Fabri reportedly gained clearance (think it was part of a comment on here) but Xerri said in this interview that Fabri gave up his accreditation so he could train him. Relinquishing his ASADA accreditation is a huge thing if true.
And what is your expertise?
As he said in the PODCast if he did go to America, he wouldn't be able to count that time as part of his Ban. I.E. The ban would start on his return, apparently was confirmed by his lawyer.
I heard he relinquished his accreditation through different sources, so pretty sure it's true.
Yeah this was a big surprise. Not sure if true, but interesting if it is. I guess it makes sense because it’s like asada saying “nah you ain’t gonna avoid our ban by going to a competition that doesn’t follow us.” If you could just go to a competition like NFL (they said it was the ONLY sport possible to do this) then a 4 yr ban is potentially not so bad. You’d still have to make it as an American footballer though, which is extremely difficult, especially when you know nothing about it like Xerri admits.
That’s massive tbh. Shows how much faith he’s put in Xerri and vice versa. Hopefully it pays off for both of them.
None of the US major sports are affiliated with WADA, they have their own rules. For example, for the exact same drug breach in the NBA it would be 25 games, NFL 4 games and NHL 20 games, boxing is the longest at 2 years.
Depends on how much of the rumours you believe.
Thats true, but he passed all his other tests.
Yes I'm happy we signed him but I'm not falling for all the media BS we've been hit with from his camp recently. As I've said before I doubt he will walk into the side as easily as a few people think.
I got the impression he wasn’t happy, deviated by saying he changed his number.
pre Gus he would have slotted straight in, now we have competiton for spots and they need to be earned.
That's a good thing isn't it? We have candidates for most positions.
He was fast when he was 8 years old, always played 2 years above his age and still stood out. And it's not like he didn't transition that natural ability to the NRL, unlike many he has made the jump and did it when he was only 19. I have no doubt that he will come back fast and strong, but no one is going to just give him the position, he's going to have to earn it.
I listened to a few of their podcasts they did with Bloke last year and after those few, I never listened again.
Agree, I think he will make his way back to first grade in 2024 but it definitely will be later in the season. Though I expect to see him in the starting 13 before our run to the finals
. I think he will get most if not all of his speed back, remember he was only 18/19 at the time, If he did not get the ban he would have improved his speed further, whether he was on the gear or not. But losing the time will likely have resulted in him losing some development time. He was also pretty clear first job he will have in 2024 is to get into the team, acknowledges lots of work needs to be done for that to happen, and he wants a premiership.
I don't see ball skills as being an issue, he played a lot of juniors as a halfback, so it comes naturally to him. I was pleased to hear in the podcast that he is going to be working on the wrestle weekly starting now, that is such an important (and unfortunate) part of the NRL these days.Agree, I think he will make his way back to first grade in 2024 but it definitely will be later in the season. Though I expect to see him in the starting 13 before our run to the finals
I do not think speed will be the issue, timing, ball skills and defence will be the challenge.
Yes i also took that line of thinking also when he spoke about the topic. He has hunger and a point to prove.