Fears over doping 'explosion' in wake of Rugby World Cup

UK anti-doping's new chief fears the "explosion" of anabolic steroid abuse by teenagers - including many aspiring rugby players - could be compounded by this year's Rugby World Cup in England and Wales.



More than half of all UK Anti-Doping's (UKAD) current bans concern rugby union and rugby league players, many of them teenagers hoping to make it as professionals.

UKAD chief executive Nicole Sapstead said the tournament's organisers and World Rugby have the right education and testing programmes in place for the players involved, but that Government departments needed to take action to c…