Junior11
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Am I bad person to say yes haha
Nah I think we're done with those sorts of players. They can stay away. It'd just be nice to have more star quality in our forward pack though. Their price will drop significantly.
Gold Coast Titans Cocaine Scandal
- Thread starter rhugh89
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Am I bad person to say yes haha
Nah I think we're done with those sorts of players. They can stay away. It'd just be nice to have more star quality in our forward pack though. Their price will drop significantly.
Captain Planet
Anthony Quinn
I Once took a ride on the White pony for the night...it was fantastic...bloody expensive, leaves a massive hole in the back pocket. But u have to go through a guy who knows a guy, which means u deal with some pretty shady people.....point is, with all that has happend to the game are these muppets stupid? Are they not making enough money? Hunt, Taylor, Bird earn over $500k a season, they must making alot of money and selling a lot of coke to be so stupid !!!
Defender1
Matthew Johns
Isn't it a mandatory 2 yr ban from the world doping authority? I thought that's what was said when Wendell Sailor got done???
packo
:) (:
Not sure that was a while ago, I can't remember the last player in trouble for illicit drugs in any Australian code. Ben Cousins maybe?
Thee would be more Titans players that have used you would think, just lucky not to get sprung.
Makes you wonder what they are thinking.
Defender1
Matthew Johns
Definitely. All I know is, as a Knights supporter I feel for the Titans fans. They'd have to be feeling guttered!
Billy
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
In the AFL they have a 3 strikes rule for recreational drugs, which means it isn't even reported if players test positive twice, although they have to have counselling I think.
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2013/s3761115.htm
Studies show 40% of men between 18 and 30 have taken recreational drugs in the last year. The numbers in the NRL are probably about the same I imagine. The players are fully aware what drugs they can take that will be out of their system by the next day. Hell, every coal miner I know is aware of what drugs only last a few hours in the system.
I think any team supporter should feel for them, I don't particularly like the Titans but it's a terrible thing for their loyal fans to go through... Where do the Titans go from here?
Another interesting thing to me, I wonder if Darren Lockyer will be mentioned in any of this?
packo
:) (:
Why is Lockyer being mentioned?
rhugh89
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Drugs charges against Greg Bird and Dave Taylor just ‘tip of the iceberg’
CHARGES against two State of Origin heroes are just the “tip of the iceberg” of the cocaine scandal gripping football.
Insiders say the charges against Gold Coast Titans Greg Bird and Dave Taylor and multi-code superstar Karmichael Hunt are just the beginning, with other codes and players expected to be dragged into the mess.
The Crime and Corruption Commission charged Bird and Taylor on Sunday just hours after their return from a trial match in Cairns, slapping them with drug supply charges as the number of past and present players facing court continues to grow.
The footballers face having their lucrative professional contracts torn up and four-year bans from the sport.
The stars are two of six current and former Titans facing charges on the darkest day in the club’s history.
Shattered Titans CEO Graham Annesley confirmed the five – Bird, Taylor, winger Kalifa Faifai Loa and former squad member Joe Vickery charged yesterday, and hooker Beau Falloon and fringe first grader Jamie Dowling charged on Friday – would be stood down immediately as the club grappled with the latest chapter in the scandal.
The CCC will allege those charged arranged for the supply of cocaine for personal use or to supply cocaine to friends and colleagues between August and December last year.
It is believed several other former Titans as well as players from rival codes remain in the crosshairs of investigators.
Defence lawyer Campbell MacCallum, who will represent Bird, Taylor, Dowling, Faifai Loa and Vickery, said his clients emphatically denied any wrongdoing and would fight the charges.
While the team flight back from Cairns was still in the air on Sunday, Faifai Loa, 25, and Vickery, 25, were served with notices to appear in court on counts of one and seven charges of cocaine supply respectively.
Bird and Taylor bypassed a media scrum at Gold Coast Airport to hold urgent meetings with lawyers before they were both charged.
Bird faces two counts of cocaine supply while Taylor faces one charge each of supply and possession.
