Former All Blacks Carter, Rokocoko cleared of doping

I know, we are just laughing. Laughing is good. Especially if done together and not at someone.

Duct tape? You were lucky. We used nail plates when I were a lad.

cortisoids got onto the list , only after the Lance Armstrong case. still i think , they are not banned off season. it is in the banned list only during game / sport participation. and then comes the certification for treatment (Therapeutic Use Exemptions). " Therapeutic Use Exemptions allow athletes with a condition that requires particular treatment to take banned drugs with permission from anti-doping organizations, event organizers and sports federations. French regulations allow athletes to ask for TUEs retroactively in cases where they need emergency treatment. World Anti-Doping Agency rules stipulate that all glucocorticoids are prohibited in competition when administered by oral, intravenous, intramuscular or rectal routes. They can, however, be used by intra-articular infiltration, or into joints. "

Hey Carlos, not sure if you are familiar with the Monty Python "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch which is being referenced (I think!). Here is an early version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKHFZBUTA4k My favorite line: .......got up at 10pm, half an hour before we went to bed........

Or like Canterbury #8 from the 90's Rob Penny you break your arm and don't notice until half time when your teeth start tingling

The goose stepping was amazing. A sight to behold.

I think I saw that game. The 1 legged winger impressed me with his running game but didnt you get dropped for the next game because you needed to work on your passing?

I remember once riding by bike to rugby when I was run over by a truck and my leg chopped off. I still turned up at the game and scored 3 tries as a winger. Those were the days

I never forget the day I broke my two front teeth, my lips were bleeding hard. I was 14, if I remember correctly. No protectors then either. Because I took some time to get up, my mom yelled from the side of the field: "Get up, you pu$$y!" (She used an even less politically correct insult) I stayed the rest of the game in the field. Apparently, diving is now practiced by some Pumas. It wasn't allowed then.

In my day if you broke your leg, you said nothing and just played on because if you admitted to a broken leg you clearly had a genetic weakness that could be exploited on another day!!

Luxury. When I were a lad we'd strap up a broken leg with nowt more than duct tape and the coaches chewing gum. All in the middle of a ruck, without a stoppage in play. After the game, the local doctor would break your other leg with a hammer so that you wouldn't be unbalanced while you waddled the 15 miles home, barefooted, in torrential icy sleet.

Why are they using these drugs for injuries anyway. In my day for a broken leg it was 10 bottles of lion red after the game and back at practice on tuesday. Soft I tell ya SOFT.

Kinda pleases me that it goes to these lengths, whilst I 100% believe Carter, Rokocoko and Imhoff are all innocent. They will only catch the cheats if the process is rigorous and thorough. Would be nice if it could be kept out of the press until the finds are published so only the cheats are named and shamed

I think that it is important to understand why finding corticosteroids in blood raises so many suspicions. I wrote in a prior post that "contact" sports use corticosteroids for their "clinical" or therapeutic effect. If you are hurt, they help with pain and inflammation. But this is not necessarily the same in other sports. In cycling they are used differently. I also mentioned the suspicious actions of Wiggins and the Sky team by using TUE of these same medications. Some "poms" objected to my characterization. The following article by David Millar explains a little bit how corticosteroids are abused in cycling. Millar is an amazing cyclist that was caught doping and wrote about his experiences. I met him a few years ago, during the Lions tour to Australia. We were in Switzerland and I asked him if he followed rugby. He denied. He is a Scot. Please, read the article and you will understand why doping authorities can become suspicious of the lab findings. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/opinion/sunday/how-to-get-away-with-doping.html?_r=0

Bloody nonsense in the first place .Should never have gone this far .

as if

Media stunt by L'Equipe.

Exactly...

That settles that!