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In honesty it's mostly rugby that seems to have a problem.
How many are professional level tho? As far as I understand the pressure is on the younger guys trying to get a professional contract but after that it isn't worth the risk, so most cases are amateur players who are gym steroid ladz?
South Africa seems to have a massive problem at school age levels though which is terrifying.
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Most drug banned athletes in the UK are rugby players. Grass roots to pro.
I think with rugby they get told to get big in the off season where they can do a stint on the steroids and finish the cycle well before the season starts.
Look at the size of a rugby player now compared to the 90s, what’s the difference? Intermittent fasting and cross fit?
Alf0nse
Yep that. Looking at the list of 70-odd currently sanctioned British athletes, only one is a cyclist and he's a 63 year old in the last year of a 4 year ban for doping in local TTs (finished 95th in the TT he was popped at). Other sports it's a scattering of semi-pro, pro etc athletes. In honesty it's mostly rugby that seems to have a problem.
Interestingly there are two people serving bans from rugby whose names are redacted from the UKAD list.