Banned sports scientist Stephen Dank said that he had supplied former Australian Football League side Gold Coast Suns player Nathan Bock "with the prohibited peptide CJC-1295," according to Michael Warner of the HERALD SUN. Dank said that he bought the drug at a Sydney compounding pharmacy in Dec. '10 and "took it to the Gold Coast on a plane in a cooler bag packed with dry ice." He said that he "gave the CJC-1295 to then Suns fitness boss Dean Robinson, who taught Bock how to self-administer it." Dank said, "I bought it at the Belgrave pharmacy in Sydney and delivered it to Robinson’s house. From there, Robinson demonstrated to Bock how to use it and instructed him accordingly." Asked whether there was "any doubt" the drug he supplied Bock was the WADA-banned CJC-1295, Dank replied, "No. There is no doubt in my mind." Dank’s confession came as the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority insisted it was "unable to establish whether the drug Bock used was actually CJC-1295." Robinson and Dank worked for the Suns in late '10 when Bock "was being treated for an Achilles injury." The pair reunited at Essendon in late '11 and "played key roles" in establishing the Bombers’ "pharmacologically experimental" drugs program. Dank, who was "slapped with a lifetime ban by the AFL last year," said he was "bewildered by ASADA’s failure to confirm what drug he had given Bock" (HERALD SUN, 4/12).
