Doping ///////////// by Ben Cisneros

Four-Year Doping Bans in Rugby: Davis & Ashfield Explained

On the same day last month, it was announced that two rugby players from opposite ends of the playing spectrum had received four-year doping bans. August 13 saw US Eagle Aaron Davis and Clevedon RFC’s Dean Ashfield both sanctioned by…

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Doping //////////// by Ben Cisneros

The Ashley Johnson Case Explained

On 23rd July 2018, the National Anti-Doping Panel (“the Panel”) handed down their decision in the case of Wasps RFC’s Ashley Johnson. After failing a drugs test earlier this year, the flanker-cum-hooker was given a six-month ban backdated to the…

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