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AFL: After weeks on debate about his performances, the Hawks have announced that James Sicily will miss the next two weeks with an injury making the whole situation look bizarre.
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- News.com.au
AFL 2025: Essendon set to welcome back All-Australian midfielder
It's a big boost for the Bombers. Essendon will welcome star midfielder Darcy Parish back for its crunch clash with Carlton on Sunday night. Parish has not played at senior level since the Bombers' final home-and-away match of last season. The All-Australian, who had sustained yet another soft tissue setback, played two matches on managed minutes in the VFL last month. Essendon coach Brad Scott said Parish's addition would provide further flexibility to the Bombers' midfield. 'We planned for this for quite some time and he's had an uninterrupted month in terms of his build,' he said. 'He played two games in the VFL, played really well, so barring an incident today he'll be available. 'It's probably one part of the ground where we do have great flexibility at the moment. It's a good thing, you want to have multiple options running through the midfield.' The Bombers used star captain Zach Merrett across half back last week in their brave loss to reigning premier Brisbane. Merrett found plenty of the ball but didn't have his usual impact, recording only two clearances and one inside 50. With their pile of injuries, particularly in defence, Scott said the Bombers could use Merrett back again. 'Look, maybe, it's a bit of a reality, Zak Johnson came in for his first game and played in defence,' he said. 'Our VFL team had a really good performance, but we didn't really have any AFL-listed players playing in defence. 'Merrett we would like to use in about four different places, he's a really flexible player. 'We'll just assess where we play him based on the opposition and what suits us best.' Essendon veteran ruck Todd Goldstein will have his hands full with brilliant Blue Tom De Koning on Sunday. Scott praised the efforts of Goldstein since he resurgence back into the side and said the Bombers would only give the 335-gamer a rest 'only if we need to'. 'I've known Goldy long enough to know what he's capable of and we just monitor him really closely,' he said. 'I don't think we will go down the path of pre-planning anything, obviously have some ideas in mind. 'But most of our time will be directed towards assessing how he is recovering from games, how he's performing. I thought he was outstanding on the weekend.'
News.com.au
17 minutes ago
- News.com.au
Sydney plastic surgeon, Dr Tobias Pincock, blames shocking drug test result on bagels
A scandal-plagued Sydney surgeon has once again been hauled in front of medical authorities, this time after testing positive for a slew of illicit drugs. Dr Tobias Pincock, throughout his career as a plastic surgeon, has been found to have performed a nose job on a patient 45 minutes after they suffered a cardiac arrest, losing $500,000 of his patient's money after convincing them to invest in a fund he majority-owned, and now getting done for being on illicit drugs while working. Australia's medical regulator, the Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC), on Tuesday released its findings from a tribunal held in late 2024, which investigated a complaint against Dr Pincock. The complaint alleged that Dr Pincock breached the conditions on his registration by 'testing positive for illicit drugs, failing to attend drug screening on a number of occasions, providing a number of dilute urine samples' and 'failing to attend for treatment and monitoring.' Due to past positive tests, Dr Pincock was required to undertake periodic as well as random drug testing, but throughout the testing, Dr Pincock tested positive for cocaine, Endone, Temazepam, Endep, quetiapine, lignocaine, oxycodone, morphine, codeine, opiates and benzodiazepines. Dr Pincock provided the tribunal with many explanations for these positive results. Urinary drug testing on 13 January 2020 and 18 May 2022 indicated Dr Pincock had self-administered an amphetamine and an opioid, respectively. Dr Pincock claimed that he had either eaten several poppy seed bagels on the day of testing or the previous day, and that this was possibly the cause of a false positive result. However, the HCCC found 'at a time after (Dr Pincock) was tested on 18 May 2022, he photographed a packet of bagels, a toaster and a knife and sent that photo to the Medical Council. 