Monfries, Ryder to receive show cause advice

Mick Warner from the Herald Sun updates us on the latest news that 34 current and former Essendon players have been issued with notices by ASADA.

Port Adelaide's Angus Monfries will receive legal advice on ASADA show-cause notices. Picture: George Salpigtidis Source: News Corp Australia

PORT Adelaide pair Angus Monfries and Paddy Ryder this weekend will get independent legal advice on how to deal with the new ASADA show cause notices that have followed them from Essendon.

The Power duo next week are expected to join Western Bulldogs forward Stewart Crameri and Footscray VFL midfielder Brent Prismall, who are breaking from the Essendon legal team representing the Bombers.

Port Adelaide's legal support for Monfries and Ryder — who is to be married to his fiance Jess at Port Douglas on Saturday — will include leading Melbourne-based lawyer Paul Ehrlich. He also represented the Power during its complicated negotiations with Essendon to secure Ryder during the AFL trade period.

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The Power on Friday night repeated it was not in a position to comment on the ASADA saga while the 34 players are protected by confidentiality agreements.

Neither Monfries nor Ryder have been publicly named as being among the 34 past and present Essendon players who on Saturday — for the second time — were issued "show cause" notices from the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority.

This time, each notice is specifically written for each player and alleges the Bombers used the banned peptide, Thymosin beta-4.

Each show cause notice has as many as 350 pages. ASADA says it has supplemented the documents with 12,000 pages of evidence. It is the first time the players have been handed by ASADA a view of the evidence collected in the investigation of the Essendon supplements program.

Chip Le Grand from The Australian explains the latest implications in the ongoing ASADA scandal.

"By providing the detailed 'show-cause' notices, it is ASADA's intention to offer players every opportunity to respond to the allegations against them," the government agency said in a statement.

Each player has 10 days to respond to ASADA. He can offer no response and ask for an AFL anti-doping tribunal hearing.

Only the AFL and not ASADA can issue infraction notices forcing players before a tribunal that can issue penalties reaching two-year bans.

Monfries and Ryder have two options:

WAIT for an AFL tribunal hearing — and make a "no fault, no negligence" defence. As there is no positive test against an AFL player, they could succeed in avoiding any penalty.

DEAL with ASADA. They could ask for their penalty — of between three to six months — to be back dated. There is the risk the ban could include AFL premiership games. The worst-case scenario is the players would miss the first month of the AFL premiership season that starts on April 2.

The AFL Player's Association has responded to the the show cause notices re-issued to 34 former and current Essendon players by ASADA.

ASADA's decision to issue show cause notices was made despite Essendon coach James Hird still appealing a Federal Court ruling that declared the joint AFL-ASADA investigation into the supplements was legal.

A three-judge panel will hear Hird's appeal on November 10. At that stage, the AFL could have issued infraction notices against the 34.

The AFL would only say: "ASADA's formal process has now been re-triggered and so it is not appropriate for the AFL to comment."

The AFL Players' Association, which has co-ordinated the legal advice to the players no longer at Essendon, yesterday also was reluctant to comment.

Chief executive Paul Marsh said: "The players' legal team will review the material in the coming days and discuss the contents with players, to determine what response, if any, they will provide in respect to these amended show cause notices."

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