But it wouldn't tell the full story. "Steroids are going to give you everything that a young rugby player would want - strength, power, speed," says Dr Jon Patricios, a past president of the South ...

A shocking survey has revealed that schoolboy rugby players are using illegal anabolic steroids. This follows tests conducted on pupils at 18 of the country's top schools in which 21 out of 130 ...

Steroid use at certain levels of Welsh rugby has been described as 'inherent' and a doctor has warned of the serious health complications she is seeing among users in Wales A rugby player has ...

More than 60 rugby players from both league and union have been banned for doping since 2009 The number of young rugby players taking steroids is "worrying", says UK Anti-Doping chief Nicole Sapstead.

This comes after the revelation of a huge increase in schoolboy rugby players using illegal anabolic steroids. Tests conducted by Joburg company Drug Detection International on pupils at 18 of the ...

A teenager has died in New Zealand after taking part in a rugby-based craze that has been described as “bull-rush on steroids ...

“It is important to recognise that this is not a rugby problem specifically,” Hagemann explained to The Witness. “In fact, most boys who take steroids take them for social reasons.

Samoa head coach Seilala Mapusua is preparing to face "Leinster on steroids" ahead of Saturday's World Cup warm-up clash with Ireland in Bayonne. Samoa will take on a tier one nation for only the ...