Threat of legal action Sandor Earl opens up about drug charges Former NRL player, Sandor Earl, opens up about the pressure he felt as a young, impressionable athlete to perform at the highest level and how he became involved with banned substances PT1M58S http://www.smh.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2uinf 620 349 September 27, 2013 - 5:57PM Stephen Dank says he will be initiating legal action against Sandor Earl after the former Canberra winger opened up about his doping dramas. In an interview that aired on the Nine Network on Thursday night, Earl claimed Dank had abused his "power and trust" and that the sports scientist had told him he had administered CJC-1295 to players at all the other clubs he had worked with. Dank has previously worked at Manly and Cronulla, the latter the only club not absolved of systemic doping. Sandor Earl at Raiders training. Dank, who had arranged an AFL trial for Earl at Essendon and referred him to a Cabramatta-based medical practitioner to treat shoulder injuries in 2011, said he was disturbed by some of the revelations in the Earl interview. "I reiterate that there is no wrongdoing in terms of the WADA prohibited list," Dank said. My barristers are carefully scrutinising every word that Earl has said. There are definitive issues in some of Earl's claims and my legal team are looking at which of those comments are false in relation to Earl's beliefs. We're also looking at what is false due to supposition from ASADA. Earl is facing the prospect of a four-year ban from sport for doping offences, including trafficking, during his time at Penrith in 2011. The Canberra winger, who is hopeful of a 75 per cent discount on his ban for providing "substantial assistance" to ASADA, has denied providing banned substances to other players. Spectre of ASADA sanctions threat to World Cup squads Fears that NRL players participating in next month's World Cup in Britain could be served with Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority infraction notices and be sent home have thrown the tournament strategies and selection plans of the 14 competing nations into disarray. High-flying Roosters haven't had time to circle the wagons Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson addressed his players on Wednesday night about reports of a drugs cloud over the minor premiers in Thursday's Herald but officials have no idea whether the revelations will affect them in Saturday night's preliminary final against Newcastle.