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Message: [QUOTE="Morkel, post: 3184628, member: 8215"] There are some more points of reference I want to add here as to the drug cheating. From what I read, the peptides in question were supposed to speed up recovery times, in multiple ways. It not only allowed the players to recover on a set-by-set basis quicker (literally being able to perform at their peak for more minutes on the field), but also between training sessions, eg, able to recover quicker for their next weights or cardio session, meaning they could be fitter and stronger than they would be able to with normal recovery times. The first one is particularly important when you think of players like Gallen and Watmough. Around the same time it turned out Dank was with the Sea Eagles, there were articles literally claiming that Watmough was some kind of gene freak, and able to recover much faster than any normal player. On Gallen, plenty of players have been able to play big minutes in the middle for their club (eg, for a while there Josh McGuire's best game were when he played 70-80 minutes at prop), it is a completely different situation in Origin. On the second point, at the time of the admitted cheating, the Shark's starting props, Snowden and Douglas, were absolutely instoppable. In isolation that wouldn't be unprecedented, as plenty of players have hit a purple patch, but when you look at how they both performed when they left the Sharks, they were a shadow of themselves. Snowden was a marquee recruit by Tinkler to the Knights, and did **** all for them. And Douglas, I wasn't the only person to notice that he looked noticeably slimmer at the Titans and was weak as piss. Too many coincidences there to believe that the peptides didn't eventuate in an advantage. [/QUOTE]

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