News Jnr Rioli - He’s back.

[twce13]

So what is the penality in attempting to avoid testing?

Because thats what has seemed to have happened.

And why?

I would speculate he was trying to avoid something else being found. And he's panicked.

afls bff whitfield got 6 months right...

 

[new breed]

So what is the penality in attempting to avoid testing?

Because thats what has seemed to have happened.

And why?

I would speculate he was trying to avoid something else being found. And he's panicked.

Maximum 4 yrs

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Has Willie gone on record and said that though? I cannot find any evidence of him making a statement

I find it completely reasonable to foresee that the AFL, the club and Rioli were notified today, in an official capacity

But I have a very hard time believing that unofficially, Willie had no idea he might have been in trouble after the test

Ah I see. No Willie hasn’t said anything.

Officially from every source is that Willie, club, AFL all told yesterday, but I see what you’re saying.

Find that hard to believe tbh, but then again this whole thing is very hard to get a read on.

 

[twce13]

Just to lighten the mood a bit..

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Petraccelle was at Belmont races yesterday as the team flew out ......

Came in 1st, too.

 

[GROTTO]

If Rioli has nothing to hide, he needs to get an immediate independent urine sample provided.

Then go about seeking legal action, along with the Eagles.

Something smells here and its not urine.

 

[Obeanie1]

It seems implausible that ASDA would allow you to have a drink in your hand while completing a urine test.

Who said anything about a can?

Was that in the article?

How about a riddle.

What can hold liquid, looks like a dick but isnt one?

Not many dodgy characters posting tonight who know how things like this work in real life.

 

[Avalor]

This is actually really confusing.

Who's to say the sample wasnt tampered with after the test by someone else?

Ffs this ruined my bloody day.

This is gonna deflate the playing group and has given the cats an advantage

I don't know about the playing group, but I am completely deflated. Haven't felt so flat for a long time. I think the task will be beyond us now without Willie.

 

[wolmeister]

I very much doubt that Herald Sun article is correct.

Same here. The player is there with his pants around his ankles virtually naked peeing in a jar while the ASADA official is watching him do so. They'd never let someone do the test with a bottle liquid in their hand.

 

[Ghossein]

As best I can figure is there was something in the sample that shouldn’t have been there and wasn’t urine

An investigation has to be done to determine why/how that happened and protocol dictates Rioli can’t play whilst that investigation is conducted

Might explain why there’s a lack of detail beyond “adverse analytical finding “ as ASADA themselves don’t know how but are bound by their own rules to impose an immediate and indefinite ban

This seems like the most likely scenario at the moment, however it does raise the question around whether this protocol is working as intended . Do we really want ASADA having the ability suspend players in teams during the finals the second an administrative error occurs?

If Rioli is found guilty of wrongdoing then there will be no harm. If he is found innocent I will be most pleased, but it does create a whole new issue...

 

[Shifty1]

I’m going to go to bed tonight, and hopefully when I wake up, this will have all been a bad nightmare,

Sorry, we really did bowl first in the cricket.

 

[LawrenceJameson]

Lots to play out here still. Fox Footy, Robinson, Montagna, Lewis, Cornes casting doubt on the ASADA testing process.

How can that not be urine? Serious doubt cast over finding

West Coast star Willie Rioli is out of the finals series and has been provisionally suspended after returning an adverse finding on an drug test.

www.news.com.au

Rioli will have a case for Damages, Negligence, Defamation if the testing was void as suggested.

If West Coast lose Geelong narrowly, West Coast will also have a case against ASADA/AFL .


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[PerthBoy86]

I'm just in shock about all this, hoping it's just a horrible mistake. Feel for Willie more than I care about tomorrow's result.

If he knowingly cheated I don't. If it was a mistake etc, yeah totally.

 

[ziad]

well there you go 30 pages mostly avoiding the facts

 

[Ghossein]

What's clear from the media today is that Rioli provided a sample that was someone elses not-urine that tested positive for performance enhancing drugs and illicit substances but also didn't

 

[sey666]

Rioli was suspended by the AFL not by ASADA, right?

 

[Obeanie1]

Maximum 4 yrs

Well thats not very helpful.

I am going to say he will get 6 months if he fully co-operates. Maybe 12.

 

[PerthBoy86]

Lots to play out here still. Fox Footy, Robinson, Montagna, Lewis, Cornes casting doubt on the ASADA testing process.

How can that not be urine? Serious doubt cast over finding

West Coast star Willie Rioli is out of the finals series and has been provisionally suspended after returning an adverse finding on an drug test.

www.news.com.au

Rioli will have a case for Damages, Negligence, Defamation if the testing was void as suggested.

If West Coast lose Geelong narrowly, West Coast will also have a case against ASADA/AFL .


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Yeah part of me hopes it is, but then he would've gone through all this crap.

Not getting my hopes up though.

 

[BigBirdz]

Lots to play out here still. Fox Footy, Robinson, Montagna, Lewis, Cornes casting doubt on the ASADA testing process.

How can that not be urine? Serious doubt cast over finding

West Coast star Willie Rioli is out of the finals series and has been provisionally suspended after returning an adverse finding on an drug test.

www.news.com.au

Rioli will have a case for Damages, Negligence, Defamation if the testing was void as suggested.

If West Coast lose Geelong narrowly, West Coast will also have a case against ASADA/AFL .


On iPad using BigFooty.com mobile app

Na I'm pretty sure ASADA work with immunity in all their cases. Can't take any action against them.

 

[BlueandGoldforever]

Sorry, we really did bowl first in the cricket.

And bizarrely dropped Starc and replaced him with Siddle, so we now have four right-arm medium fast bowlers including Mitch Marsh.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

I don't know about the playing group, but I am completely deflated. Haven't felt so flat for a long time. I think the task will be beyond us now without Willie.

Cmon mate, one player doesn’t make a side. Good sides move forward. Rioli stuffed up, the players will move on with things quickly.
I certainly won’t be using this as any type of excuse for a poor performance tomorrow. Pro athletes needs to be pros and get on with the job they are paid to do, and I fully expect them to.

 

[PerthBoy86]

Rioli was suspended by the AFL not by ASADA, right?

Well the AFL hands out the suspensions doesn't it?

 

[InTheWings]

on 6PR Karl Langdon said in his playing days he was once asked to down 5 stubbies of beer before giving a sample - so as to get a flow, as he was dehydrated and the time.

Maybe Willie was given permission to drink some gatorade and accidentally spilt it into the cup?

 

[MaxHunt]

He can't have been trying to hide illicit drugs as it was an out of game day test and would have only been a strike

 

[Astro7]

well there you go 30 pages mostly avoiding the facts

True enough but hey, isn't that BF in general=speculation and opinion?
It's a very emotional topic perched on the precipice of finals, we're all highly invested!
What's a final without some little Willy magic?