Five anti-doping violations across English rugby last season - RFU


  • Rugby
  • Tuesday, 23 Apr 2019

(Reuters) - Five anti-doping violations within both the professional and community game were discovered out of more than 800 tests conducted across all levels of rugby in England in the 2017-18 season, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said on Tuesday.

The programme carried out 739 tests within the professional game while 99 tests were conducted at community level, the eighth annual report of the RFU's anti-doping advisory group said.

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