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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 1014840" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>Sorry I'm late to this party, had a rough December...</p><p></p><p>I just want to point out a few things here.</p><p></p><p>Dyanti was tested when he arrived at the Springbok training camp ahead of the RC. And that test was positive. It wasn't that the entire springbok team arrived at the camp, didn't get tested, went to the doctor and all of them got their Vitamin S booster shot and all tested negative except Dyanti.</p><p></p><p>the 3 drugs that he tested positive for, are all drugs that come in Pill form or can be ingested orally. And I'm wondering whether or not he took it voluntarily... But that's a discussion for another day.</p><p></p><p>But I find it very strange why we as a country are being singled out. Is it just because of that article that tested the kids at the Craven Week? A schoolboy tournament that hosts the best of the best from the country based on their region. How many other countries have a big tournament like that? and do they do testing at such events?</p><p></p><p>And the other guy that has made the rounds was Chilliboy Ralepelle. But I want to point out, the last time he tested positive was when he was playing in France.</p><p></p><p>I also want to bring up a hypothetical here. I that the last 3 players who tested positive for steroids were Ralepelle, Hadebe and Dyanti. All 3 of them are black south africans. And my thinking here, is that there was so much pressure on them to be top players and make it in the Springbok squad, that they tried to take a shortcut and got caught. So the hypothetical question here is, would these guys have even dabbled with these substances, if there wasn't any talk of quota/transformation, and is this perhaps one of the traps the players might fall into, to try and beat a flawed system?</p><p></p><p>I think we should be very careful to generalise here and talk about a doping culture in a certain country for a certain team. Since 1997, there has only been 10 senior professional South African rugby players that tested positive for banned substances which includes Johan Ackerman, Johan Goosen, Cobus Visagie and Ashley Johnson who played for the Boks.</p><p></p><p>Out of the total amount of professional rugby players we have and had since 1997, the percentage of players using banned substances, are probably less than 1%. So I think we are actually pretty clean when it comes to our players and the sport.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 1014840, member: 40658"] Sorry I'm late to this party, had a rough December... I just want to point out a few things here. Dyanti was tested when he arrived at the Springbok training camp ahead of the RC. And that test was positive. It wasn't that the entire springbok team arrived at the camp, didn't get tested, went to the doctor and all of them got their Vitamin S booster shot and all tested negative except Dyanti. the 3 drugs that he tested positive for, are all drugs that come in Pill form or can be ingested orally. And I'm wondering whether or not he took it voluntarily... But that's a discussion for another day. But I find it very strange why we as a country are being singled out. Is it just because of that article that tested the kids at the Craven Week? A schoolboy tournament that hosts the best of the best from the country based on their region. How many other countries have a big tournament like that? and do they do testing at such events? And the other guy that has made the rounds was Chilliboy Ralepelle. But I want to point out, the last time he tested positive was when he was playing in France. I also want to bring up a hypothetical here. I that the last 3 players who tested positive for steroids were Ralepelle, Hadebe and Dyanti. All 3 of them are black south africans. And my thinking here, is that there was so much pressure on them to be top players and make it in the Springbok squad, that they tried to take a shortcut and got caught. So the hypothetical question here is, would these guys have even dabbled with these substances, if there wasn't any talk of quota/transformation, and is this perhaps one of the traps the players might fall into, to try and beat a flawed system? I think we should be very careful to generalise here and talk about a doping culture in a certain country for a certain team. Since 1997, there has only been 10 senior professional South African rugby players that tested positive for banned substances which includes Johan Ackerman, Johan Goosen, Cobus Visagie and Ashley Johnson who played for the Boks. Out of the total amount of professional rugby players we have and had since 1997, the percentage of players using banned substances, are probably less than 1%. So I think we are actually pretty clean when it comes to our players and the sport. [/QUOTE]
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