While all the news yesterday – at least in mainstream media – focused on Sharks hooker Monde Hadebe’s 4-year ban for returning a positive test for a banned substance, there’s a rather more tragic angle to the story that I’d like to focus on instead. I feel we are way too quick to engage in righteous anger and armchair condemnation (often selectively) whenever a positive test is returned; perhaps we owe Monde a little more than that, though? […]
Posts tagged with: Doping
Sad end to a promising career
21 Jul 16 09:51 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 94 Comments
Chilliboy signs with Sharks
30 Oct 15 16:18 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 245 Comments
The Sharks have just announced the signing of former Springbok hooker Chilliboy Ralepelle. […]
Basson and Chiliboy cleared
28 Jan 11 10:24 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 26 Comments
Springboks and Blue Bulls players Chiliboy Ralepelle and Bjorn Basson have both been cleared to return to play after a Judicial Committee found them to have “no fault” in the doping matter. According to a media release from SARU, the players can start playing rugby immediately. […]
Banned Bulls pair expected to get off
28 Jan 11 00:20 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 29 Comments
Media reports from the capital suggest that suspended Bulls players Chiliboy Ralepelle and Bjorn Basson will be exonerated when the results of the judicial enquiry into their positive doping tests are announced tomorrow. […]
Hearing date set for Chilli, Bjorn
12 Jan 11 18:21 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 8 Comments
SARU has announced that it has appointed a Judicial Committee to investigate the doping charges against Blue Bulls players Chilliboy Ralepele and Bjorn Basson at a hearing in Cape Town on 25 January. […]
No more positive tests for Boks
26 Nov 10 10:27 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 15 Comments
In a rare piece of good news, all six of the Springbok players who were tested for banned substances after the Scotland test on Saturday have returned negative test results. […]
The chaos continues
18 Nov 10 17:18 by Andrew Campbell (Sportbilly) | 128 Comments
The chaos is seemingly continuing. Bandise Maku, Charl McCleod and Odwa Ndungane have all been called up to the Bok squad today. This announcement from SARU comes days after Chilliboy Ralepele and Bjorn Basson were suspended for testing positive for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine. […]
Chili and Basson suspended
15 Nov 10 14:37 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 261 Comments
Springboks Chiliboy Ralepelle and Bjorn Basson are returning home from South Africa’s tour of Britain and Ireland having returned positive samples for a banned stimulant following the Test against Ireland on November 6. […]