[Nat (Rugby_Aholic)]

Sean Penkywicz : Sun Aug 16, 2015 10:06 pm  

Confirmed finally in the League Express, two year drugs ban for growth hormone. First of many Leigh players I suspect, it was interestingly worded; "UKAD requested further testing of the sample, specifically for Growth Hormone Releasing Factor". Looks like the Leigh bubble is about to burst!

Re: Sean Penkywicz : Sun Aug 16, 2015 10:12 pm  

Massive shame. Second time in his career. What a player he was for us, I for one will never forget the memories he provided. Single handedly turned so many games on their head. Fax legend

[Nat (Rugby_Aholic)]

Re: Sean Penkywicz : Sun Aug 16, 2015 10:16 pm  

Indeed, absolutely terrible that his career had to end this way.

Re: Sean Penkywicz : Sun Aug 16, 2015 10:20 pm  

Legend or not Sean is an idiot and should face a life ban both as a player and coach as he has previous. No excuse for this. Drug cheats should have no place in our sport at any level.

Re: Sean Penkywicz : Mon Aug 17, 2015 8:13 am  

The Lucky Black Cat wrote:

Legend or not Sean is an idiot and should face a life ban both as a player and coach as he has previous. No excuse for this. Drug cheats should have no place in our sport at any level.

Totally agree but, I will remember him for the good and not the bad.

Re: Sean Penkywicz : Mon Aug 17, 2015 6:38 pm  

The Lucky Black Cat wrote:

Legend or not Sean is an idiot and should face a life ban both as a player and coach as he has previous. No excuse for this. Drug cheats should have no place in our sport at any level.

Have you read the article? He raises some interesting questions with regards to the testing and the procedures used.

Re: Sean Penkywicz : Mon Aug 17, 2015 7:07 pm  

Tortured Soul wrote:

Have you read the article? He raises some interesting questions with regards to the testing and the procedures used.

Yeah - I read it. I thought that there was some weird stuff in there that needs clarifying.

Re: Sean Penkywicz : Mon Aug 17, 2015 8:41 pm  

A problem for any innocent player/sportsman, is that the burden is on them to prove their innocence, given a positive test. That will prove nigh on impossible for anyone. Sean has tried desperately to prove his innocence and failed.

Now I don't know whether the lad is innocent or not. If not, he deserves his ban. However, some of the Drug Agency procedures seem questionable, to say the least. I would imagine that this case, or any other like it, would get laughed out of a courtroom.

Re: Sean Penkywicz : Tue Aug 18, 2015 8:52 am  

Tortured Soul wrote:

Have you read the article? He raises some interesting questions with regards to the testing and the procedures used.

Something got flagged somewhere along the line for a negative test to be re tested for something else. Its more likely to be a case of athletes been one step ahead of the testers. Lets wait and see though when the full story comes out.

Re: Sean Penkywicz : Tue Aug 18, 2015 9:11 am  

Alan wrote:

A problem for any innocent player/sportsman, is that the burden is on them to prove their innocence, given a positive test. That will prove nigh on impossible for anyone. Sean has tried desperately to prove his innocence and failed.

It's very difficult as some of these drugs are perfectly legal, over the counter medicines. It's a hugely technical area and the player is inevitably going to have to rely on advice. This stuff he's been accused of taking isn't necessarily injected, it can be absorbed transcutaneously.

We'll probably never know the real story. But, either way, the drug testing procedure seems to have been "unusual".