{"id":73085,"date":"2022-05-26T11:58:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T02:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=73085"},"modified":"2022-05-26T11:58:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T02:28:09","slug":"bombers-champ-says-he-still-cops-fallout-from-the-supplements-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/bombers-champ-says-he-still-cops-fallout-from-the-supplements-saga\/","title":{"rendered":"Bombers Champ Says He Still Cops Fallout From The Supplements Saga"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>400-game Essendon champ and two-time premiership player Dustin Fletcher tells FIVEAA the club\u2019s supplement saga still \u201cgets brought up every day\u201d wherever he goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/fiveaa-sports-show-with-rowey-bicks\/roweys-sports-show-podcast-25-may-2022\/embed\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Rowey's Sports Show Podcast - 25 May 2022\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fletcher told Rowey\u2019s Sports Show:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI was part of the 34, so that was no doubt the toughest part of my footy journey. I\u2019m not proud of it. Unfortunately I\u2019m still part of the 34 players that were found guilty. I say to everyone &#8211; I would never cheat &#8211; if I had to cheat to go out and play AFL football I never would have\u2026 it was a tough period of time\u2026<\/p><p>\u201cIt gets brought up every day. Wherever I go someone will ask me a question or someone will have a go at me about it\u2026 that\u2019s just the way it goes unfortunately. It was a big part of footy there for a while.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>ROWEY<\/strong>: \u201cIf you saw Stephen Dank in the street would you headbutt him?\u201d<\/p><p><strong>DUSTIN<\/strong>: \u201cMaybe and I\u2019d nearly give the weapon one as well. There were mistakes made. Essendon footy club made mistakes, and those two guys made mistakes, and ASADA, and even the AFL \u2013 it was a tough period of time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>DUSTIN&#8217;S FULL CHAT HERE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/fiveaa-sports-show-with-rowey-bicks\/interview-dustin-fletcher-25-may-2022\/embed\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"INTERVIEW: Dustin Fletcher - 25 May 2022\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p>FIVEAA BREAKFAST LIVE STREAM &#8211; THURS 26 MAY &#8211; WATCH HERE:<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F1395FIVEAA%2Fvideos%2F1456238811459128%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>400-game Essendon champ and two-time premiership player Dustin Fletcher tells FIVEAA the club\u2019s supplement saga still \u201cgets brought up every day\u201d wherever he goes. Fletcher told Rowey\u2019s Sports Show: \u201cI was part of the 34, so that was no doubt the toughest part of my footy journey. I\u2019m not proud of it. 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