They were to compete in Craven Week, perhaps the world's most famous showcase of elite teenage rugby players. All were teenage rugby players who tested positive for steroids at the 2018 edition of Craven Week. "There is a demographic of schoolboy whose great ambition is to become a professional rugby player and there are absurd amounts for contracts. In the build-up to to the Rugby World Cup, a photo of the champions-to-be went viral. Despite none of the Springbok World Cup squad ever having tested positive, South Africa's schoolboy steroid tests have fed into a subculture of suspicion.

Source: BBC March 03, 2020 00:00 UTC