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‘I want to make my family proud again’: Shark’s star breaks silence on doping ban
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Bronson Xerri hasn’t closed the book on one day returning to the NRL. Photo: Getty ImagesSource: AAP
Suspended Sharks star Bronson Xerri hasn’t closed the book on returning to the NRL one day — although, he admits he hasn’t “touched a football” since being banned last year.
The 20-year-old centre was stood down last May, after returning a positive test to anabolic steroids. A B-sample confirmed his positive result four months later in September.
But in his first interview since being stood down, Xerri said that he was trying to stay resilient and wanted to make his family proud again one day.
“I’m only 20 years old, so whatever time I get, I know I’m going to put my best foot forward,” Xerri told Nine News.
“I want to make my family proud again.”
Before being stood down, Xerri seemingly had the world at his feet.
He was the Shark’s rising star in 2019, finished as the league’s 12th-highest try scorer with 13 (from 22 games) including a hat-trick against the Dragons in round 25 and a double the next week.
Xerri faces a long route back to the game if he, indeed, attempts a comeback after being slapped with a four-year-ban.
He has appealed the provisional four-year ban at the NRL Appeals Tribunal but is yet to learn the outcome.
Yet, he only needs to draw inspiration from Sandor Earl, who made his comeback with the Storm in 2018 after he too was banned for four years for using and trafficking a performance-enhancing drug in 2013.
Speaking to Nine News, Xerri said the “ban” was on him and had nothing to do with his family.
“This is all on myself and it’s a mistake I did, not my family,” he told Nine News.
“That was the hardest part, to tell my family and to let them go through what I was going through. It is what it is. My main goal is to repay them and make them proud again.
Xerri added that he didn’t want to go into the specifics around his drug use and what was important was focusing on his mental health.
“Throughout that period I was very depressed and at home doing nothing,” he said.
“I was just staying home and thinking about everything, it just didn’t seem real to me. I haven’t even watched a game of football yet and I haven’t even touched a football.
“At the end of the day, my mental health is very important and I’m trying to stay on top of it and doing what I can.”
www.foxsports.com.au
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- March 17, 2021 9:27pm
- Source: FOX SPORTS
Suspended Sharks star Bronson Xerri hasn’t closed the book on returning to the NRL one day — although, he admits he hasn’t “touched a football” since being banned last year.
The 20-year-old centre was stood down last May, after returning a positive test to anabolic steroids. A B-sample confirmed his positive result four months later in September.
But in his first interview since being stood down, Xerri said that he was trying to stay resilient and wanted to make his family proud again one day.
“I’m only 20 years old, so whatever time I get, I know I’m going to put my best foot forward,” Xerri told Nine News.
“I want to make my family proud again.”
Before being stood down, Xerri seemingly had the world at his feet.
He was the Shark’s rising star in 2019, finished as the league’s 12th-highest try scorer with 13 (from 22 games) including a hat-trick against the Dragons in round 25 and a double the next week.
Xerri faces a long route back to the game if he, indeed, attempts a comeback after being slapped with a four-year-ban.
He has appealed the provisional four-year ban at the NRL Appeals Tribunal but is yet to learn the outcome.
Yet, he only needs to draw inspiration from Sandor Earl, who made his comeback with the Storm in 2018 after he too was banned for four years for using and trafficking a performance-enhancing drug in 2013.
Speaking to Nine News, Xerri said the “ban” was on him and had nothing to do with his family.
“This is all on myself and it’s a mistake I did, not my family,” he told Nine News.
“That was the hardest part, to tell my family and to let them go through what I was going through. It is what it is. My main goal is to repay them and make them proud again.
Xerri added that he didn’t want to go into the specifics around his drug use and what was important was focusing on his mental health.
“Throughout that period I was very depressed and at home doing nothing,” he said.
“I was just staying home and thinking about everything, it just didn’t seem real to me. I haven’t even watched a game of football yet and I haven’t even touched a football.
“At the end of the day, my mental health is very important and I’m trying to stay on top of it and doing what I can.”
‘I want to make my family proud again’: Shark’s star breaks silence on doping ban
‘I want to make my family proud again’: Shark’s star breaks silence on doping ban
www.foxsports.com.au
