Trafficker worked with Hird in 2004

Convicted drug trafficker Shane Charter has links to Essendon legend James Hird. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun

SHANE Charter - the convicted drug trafficker who may have supplied former Essendon sports scientist Steve Dank with supplements at the centre of footy's doping probe - has links to Bombers coach James Hird.

The Herald Sun can reveal Hird and Charter worked together for 12 months on his diet and fitness during the champion's premiership and Brownlow Medal-winning career.

Charter was also hailed as "the architect" behind Demon Shane Woewodin's 2000 Brownlow Medal win.

An Essendon spokesman told the Herald Sun today: "Shane Charter was introduced to James Hird by friends to give dietary advice to him and a number of his friends during 2003 and in early 2004.

"James has had no contact or communication with Mr Charter since, except when he ran into him in 2011.

"The relationship was never more than that."

Charter said in 2000, after Woewodin's win: "My life might be changing next year."

Of his program, Charter, then a full-time pharmaceutical company sales rep, said: "It's a multi-faceted program that involves nutrition, modifying training and also testing in terms of urine and blood analysis.

"It's very tailored. The system is individualised to cater for the individual's needs.

"Every player has different requirements in terms of his age, weight, energy, daily activity, repair to muscle tissue and vitamin, minerals and enzyme deficiencies.

"With Shane there were areas we could get large improvements.''

Former Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy says it's better to have doping "on the table" and investigated rather than covered up.

The football operations general manager at Melbourne in 2000 was Danny Corcoran, who is now head of football at Essendon.

There is no suggestion that Woewodin or Hird ever took banned substances.

A Fairfax report today alleged Charter had worked closely with Dank while he was at Essendon last year to provide players with supplements.

Charter was arrested and found in possession of 100,000 pseudoephedrine-based tablets in 2004. He pleaded guilty and received a reduced prison sentence.

The Bombers on Monday requested ASADA and the AFL investigate the club's sports science program after concerns were raised about players being injected with supplements off site by a registered nurse.

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