I don't know for 100% sure, but the strong balance of evidence suggests that there

is huge doping in rugby. Perhaps a real genetic freak could get that big clean (although even then it would be almost impossible with the amount of muscle burning cardio that they have to do), but for almost every player to be huge isn't credible.

It is so easy to dope and not get caught. Even in cycling, where there are very regular blood tests and the passport, riders can micro dose freely and do controlled blood doping as long as they make sure the hct doesn't deviate too much. In rugby, where there is much less testing and where it will nearly all be urine samples only, it should be almost impossible to get caught.

Posted By: Mecagoenti on October 13th 2014 at 20:07:10

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Having watched the rugby punching clip in HD.......... (Other Sports) - usacanary, Oct 13, 18:54:30
- I once played Cricket on Base Speed (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Oct 13, 19:35:32
  - cheat - give back the medals and the accolades (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Oct 13, 19:44:33
    - no (n/m) (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Oct 13, 19:52:35
      - oh (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Oct 13, 19:54:28
        
        I did (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Oct 13, 20:09:13
        
        once a cheat always a cheat (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Oct 13, 20:14:18
        
        fair enough (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Oct 13, 20:24:29
        
        Matty Gibson in Bristol (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Oct 13, 20:27:19
- Agree, they are absolutely doped up to the eyeballs (Other Sports) - Mecagoenti, Oct 13, 19:09:38
  - hard gym work and a good diet - nothing suspicious at all (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Oct 13, 19:42:43
    - LOL, Prayers and vitamins.......... (Other Sports) - usacanary, Oct 13, 19:45:46
      - plenty have been caught in Rugby league (Other Sports) - emmaroyds, Oct 13, 19:52:08
        
        Be careful with the "less people getting caught = cleaner sport" mantra... (Other Sports) - usacanary, Oct 13, 19:59:39
  - Do you know this for sure or making an assumption? (Other Sports) - emmaroyds, Oct 13, 19:41:13
    - I don't know for 100% sure, but the strong balance of evidence suggests that there (Other Sports) - Mecagoenti, Oct 13, 20:07:10
  - As you said zero chance..... (n/m) (Other Sports) - usacanary, Oct 13, 19:40:45
- A quick Google reveals (Other Sports) - emmaroyds, Oct 13, 19:03:55
  - Wasnt Lance Armstrong one of the most tested athletes out there. (Other Sports) - usacanary, Oct 13, 19:39:49
    - only if his wild exageration was to be believed, which it shouldn't have been (n/m) (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 13, 20:10:13
      - ?????? hasnt it been largely accepted that virtually every to rider of that era was dirty. (Other Sports) - usacanary, Oct 13, 20:33:12
    - there still isn't even a proper test for peptides (Other Sports) - Mecagoenti, Oct 13, 20:01:05
      - even with HGH its out of the system within a month....... (n/m) (Other Sports) - usacanary, Oct 13, 20:28:57
    - He was, and he had an incredibly sophisticated regime to get through the tests (n/m) (Other Sports) - Old Man, Oct 13, 19:40:35
      - So with a less sophisticated testing regime............... (Other Sports) - usacanary, Oct 13, 19:42:50
  - surely that's number of tests rather than percentage of competitors tested regularly (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 13, 19:16:00

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