Michael Hurley at Bright for the Essendon Community Camp. Picture: George Salpigtidis Source: Herald Sun
FORWARD Michael Hurley says the month-long drugs drama has united Essendon, which last night distanced itself from Cronulla's Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority probe.
The club maintained there were clear differences between the AFL-ASADA inquiry and the Cronulla NRL investigation which could see 14 players banned for two years.
The common link is biochemist Stephen Dank, who worked at Cronulla until the end of 2011 and then moved to Essendon under fitness boss Dean Robinson.
Essendon is declaring its innocence - believing there is no proof of illegal substance use. Cronulla's ASADA probe features a whistleblower believed to be head-conditioner Trent Elkin.
Sharks players have been offered the "substantial assistance" clause offering 75 per cent discounts on two-year bans for guilty pleas, while Essendon has been told by ASADA its players could dodge any ban.
Essendon hopes the investigation will back its belief everything taken by players was permitted, with the No Fault or Negligence clause helping players if that belief is incorrect.
Essendon coach James Hird yesterday said there was little connection in the investigations.
"We have an investigation of our own going on. Cronulla is something that they've got to deal with and they'll deal with it," Hird said.
The investigation will run its course. The facts will come out, the truth will come out. That's what the club and supporters want and then we'll move on.
While Essendon believes its players will be exonerated, it seems certain heads will roll over the club's medical practices.
Parents of current players and those at the club in 2012 were given another briefing by Essendon at Windy Hill on Tuesday night. Hurley, one of a number of Essendon players who were injured during a season in which the supplements regime backfired, said the players had banded together in recent weeks.
"We are all in it together and we are such good mates and it's made us even closer.
"So that's been good for the boys and even the coaches and staff as well. Everyone has been really positive and Hirdy has been fantastic.
"He has brought the boys together - just the way he's opened his home and really supported everyone has been amazing."
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