So 302 Premiership tests in 2016/17. There are 12 Premiership Clubs each with a 25 man squad. So basically in a year it’s the equivalent of everyone being tested once. What’s the old cycling adage? You only get caught if you’re stupid. If you only get tested once a year you’d have to be really, really stupid.
The Rugby Football Union published its anti-doping report on Thursday which showed 623 samples were taken at professional level last season, with 87% of the tests coming out of competition. There were 302 samples taken at Premiership clubs for illicit drugs, with one violation.
“Professional Rugby gets clean bill of health”
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/15/professional-rugby-england-clean-bill-of-health-rfu
So 302 Premiership tests in 2016/17. There are 12 Premiership Clubs each with a 25 man squad. So basically in a year it’s the equivalent of everyone being tested once. What’s the old cycling adage? You only get caught if you’re stupid. If you only get tested once a year you’d have to be really, really stupid.