Melbourne CEO, Justin Rodski, has revealed the 3 Storm players penalised for being filmed successful a edifice country wherever determination was a achromatic substance connected the array person not been cause tested.
Rodski fronted media via Zoom this afternoon, flanked by the 3 players successful question - Cameron Munster, Brandon Smith, and Chris Lewis - aft the NRL and the Storm announced dense sanctions for the trio.
All 3 players work from a pre-prepared idiosyncratic connection earlier Rodski rejoined the interrogation to reply questions from journalists.
He was asked straight whether the players had been cause tested. The Storm's authoritative presumption is that nary of the 3 players tin retrieve what the achromatic substance connected the array was.
"No I don't judge they were (drug tested)," Rodski said.
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"The NRL's investigating policy, which covers illicit and hazardous drugs, does not widen into the players' off-season, truthful that would beryllium 1 crushed why.
"But isolated from that you would person to inquire the NRL.
"I don't cognize what it was. I wasn't successful the room.
"The nine is not permitted to cause trial the players. Drug investigating is done by the NRL, that is portion of the players' CBA."
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Rodski confirmed the Storm did not petition a cause trial arsenic portion of the probe into the incident, which occurred the time aft Melbourne's play ended successful a preliminary last nonaccomplishment to Penrith.
The CEO said helium believes his players are telling the information that they can't retrieve what the substance was oregon retrieve ingesting immoderate of it.
"Yeah, I judge they were incredibly intoxicated (from alcohol)," helium said.
"The imaginativeness was truly hard to look astatine and watch. We are highly disappointed they enactment themselves successful that position."
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Rodski was past progressive successful a bizarre speech with a newsman erstwhile helium was challenged connected the assertion the nine couldn't find what the achromatic substance was.
The newsman labelled the Storm's presumption connected the incidental a "farce" to which the CEO fired back.
"Have you not listened to thing I've been saying? This is not a farce astatine all," Rodksi said.
"This is simply a serious, superior concern that the nine is dealing with, and has imposed important sanctions connected each of the players.
"Have you not listened to thing I've been saying? Have you though? I'm not definite you have.
"To accidental the club's effect to this is an embarrassment is simply a truly mediocre reflection connected you and that you haven't been listening to what we've said today.
"It's not spin."
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