Essendon CEO Xavier Campbell has made the following statement relating to claims of ‘new evidence’ in WADA's submission to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

"Nothing that has come from the submission has altered my view or confidence in the players position," Campbell said.

"WADA claims there are apparently results which show a level of TB4 which is higher than they might have expected would be present naturally in the human body.

"It is clear that WADA does not know what the results mean. There were no supporting documents or evidence in the WADA brief and there are real doubts as to the significance of these claims."