'It is clear that this photo was not taken at the time the bagels were eaten but at the time he sent the photograph to the Medical Council, and tolerably clear that the practitioner, in effect, re-set the scene from earlier by posing the bagels with the toaster etc.' In his statement to the tribunal, Dr Pincock said he had not 'intentionally acted to be in breach of his conditions', yet the tribunal found on several occasions 'that is exactly what he did'. Dr Pincock came to the notice of medical regulators in 2016 when a complaint was made which alleged that he had used nitrous oxide recreationally. During an assessment by Dr Robert Fisher, Dr Pincock allegedly admitted to self-administering nitrous oxide to manage a panic attack. This was far from Dr Pincock's first brush with medical authorities. In 2011, Dr Pincock was 'reprimanded in the strongest terms' by a medical committee for performing a nose job on a patient 45 minutes after they had suffered a cardiac arrest. The patient required resuscitation and three defibrillations yet Dr Pincock allegedly felt that the patient would be 'disappointed' if the surgery didn't happen and 'might be reluctant to try again at a later date.' In 2018, Dr Pincock was also charged with the alleged assault of a 10-year-old boy and handed an apprehended violence order to stay away from the child. In January, Dr Pincock was found guilty of professional misconduct and barred from practising medicine for 18 months after encouraging two patients to invest over $500,000 into a trust he majority owned. The HCCC alleged that in 2015, Dr Pincock encouraged one of his patients to invest $335,000 into the 'Australian Allergy Centre' trust while both still employing her and continuing the doctor-patient relationship. The patient alleged Dr Pincock made the representation that 'the investment would mean that her children with disabilities would be financially taken care of for life and that the return on her investment would be $5,000,000 in five years.' The Civil and Administrative Tribunal of NSW (NCAT) found that 'Dr Pincock did not know, even in general terms, how much the [clinic] business was worth or would be worth in five years' time.' Dr Pincock is currently barred from practising medicine until mid-2026 as a result of earlier findings. Orders from his latest tribunal hearing render him unable to re-register as a clinician for 9 months, which will expire within the timeframe of his earlier orders. Dr Pincock charged with any criminal wrongdoing in relation to what was raised in the HCCC proceedings.
7NEWS
20 minutes ago
- 7NEWS
Gold Coast Titans coach Des Hasler on final warning after latest outburst to NRL officials
Gold Coast coach Des Hasler is on his final warning for 'direct and targeted criticism' towards the NRL referees. The league released a statement on Thursday following Hasler's explosive comments towards officials over the weekend. Hasler claimed bunker official Kasey Badger got a call wrong to deny the Titans a try, which resulted in a 12-point swing during the 26-16 loss to Melbourne Storm. Storm players Trent Leorio and Shawn Blore were caught up on the ground at the ruck and Titans dummy half Sam Verrills picked up the ball and dived over the line. But after a Melbourne challenge, Badger ruled Verrills had made contact with teammate Tino Fa'asuamaleaui, who played the ball, which impeded Ryan Papenhuyzen in defence and was declared a no-try. While the Titans retained the ball due to the Storm ruck infringement and attacked the line, Melbourne's Grant Anderson intercepted a pass and raced 90 metres to score. 'Kasey got it wrong, again,' Hasler said at the post-match press conference, which he cut short after two questions. 'There's an email from the NRL about players lying in the ruck; that's fine, let them lie in the ruck, but you shouldn't lose the advantage. 'They were lying all over the ground and six again, penalty, I don't know whether it was called, and young Vez (Verrills) picks up the ball and dives through, doesn't touch anyone, Papenhuyzen wasn't obstructed. 'That was the word-for-word what the NRL sent out, so I'll be interested to see what their explanation was.' The NRL didn't take too kindly to the remarks. 'The NRL has issued Gold Coast Titans coach Des Hasler with a final warning for direct and targeted criticism of NRL Match Officials,' the league said in a statement. 'The final warning relates to comments made by Hasler following Round 13 of the NRL Premiership, as well as previous public statements regarding officiating.' 'Hasler has been reminded of his obligations under the NRL Rules and Code of Conduct as well as his general responsibility as a sporting leader. 'Negative public remarks about match officials significantly hinder the recruitment and retention of match officials at the community and pathways tiers of the game.' Cowboys coach Todd Payten was hit with a similar warning for his comments last month. Gold Coast are in last place after losing seven of their past eight, including last week's loss to Melbourne where they had at times looked a live chance of winning.
