Sam Barlow : Mon May 23, 2016 4:22 pm  

To stand trial in June. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ma ... r-36358586

To stand trial in June. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ma ... r-36358586

Re: Sam Barlow : Mon May 23, 2016 4:51 pm  

THECherry&Whites wrote: To stand trial in June. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ma ... r-36358586 No trial. He's going to be sentenced

THECherry&Whites wrote: To stand trial in June. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ma ... r-36358586 No trial. He's going to be sentenced

Re: Sam Barlow : Mon May 23, 2016 5:10 pm  

send him a dvd of 'Get Hard' with Will Farrell (-:

Re: Sam Barlow : Mon May 23, 2016 5:35 pm  

Reckon he's going to get banned from rugby for avoiding the drugs test unfortunately

Suspended sentance for the rest IMO

Re: Sam Barlow : Mon May 23, 2016 5:44 pm  

Presume this relates to the time he got into an argument with the tester who was loitering around outside his house in the middle of the night refusing to test him. //http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/calderdale/former-halifax-rugby-league-player-accepts-intimidating-drug-tester-1-7926538 wrote: Mr Gomez said his client’s behaviour did not amount to any physical touching of Mr Dean. So he's not touched him. He's intimidated someone loitering outside his house in the middle of the night. If he wasn't Sam Barlow & the person didn't work for UKAD no one would have heard anything about it. Hopefully common sense will prevail, just a shame he's had to miss over half a season because of some jobsworth.

Presume this relates to the time he got into an argument with the tester who was loitering around outside his house in the middle of the night refusing to test him. //http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/calderdale/former-halifax-rugby-league-player-accepts-intimidating-drug-tester-1-7926538 wrote: Mr Gomez said his client’s behaviour did not amount to any physical touching of Mr Dean. So he's not touched him. He's intimidated someone loitering outside his house in the middle of the night. If he wasn't Sam Barlow & the person didn't work for UKAD no one would have heard anything about it. Hopefully common sense will prevail, just a shame he's had to miss over half a season because of some jobsworth.

Re: Sam Barlow : Mon May 23, 2016 5:58 pm  

Lowton_Sparrow wrote:

Presume this relates to the time he got into an argument with the tester who was loitering around outside his house in the middle of the night refusing to test him.

So he's not touched him. He's intimidated someone loitering outside his house in the middle of the night. If he wasn't Sam Barlow & the person didn't work for UKAD no one would have heard anything about it. Hopefully common sense will prevail, just a shame he's had to miss over half a season because of some jobsworth.

How do you falsely imprison someone outside? From the video am posted it did not look like the middle of the night. Sam has been very, very stupid and will likely at least cop a ban for failure to provide.

Re: Sam Barlow : Mon May 23, 2016 5:58 pm  

Misleading OP.

Re: Sam Barlow : Mon May 23, 2016 6:06 pm  

My view is if I was a professional RL player and someone knocked on my door and said he wanted to give me a drug test I would have asked for his credentials and if they looked in order I would have complied.

Course I don't know all the facts but I am sure the judge will before he decides what to do.

Re: Sam Barlow : Mon May 23, 2016 6:25 pm  

So the court are not sentencing him until they find out the outcome of his hearing at UKAD on June 6th. Hopefully not but it is beginning to sound like he won't be back this season and possibly several to come

Re: Sam Barlow : Mon May 23, 2016 7:01 pm  

Now he has pleaded guilty I assume this is classed as deliberately avoiding a drug test? If so isn't that ruled the same as failing a drug test meaning he will face a 3 or 4 year ban from RL?

We have been paying him a (presumably pretty good) wage to do nothing for the last 12 months. If he is pleading guilty then I am guessing he wont be back any time soon. Championship clubs are at enough of a disadvantage already without wasting a decent chunk of salary cap on a loose cannon who is being charged with criminal offences.

Time to cut him loose IMO. A very talented lad but clearly as thick as a plank. If he had a brain in his head he would have been playing in SL years ago, he obviously has the ability.