Former champ Tamsyn Manou says AFL must hit dopers hard Tamsyn Manou (formerly Lewis) Picture: Scott Chris Source: Herald Sun FORMER Aussie athletics golden girl Tamsyn Manou has urged the AFL and authorities to come down hard on anyone - teams or athletes - who are found guilty of doping. Wading into the AFL drugs furore, the former World Indoor champion and triple Commonwealth Games gold medallist said anyone found in breach of the rules by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority should be banned from their sport. And any team or player winning a trophy while taking banned substances should be stripped of their accolades. "I missed Olympic finals because of drug cheats that were caught after the event," Manou (formerly Lewis) said. For the future generation of Australian kids, we need good role models and we need to make sport clean. Manou called on authorities to take decisive action against anyone found guilty of taking banned substances, regardless of their stature. "If anyone cheats, they should be stripped of all accolades," she said. ASADA has interviewed Essendon AFL players in the past fortnight and will probe Melbourne and Gold Coast squads when its focus on Windy Hill is complete. Manou said she had no insight into the AFL peptide probe, but "this shouldn't be swept under the carpet, no matter who the athletes are," she said. "If you find out people have taken banned drugs and there is a paper trail, it should be investigated and they should be banned," Manou said. If it's big names, small names - anybody playing sport has to play by the rules.