Phil Gould reveals new details about Josh Addo-Carr’s cocaine test and uncovers the inside knowledge that convinced him it was IMPOSSIBLE for the star to have taken the drug.

Phil Gould has revealed new details about Josh Addo-Carr’s alleged failed roadside drugs test, including what convinced him it is impossible for the Bulldogs winger to have taken cocaine.

The fallout from Addo-Carr’s alleged positive road test for cocaine continued on Tuesday, with the winger withdrawing from training and from the squad list for the club’s finals against Manly on Sunday.

The 29-year-old told Bulldogs officials he is convinced he did not take cocaine in the lead-up to Friday night’s test and does not know how to explain the alleged positive result.

Bulldogs boss Phil Gould addressed the situation again on Wednesday. Six tackles with Gus podcast.

Gould said Addo-Carr informed Bulldogs officials on Saturday morning that the initial slide test conducted by police was inconclusive and that he was cleared of suspicion as officers allowed him to drive after the test.

Gould said he spoke directly to the winger about the incident and after Addo-Carr explained he had not been charged and was allowed to drive home, he had a question for him.

“I asked him, ‘What are you worried about?'” Gould explained.

He said, “I’m not doing that. I’m just letting you know that it happened.”

“I said ‘good as gold’ and thought nothing more of it. I thought nothing more of it.”

Gould went on to say that he believes Addo-Carr’s claim that he had not taken drugs because there was “no window” in which the star would have had the opportunity to do so without the club’s knowledge.

“When we sat down and thought about it … to have what was supposedly cocaine in his system on Friday night, he would have had to have consumed that (drug) within the last 48 to 72 hours,” Gould said.

‘Well, he was training with us. He played until Friday morning. He withdrew on Friday morning because he had an ankle injury.

“If you think about the last two or three days, there is no time frame in which you would think he would do something like that. We wouldn’t consider it that way anyway.”

Addo-Carr stayed with his team-mates in a hotel in Homebush on Friday night, and the club always adopts that arrangement before games at the Accor Stadium.

However, the winger was not with his teammates on Thursday night.

Gould added that in his experience, initial roadside drug tests conducted by police are notoriously unreliable.

NSW Police carry out an initial drug test by scratching the skin. If the result is positive, they usually carry out a second scratch test and collect a third sample which is sent to a laboratory for further testing, which can take weeks.

Officers did not perform a second scratch test on Addo-Carr because they were called to a report of a home invasion, but they did collect a sample from the star, which will be analyzed in a lab.

“The first sample doesn’t convict you of it, they don’t accuse you of it. They never do that, it’s just an indication in case they have to do another test,” Gould said.

‘I’ve had a number of calls from NRL players and clubs saying they had a guy who tested positive but who tested negative on the second swab.

“They are not accurate. They are very, very inaccurate.”

Gould also suggested the midfielder will return to play for the Bulldogs in the second week of the finals if they win this weekend.

“We’re in a sudden death season. It may last one week or four weeks, we don’t know,” Gould said.

‘But as of next week, there is really no reason for the club or the NRL Integrity Unit to keep Josh Addo-Carr out of the game.

‘This is Josh’s decision this week.

“We hope to get through this game this weekend.”