All Blacks great Dan Carter insists he has never come across banned substances in rugby, after himself being cleared in a doping probe. Speaking to franceinfo in an interview, Carter said he had never encountered doping in rugby. "I have full trust in the medical team and am extremely confident that we stayed within the anti-doping regulations which has been proven we did." When you have an injury you want to cure the injury within the anti-doping regulations and that's exactly what I did." Carter added: "I'm glad the process has finished and I'm just looking forward to getting back to what I love and that's playing rugby.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 19, 2016 08:15 UTC