Joe Malloy

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1,361 appearances 44 recordings 7 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 1 Sep

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And the player base is about 3,000 registered players each year.

So I think it struck a lot of people as surprisingly low.

Two tests in one year, 34 tests in 10 years.

Not least when, in the UK, I think it's fairly well known now that in the kind of...

the sub-elite level in UK rugby, there are quite often a lot of tests.

There's a real sense of it being a problem area.

And I'm not casting aspersions, obviously, on the AIL.

I don't know.

I'm just reading the story.

But I suppose the point is, Rory, if testing is so minimal, then nobody can fully know what's going on there.

And

Yes, they're amateurs.

And it's not like we're saying club GAA players need to be tested or other amateurs need to be tested.

But I suppose there is a fairly concrete path from AIL quickly into the professional ranks.

But I presume those professionals are liable to be tested through whatever testing goes on a professional level.

Yeah, it would be worth the question to both the RFU and Sport Ireland.

Do you stand over that much testing?

Do you think that's about right?

Two in a year.

You mentioned the Ben Rumsby report.

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