Mr MacCallum said his clients were devastated at the accusations.
“The allegations that police are making are that my clients have been involved in supplying and possessing to themselves small amounts of recreational cocaine,” he said.
“All five of my clients emphatically deny any involvement in the distribution of cocaine.
“They will all be defending the charges in court and we are very confident we will be successful in that defence.”
It will be alleged activities surrounding the club’s Mad Monday booze cruise and a player’s buck’s party led operatives from the CCC and Queensland’s Major and Organised Crimes Squad to move against the players.
Mr MacCallum said he was disappointed aspects of the case had already been reported in the media.
It is believed the players were netted as part of a covert operation that had been targeting one of Queensland’s biggest cocaine cartels.
Former NRL stars Matt Seers and Jason Smith have already faced court on drug trafficking charges while one of the alleged kingpins of the operation, former Sydney footballer John Touma, faces charges of supply and possession of cocaine.
Mr Annesley vowed to try to rebuild the club.
“This is another bad day for the club and it’s a bad day for the game,’’ he said.
“But the board and the management, everyone associated with the club are if anything more and more determined to make sure that we galvanise as an organisation.”
Hunt, Falloon and Dowling will face Southport Magistrates Court on March 5 while Bird, Taylor, Faifai Loa and Vickery will front the same court four days later.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...p-of-the-iceberg/story-fni3grk4-1227234639152
- JEREMY PIERCE AND TODD BALYM
- THE COURIER-MAIL
- FEBRUARY 22, 2015 10:09PM
CHARGES against two State of Origin heroes are just the “tip of the iceberg” of the cocaine scandal gripping football.
Insiders say the charges against Gold Coast Titans Greg Bird and Dave Taylor and multi-code superstar Karmichael Hunt are just the beginning, with other codes and players expected to be dragged into the mess.
The Crime and Corruption Commission charged Bird and Taylor on Sunday just hours after their return from a trial match in Cairns, slapping them with drug supply charges as the number of past and present players facing court continues to grow.
The footballers face having their lucrative professional contracts torn up and four-year bans from the sport.
The stars are two of six current and former Titans facing charges on the darkest day in the club’s history.
Shattered Titans CEO Graham Annesley confirmed the five – Bird, Taylor, winger Kalifa Faifai Loa and former squad member Joe Vickery charged yesterday, and hooker Beau Falloon and fringe first grader Jamie Dowling charged on Friday – would be stood down immediately as the club grappled with the latest chapter in the scandal.
The CCC will allege those charged arranged for the supply of cocaine for personal use or to supply cocaine to friends and colleagues between August and December last year.
It is believed several other former Titans as well as players from rival codes remain in the crosshairs of investigators.
Defence lawyer Campbell MacCallum, who will represent Bird, Taylor, Dowling, Faifai Loa and Vickery, said his clients emphatically denied any wrongdoing and would fight the charges.
While the team flight back from Cairns was still in the air on Sunday, Faifai Loa, 25, and Vickery, 25, were served with notices to appear in court on counts of one and seven charges of cocaine supply respectively.
Bird and Taylor bypassed a media scrum at Gold Coast Airport to hold urgent meetings with lawyers before they were both charged.
Bird faces two counts of cocaine supply while Taylor faces one charge each of supply and possession.
Mr MacCallum said his clients were devastated at the accusations.
“The allegations that police are making are that my clients have been involved in supplying and possessing to themselves small amounts of recreational cocaine,” he said.
“All five of my clients emphatically deny any involvement in the distribution of cocaine.
“They will all be defending the charges in court and we are very confident we will be successful in that defence.”
It will be alleged activities surrounding the club’s Mad Monday booze cruise and a player’s buck’s party led operatives from the CCC and Queensland’s Major and Organised Crimes Squad to move against the players.
Mr MacCallum said he was disappointed aspects of the case had already been reported in the media.
It is believed the players were netted as part of a covert operation that had been targeting one of Queensland’s biggest cocaine cartels.
