Irish player failed drug test during 2011 6 Nations

Pisco Sour

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-irish-international-failed-drug-test-1176745.html

No mention of this anywhere. Bad news.

THE GREATEST evil of this sporting era appeared to have taken root in Five Nations rugby last night when Sports Council officials informed the Irish governing body that one of their internationals had tested positive for steroid misuse after one of last season's championship matches. There was no public indication of the player's identity or of the match concerned, but it was the clearest possible sign of the passing of union's age of innocence.
Unsubstantiated reports of a drug scandal waiting to break had surfaced on Monday night and the Irish Rugby Football Union joined their counterparts from England, Scotland and Wales in issuing strong denials that theirs was the player or players involved. Ironically, the Irish had already reacted sharply to weekend newspaper claims by Neil Francis, their former international lock, that anabolic steroids had been commonly used in senior rugby circles for at least a decade.

Embarrassed Irish officials refused to comment on last night's developments but Noel Murphy, the president of the union, had earlier condemned "all use of performance enhancing substances" and expressed "full and proactive" support for Sports Council testing initiatives. There was no explanation as to why news of a positive finding had taken some six months to filter through.

sock puppet

Can someone ban this fucking facebook app?

delta_bravo

Look at the year of publishing!

norrie rugger

04072511 wrote: »

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-irish-international-failed-drug-test-1176745.html

No mention of this anywhere. Bad news.

THE GREATEST evil of this sporting era appeared to have taken root in Five Nations rugby last night when Sports Council officials informed the Irish governing body that one of their internationals had tested positive for steroid misuse after one of last season's championship matches. There was no public indication of the player's identity or of the match concerned, but it was the clearest possible sign of the passing of union's age of innocence.
Unsubstantiated reports of a drug scandal waiting to break had surfaced on Monday night and the Irish Rugby Football Union joined their counterparts from England, Scotland and Wales in issuing strong denials that theirs was the player or players involved. Ironically, the Irish had already reacted sharply to weekend newspaper claims by Neil Francis, their former international lock, that anabolic steroids had been commonly used in senior rugby circles for at least a decade.

Embarrassed Irish officials refused to comment on last night's developments but Noel Murphy, the president of the union, had earlier condemned "all use of performance enhancing substances" and expressed "full and proactive" support for Sports Council testing initiatives. There was no explanation as to why news of a positive finding had taken some six months to filter through.

Five nations???

User Friendly

norrie rugger wrote: »

Five nations???

yes.......... in 1998!;)

Pisco Sour

Yeh please delete the thread lads. The link was sent to me, and I was very tired when reading it and didnt even look at the date. I feel like a fair idiot now

I'm relieved that I made a mistake. Would hate to see one of our guys failing a drug test.

Close thread please.

norrie rugger

User Friendly wrote: »

yes.......... in 1998!;)

Exactly lol, should have been the first clue. Quickly followed by looking at the date the article was written

irishbucsfan

1998 was in 2011?

Pisco Sour

In my defence, I noticed my mistake as soon as I posted it, and tried to delete the thread, but stupid boards wouldn't let me spare the embarrassment.

Sorry guys

User Friendly

irishbucsfan wrote: »

1998 was in 2011?

did you even read the piece?

irishbucsfan

User Friendly wrote: »

did you even read the piece?

Yeah I did, 13 years ago.

Pisco Sour

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Yeah I did, 13 years ago.

Just for interest sake (and because none of the mods seemed bothered closing the thread), who was the player who failed this drug test back in 1998?

funky penguin

Just for future reference, the quickest way to get a Mod's attention is the report the post, and just say you want the thread closed.

(Just did it btw)

RuggieBear

funky penguin wrote: »

Just for future reference, the quickest way to get a Mod's attention is the report the post, and just say you want the thread closed.

(Just did it btw)

indeed