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<blockquote data-quote="RedruthRFC" data-source="post: 1014855" data-attributes="member: 58362"><p>I don't find it at all strange that South Africa has been singled out. The Craven Week story was widely reported, the fact that other contries don't have a comparable tournament doesn't negate the impact of this story on the reputation of South African rugby. On top of this, there have been a lot of high profile players, including Springboks testing positive for PEDs and South Africa are widely regarded as having no shortage of big, strong players. At very least this it seems easy to understand why this would create a confirmation bias. I would want to compare like for like statistics before concluding that South Africa's problem is any worse than any other nation's, but it seems clear that there is a problem.</p><p></p><p>On what basis do you believe that Dyanti took the three PEDs in question against his will / without his knowledge? Contaminated supplements seems to be the standard defence in these situations. AFAIK the burden of proof lies with the accused. Given that he tested positive for three different substances and would have had easy access to medical professionals to approve any supplement he took, this seems unlikely to hold water. Given that the effects are not instantly apparent like being slipped a Mickey, it's hard to see that he could argue that someone gave it to him without his knowledge. What other defence is there? Fingers crossed for a state / union / province sponsored doping scandal to keep me entertained through lockdown!</p><p></p><p>Ralepelle, Hadebe and Dyanti aren't the last three to test positive. There were 8 positive tests in 2019, hence the insane delay in Dyanti's hearing. Using this as an argument against quotas seems to really be clutching at straws to me.</p><p></p><p>Purely perception based, but if you think that the SARU or any other union is "pretty clean", I have some magic beans and Live Strong bands that you may be interested in buying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedruthRFC, post: 1014855, member: 58362"] I don't find it at all strange that South Africa has been singled out. The Craven Week story was widely reported, the fact that other contries don't have a comparable tournament doesn't negate the impact of this story on the reputation of South African rugby. On top of this, there have been a lot of high profile players, including Springboks testing positive for PEDs and South Africa are widely regarded as having no shortage of big, strong players. At very least this it seems easy to understand why this would create a confirmation bias. I would want to compare like for like statistics before concluding that South Africa's problem is any worse than any other nation's, but it seems clear that there is a problem. On what basis do you believe that Dyanti took the three PEDs in question against his will / without his knowledge? Contaminated supplements seems to be the standard defence in these situations. AFAIK the burden of proof lies with the accused. Given that he tested positive for three different substances and would have had easy access to medical professionals to approve any supplement he took, this seems unlikely to hold water. Given that the effects are not instantly apparent like being slipped a Mickey, it's hard to see that he could argue that someone gave it to him without his knowledge. What other defence is there? Fingers crossed for a state / union / province sponsored doping scandal to keep me entertained through lockdown! Ralepelle, Hadebe and Dyanti aren't the last three to test positive. There were 8 positive tests in 2019, hence the insane delay in Dyanti's hearing. Using this as an argument against quotas seems to really be clutching at straws to me. Purely perception based, but if you think that the SARU or any other union is "pretty clean", I have some magic beans and Live Strong bands that you may be interested in buying. [/QUOTE]
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