Rory O'Connor

It just feels like the issue is bubbling back up towards the surface.

Having really not been talked about for a while in rugby, even though we all know the advantages are incredibly clear to any player.

That if you could get away with it, doping would make you a better rugby player and would give you a better chance of getting a contract, becoming an international and all those sorts of things.

So I would hope the sport had been incredibly vigilant around that and that Sport Ireland had been incredibly vigilant around that.

And just the jarring nature of the report was that there were so few tests and that kind of gap between Sport Ireland and what they thought they were supposed to be doing.

1B is a strong division as well.

It's not just about the pro game either.

The rewards for being a first-team player in Division 1A or 1B of the All-Ireland League are very... There's other rewards.

The clubs will get you jobs.

They'll look after you in a career.

Some, I believe, or certainly there's a lot of talk that there's under-the-counter payment at that level as well.

So staying in the first team or being a first-team player...

has value beyond getting a Leinster, Munster, Ulster or Connacht contract.

So there are incentives to be a very good rugby player at that level without needing to it.

And the safety element is the other part because there are, I'm sure, hundreds of those players turning up every week, not doping.

But going out there, tackling and running into players who potentially are cheating.

So if people are cheating at that level, it becomes a player safety issue as well, which I think should always underpin rugby.

If a weightlifter is doping, he's cheating his opponent, but he's not necessarily endangering his opponent.

If a rugby player is doping, he's running into his opponent on a regular basis and using the physical gains that he or she has made.

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