Both the Richmond and Port Adelaide Football clubs have been hit with ASADA fines for breaching ASADA rules.

ASADA Fines

The AFL has whacked the Tigers with a $5,000 fine for recently cancelling a training session and not immediately notifying ASADA of changes to its practice schedule.

The Power were hit with a lesser $2,500 fine under the same rules after it did not immediately notify ASADA that an unwell player was to miss an upcoming training session.

Second ASADA fine in two years for Power

For Port Adelaide it’s the second ASADA fine they have been on the receiving end of in less than two years.

In a statement the AFL said:

“AFL players may be tested 365 days of the year for WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) prohibited drugs,” the AFL said in a statement.

“Under the operation of the AFL’s code with ASADA it is the club that is sanctioned for the failure to provide complete up-to-date whereabouts information at all times for testing purposes.”

by Michael T. Lynch – contributor