I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned, but speaking to few people at todays U20 it seems that many don't appear to know what happened.



Sam, held his arm up to the referee to complain. The referee put the incident on report, alleged biting. If there is sufficient evidence that will be Hudsons last game for Cas.

Lima was furious, and in the next drive went straight for Hudson, who sensibly "got out of the way"

Didn't really see it tbh. I assumed he just slapped him or something. The verdict will clearly be "insufficient video evidence though".

I went toilet but my mate was saying some thing about report and biting , that Hudson was housing with Sam soon as he came on off the bench

Hudson was after him all night, every kick chase he was always the first one there trying to put a shot on him. Hudson nearly kicked off with Sam in the first half when Sam was trying to get the ball for a quick play the ball and Hudson wouldn't give him the ball so they gave each other a bit of a push and a few word exchanges. Disgusting behavior if found guilty.

Hudson should not have even been on the pitch. After taking performance enhancing drugs he should never have been allowed to play Rugby League. Before people mention Gaz Hock he took recreational drugs.

The dirty sh@thouse pooped his pants when he saw Lima coming towards him, He won`t be missed by RL when he retires a less than average player at the best.

Oh dear.

Cocaine is a Class A drug, carrying up to 7 years in prison for possession.

Steroids are a Class C drug, which are (as a group), legal for personal use and/or importation.



However, at the risk of people calling me "knobcheese", etc. - I actually agree to a point with the original post.



Within sport, IMO, the use of performance enhancers should carry AT LEAST double the penalty of recreational drug use.



Coke, weed, etc. have no tangible positive impact on a sports professional (other than the possible dulling of pain from impact, but this is massively offset by the reduction in overall physical and mental performance).

Their use, whilst unacceptable, should be TREATED (e.g. 3 month ban, during which the abuser is attend counselling/drying out, with a medical case review before reinstatement).

If the player is then found to have the metabolites in his system for a second time, then an automatic 1 year ban should come in to effect, with the same rules as previously.



However steroids, HGH, etc. must be seen as straightforward CHEATING, which (again IMO) should carry at least the current 2 year ban and I would even look to increase that to 4 years, as in (I believe) athletics.



Additonally, proper random testing MUST be brough in for all players - Not just the England/GB team - with every player being tested at least once per year.

With the most "popular" steroids (at least the most commonly reported ones) seeming to be Stanozolol and Nandrolone, which remain in the system as a metabolite for 3 months (when injected) and 12-18 months respectively, this should give a resonable chance of catching the cheats within a 1-2 year period.

Currently, it appears that that if they stay out of the national team, they can pretty much go undetected for their entire career.



We must do more to dissuade outright cheating, whilst supporting those who may have a problem, and whilst I accept that some people will take the opposing view (as it remains - and always will be - a controversial subject), I think that it is only right to have a more reasoned argument than simply referring to someone as a "knobcheese" and/or "fool", simply because they don't agree with you.



Especially when you are using utterly incorrect facts to back up your end of the argument.



NB - For clarity. I am not currently, nor have I ever been a user of any non-prescription drug bar alcohol and nicotine.

The finest example of myopia I've ever seen! Kudos to your fellow fans who quickly ridiculed you- and rightly so!

It's a massive grey area that people will never agree on, but this post is pretty much what I think. If someone has taken recreational drugs they have been stupid but if they have been taking performance enhancers they have been actively trying to cheat to gain an advantage over their opponents and should be punished more severely IMO. Like I say you will never get everyone to agree on the matter, some people take the opinion that drugs are drugs and should all carry the same punishment. On the Footy Show last week they were even debating whether painkilling injections should be classed as performance enhancers and also be banned.



I'm not sure you are correct about only England players getting tested though, there is regular post game testing at club level.

Steroids are 80's stuff. If you want to test for HGH or EPO you need to do it a lot more often than once per year as it's pretty easy to mask them. Rugby league, like many other sports, pay lip service to this issue and are happy to brush it under the carpet. Cycling for instance has a biological passport, with the riders profile and numbers on it. Any variance from that and they're out (and they're tested alot!). That's the benchmark here.