote Mutts="Mutts"he would of had an opportunity for a 2nd sample surly?'" www.wiganwarriors.com/news_full.asp?newsid=4880 "Pursuant to Article 7.2.3. of the Anti-Doping rules of the RFL, Gareth has been charged with an Anti-Doping Rule Violation and his Registration has been Provisionally Suspended by the RFL awaiting the B:Sample Test on June 30th."

Quote Mutts="Mutts"he would of had an opportunity for a 2nd sample surly?'" www.wiganwarriors.com/news_full.asp?newsid=4880 "Pursuant to Article 7.2.3. of the Anti-Doping rules of the RFL, Gareth has been charged with an Anti-Doping Rule Violation and his Registration has been Provisionally Suspended by the RFL awaiting the B:Sample Test on June 30th."

i stand corrected , he should of not been allowed to represent England if this was pending

He is so principled he offered Stephen Kearney the coaches job behind Nobles back when he was supposedly negotiating with players in Australia.



As there was no link i did not know that the sample had been taken on 2nd of June and assumed wrongly that these things tend to break some months after the test.



As for Wigan dealing with it properely i find it concerning and unfair it has been leaked before his b sample has been tested.

I'm not au fait for the residence times for the metabolytes of cocaine in the human body but it would make sense to me to re-sample the subject asap. Delaying for 7 days seems stupid. Unless that's when the results are due and not the sample being taken of course.

i think they may take 2 at the same time and get a 2nd opinion on the same sample from a different lab or technician