Canberra Raiders winger Sandor Earl alleged to have been treated with ... - Herald Sun

Sandor Earl (L) is alleged to have obtained treatment with peptides. Picture: Gregg Porteous Source: The Daily Telegraph

SANDOR Earl has become the first NRL player named in the ASADA investigation, following a report alleging the Raiders winger was injected with peptides at a private medical clinic.

The Nine Network last night claimed Earl received the off-site treatments while playing for Penrith in 2011.

It was alleged he visited a practice in Cabramatta, but there was no suggestion the peptides in question constituted banned substances at the time. There was also no mention of any role sports scientist Steve Dank - the central figure in the ASADA investigation - might have played in referring Earl or any other Penrith players to the clinic.

Dank was a consultant with Penrith for a short time during the latter half of 2011, not long after he departed from Cronulla. He has repeatedly denied treating any players with banned substances.

Earl made limited appearances in 2011, thanks to a wretched run of injury.

He could not be contacted for comment last night.

However, it is established that Earl is one of 31 current NRL players that ASADA wishes to interview.

He has hired legal representation to assist the process, but all player interviews have been indefinitely suspended after Sharks utility Wade Graham refused to fully answer pointed questions about the use of banned peptides CJC-1295 and GHRP-6 at Cronulla in 2011.

Earl was set for a recall to the NRL against his old Panthers teammates this weekend after Edrick Lee was ruled out with a broken arm.

He has already signed a deal to defect to French rugby later this season, having declined to take up a contractual option to remain in Canberra next year.