Hird suffered drug 'side effects'

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JAMES Hird injected himself with Melanotan II, suffered ''significant'' side effects and continued to allow the man who gave him the drug and instructions on how to use it to run his high performance department.

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The allegation is made as part of the detailed and damning summary of charges against Essendon, Hird and three other officials released by the AFL on Wednesday.

The incident allegedly happened in or about October 2011 and the exact nature of the side effects are redacted.

Hird hit back after the charge sheet was widely disseminated.

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He said he had been denied natural justice after the AFL, which he said was attempting to try him by media.

"The AFL today continued its trial by media of me with the release of the charges against Essendon,'' Hird said.

The Essendon coach also accused the AFL of a breach of due process by releasing a letter that club doctor Bruce Reid sent to him.

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"The letter, released in isolation, is designed to damage my reputation,'' Hird said.

Hird said the Bombers only received notice from the AFL that the charges were being released ``minutes'' before it happened.

"Courtesy would dictate that the AFL would have given adequate notification of the release of the charges so I could prepare,'' he said.

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Essendon chairman Paul Little also sharply criticised the league's decision to make public the 34-page document which outlines its case against the Bombers.

In and of itself, Hird's use of Melanotan II given to him by fitness boss Dean Robinson does not contravene any AFL or WADA code anti-doping rules, but the next aspect of the charges goes to the heart of what the AFL alleges were alarming breaches of good governance that led to the charge of conduct unbecoming, prejudicial to the interests of the AFL or to bring the game into disrepute.

"Notwithstanding his first-hand experience of the unsatisfactory manner in which Robinson supplied substances to be injected at the club, including the fact that he had suffered side effects about which he had not been warned, Hird did not recognise or respond to the indication that the supplements program potentially posed a risk to the players' health, welfare and safety,'' the charges say.

The charge sheet also alleges that Hird was warned off the use peptides by an AFL integrity officer in August 2011 - well before sports scientist Stephen Dank joined the club in November that year - after making an "informal inquiry of an ASADA representative as to whether any AFL clubs were using peptides''.

Hird was told by the integrity officer that "peptides were a serious risk to the integrity of the AFL, in the same category as steroids and HGH and implored Hird to report to the AFL if he came across any information relating to peptides''.

The charges also include the full text of a letter, addressed to Hird and then football manager Paul Hamilton from club doctor Bruce Reid in January last year in which he expressed his strong concerns about the supplements program.

Later that month, Hird sent a text message to football department boss Danny Corcoran saying: "No stress but need to organise a meeting with you me Reidy, Danksy and Weapon (Robinson) the day you get back. Reidy has stopped everything which is getting a little frustrating. Need to get your United Nations skills back into action''.

The extensive charge sheet also alleges Hird:

SUPPORTED the appointment of Robinson notwithstanding the fact that Hird knew or believed that there were significant concerns about the manner in which Robinson had conducted himself.

TOOK no adequate steps to ensure that Robinson was subjected to appropriate employment history checks or that Robinson was appropriately supervised and managed.

TOOK no adequate steps to ensure that Dank was subjected to appropriate employment history checks or that Dank was appropriately supervised and managed, despite being aware of the importance of, and risks associated with, the position of sports scientist for the program the club was proposing to implement.

WAS aware that he had advocated to Robinson and Dank that they devise and implement a supplements program that was to push the legal limit but not to cross the line.

The charge sheet alleges Hird failed to:

INQUIRE as to whether the players were receiving peptides;

INQUIRE of the AFL or ASADA as to whether the supplements program was compliant with the AFL Anti-Doping Code;

TAKE any or any adequate steps to ensure that an adequate system and regulatory process was established in relation to the supplements program.

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