Former NRL stars Matt Seers and Jason Smith have already faced court on drug trafficking charges while one of the alleged kingpins of the operation, former Sydney footballer John Touma, faces charges of supply and possession of cocaine.
Mr Annesley vowed to try to rebuild the club.
“This is another bad day for the club and it’s a bad day for the game,’’ he said.
“But the board and the management, everyone associated with the club are if anything more and more determined to make sure that we galvanise as an organisation.”
Hunt, Falloon and Dowling will face Southport Magistrates Court on March 5 while Bird, Taylor, Faifai Loa and Vickery will front the same court four days later.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...p-of-the-iceberg/story-fni3grk4-1227234639152
rhugh89
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Greg Bird, Dave Taylor and three other Gold Coast Titans face four-year drugs bans
ORIGIN stars Greg Bird and Dave Taylor, plus three Gold Coast Titans teammates, could face a minimum four-year, worldwide ban from sport if they are found guilty of cocaine supply charges.
Titans chief executive Graham Annesley on Sunday confirmed Bird, Taylor, Kalifa Fai Fai Loa, Beau Falloon and Jamie Dowling were all stood down indefinitely from club duties until they faced court on drugs charges.
The club has launched an investigation that could result in players being sacked immediately regardless of the legal outcome.
At the moment the NRL stars are being judged under the game’s code of conduct, but a guilty ruling in court could open the door to punishments from the anti-doping regime and ultimately prove the end of their playing careers in any major sporting code around the world.
Under section 2.7 of the WADA code supplying prohibited substances to a third party is considered “trafficking” and carries with it a minimum four-year ban from all sport.
Cocaine is a prohibited substance under the WADA code and guilt proved in the court of law is an easy case to prosecute into a doping violation.
Former ASADA boss Richard Ings said the players were at serious risk of huge penalties from anti-doping authorities if they were found guilty of the charges.
“Any player found guilty of trafficking in substances banned under the WADA code carries a great risk of also being found in violation of anti-doping rules and facing a minimum of a four-year ban from involvement in all sporting competition,” Ings said.
Annesley was on Sunday locked in board meetings at the club’s offices on the Gold Coast and has spoken to NRL lawyers to understand the potential consequences facing the players involved in the police investigations.
“The club’s reputation and the future of this club is bigger and more important than any one individual player,” Annesley said.
Given the serious nature of the charges against the players, and potential four-year bans a conviction could carry under the WADA code, it is still up to the discretion of the NRL and the Titans whether they are reinstated after they appear in court in two weeks or are given a provisional ban until the court matter is completed.
Given the legal proceedings could take months Titans coach Neil Henry hoped the players would be allowed to return to football.
“It’s not my call really on that. We think that them playing football is the best thing for them,” Henry said.
Annesley is waiting for more information from authorities but in the meantime has launched a club investigation to determine whether the players can be sacked or sanctioned based on contractual breaches.
Former skipper Greg Bird was already on his last warning at the Titans after he was stripped of his leadership for a public urinating incident at his wedding last year and is the player most at risk of immediate dismissal.
Annesley said he couldn’t simply sack players on the spot and they were entitled to a presumption of innocence in the courts, but they may be able to face club sanctions for breach of contract and reputational damage to the Titans brand.
“I think the playing contract provides a number of options that can be taken,” he said.
“There is no question it was damaging on Friday and it’s more damaging today.
“Each of these revelations places the club in a more difficult position.
“This game has been through a lot of trauma over the years, I’ve been around to see a fair bit of it.”
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...-year-drugs-bans/story-fnp0lyn3-1227234597060
- TOD BALYM EXCLUSIVE
- THE COURIER-MAIL
- FEBRUARY 23, 2015 12:00AM
ORIGIN stars Greg Bird and Dave Taylor, plus three Gold Coast Titans teammates, could face a minimum four-year, worldwide ban from sport if they are found guilty of cocaine supply charges.
Titans chief executive Graham Annesley on Sunday confirmed Bird, Taylor, Kalifa Fai Fai Loa, Beau Falloon and Jamie Dowling were all stood down indefinitely from club duties until they faced court on drugs charges.
