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Brenden Nel

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367 total appearances

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DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Are the Springboks DRUG cheats? | Brenden Nel Hits Back

Technically it is, but it's not, as I say, it's an asterisk on his name.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Are the Springboks DRUG cheats? | Brenden Nel Hits Back

Look, I mean, part of it is because they're trying to catch people.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Are the Springboks DRUG cheats? | Brenden Nel Hits Back

And that's the thing.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Are the Springboks DRUG cheats? | Brenden Nel Hits Back

If you tell somebody, players and those ones who want to do stuff wrong will try and engineer it that they don't get caught.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Are the Springboks DRUG cheats? | Brenden Nel Hits Back

So part of it is because there has to be random surprise testing.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Are the Springboks DRUG cheats? | Brenden Nel Hits Back

And I know of cases here of players who've been on a Sunday morning in their pyjamas and the guys turn up at half past seven at their house, at their front door.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Are the Springboks DRUG cheats? | Brenden Nel Hits Back

Sorry, guys, my dogs are just, they're hearing your voice, Marty, and they think somebody's at the door.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Are the Springboks DRUG cheats? | Brenden Nel Hits Back

I mean, that's part of it.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Are the Springboks DRUG cheats? | Brenden Nel Hits Back

The other thing is it does get done randomly in testing.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Are the Springboks DRUG cheats? | Brenden Nel Hits Back

Players know, and I don't know where they do it.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Are the Springboks DRUG cheats? | Brenden Nel Hits Back

I mean, I've never, I've just heard of times where we've been at press conferences a lot and, you know, guys have sort of been late for press conferences because he's doing a drug test.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Are the Springboks DRUG cheats? | Brenden Nel Hits Back

Okay.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Are the Springboks DRUG cheats? | Brenden Nel Hits Back

So you have that every now and again.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Are the Springboks DRUG cheats? | Brenden Nel Hits Back

So it does, it is done randomly.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Are the Springboks DRUG cheats? | Brenden Nel Hits Back

But I think part of that is they don't want to give a guy a schedule and you'll be tested on this date, obviously.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Are the Springboks DRUG cheats? | Brenden Nel Hits Back

But players are tested regularly.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Are the Springboks DRUG cheats? | Brenden Nel Hits Back

And I think any of the rugby unions will tell you this.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Are the Springboks DRUG cheats? | Brenden Nel Hits Back

Interestingly, I haven't gone to research it, but after all this, obviously on Twitter, you have your conversations with people.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Are the Springboks DRUG cheats? | Brenden Nel Hits Back

And it was pointed out to me by one guy that the country with the most positive tests over the last 30 years is actually England.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Are the Springboks DRUG cheats? | Brenden Nel Hits Back

And yeah, we don't hear about it.