The club has launched an investigation that could result in players being sacked immediately regardless of the legal outcome.
At the moment the NRL stars are being judged under the game’s code of conduct, but a guilty ruling in court could open the door to punishments from the anti-doping regime and ultimately prove the end of their playing careers in any major sporting code around the world.
Under section 2.7 of the WADA code supplying prohibited substances to a third party is considered “trafficking” and carries with it a minimum four-year ban from all sport.
Cocaine is a prohibited substance under the WADA code and guilt proved in the court of law is an easy case to prosecute into a doping violation.
Former ASADA boss Richard Ings said the players were at serious risk of huge penalties from anti-doping authorities if they were found guilty of the charges.
“Any player found guilty of trafficking in substances banned under the WADA code carries a great risk of also being found in violation of anti-doping rules and facing a minimum of a four-year ban from involvement in all sporting competition,” Ings said.
Annesley was on Sunday locked in board meetings at the club’s offices on the Gold Coast and has spoken to NRL lawyers to understand the potential consequences facing the players involved in the police investigations.
“The club’s reputation and the future of this club is bigger and more important than any one individual player,” Annesley said.
Given the serious nature of the charges against the players, and potential four-year bans a conviction could carry under the WADA code, it is still up to the discretion of the NRL and the Titans whether they are reinstated after they appear in court in two weeks or are given a provisional ban until the court matter is completed.
Given the legal proceedings could take months Titans coach Neil Henry hoped the players would be allowed to return to football.
“It’s not my call really on that. We think that them playing football is the best thing for them,” Henry said.
Annesley is waiting for more information from authorities but in the meantime has launched a club investigation to determine whether the players can be sacked or sanctioned based on contractual breaches.
Former skipper Greg Bird was already on his last warning at the Titans after he was stripped of his leadership for a public urinating incident at his wedding last year and is the player most at risk of immediate dismissal.
Annesley said he couldn’t simply sack players on the spot and they were entitled to a presumption of innocence in the courts, but they may be able to face club sanctions for breach of contract and reputational damage to the Titans brand.
“I think the playing contract provides a number of options that can be taken,” he said.
“There is no question it was damaging on Friday and it’s more damaging today.
“Each of these revelations places the club in a more difficult position.
“This game has been through a lot of trauma over the years, I’ve been around to see a fair bit of it.”
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...-year-drugs-bans/story-fnp0lyn3-1227234597060
packo
:) (:
It's funny how this has more legs than asadas load of dog crap. They stitched up one player in whats his name from the raiders who I reckong was used as a scape goat and cut some deals with a few sharkies.
Massive names with real charges for this matter and it's all Queensland Police haha.
Massive names with real charges for this matter and it's all Queensland Police haha.
Captain Planet
Anthony Quinn
They are all a bunch of dirty cockroach's
Tasgirl
Tasgirl
In light of the recent drug-trafficking charges faced by high-profile NRL stars, Greg Bird, Dave Taylor, Beau Falloon, Jaime Dolwing, Matt Sears and Jason Smith in South East Queensland – The Arthur Gorrie Correctional Center have formally applied for a QRL License to play in this years Intrust Super Cup also known as the Queensland Cup.
The Betoota Advocate can exclusive report that the formal application is now in front of the powers that be at QRL headquarters
The Betoota Advocate can exclusive report that the formal application is now in front of the powers that be at QRL headquarters
Captain Planet
Anthony Quinn
Ol
Well have u seen the snoz on him, Well if he wasn't a footy player he could of been a vacum... Don't get me started on laruie daley the Columbians love him.
Well have u seen the snoz on him, Well if he wasn't a footy player he could of been a vacum... Don't get me started on laruie daley the Columbians love him.
rhugh89
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Former Roosters player John Tobin who played 123 games for the Roosters from 1978-1987 has been charged as well
http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...-to-cocaine-ring/story-fnp0lyn6-1227233851928
http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...-to-cocaine-ring/story-fnp0lyn6-1227233851928
