A survey of more than 12,000 boys in 23 rugby-playing schools in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province in 2014 revealed that almost a tenth of 18-year-old boys had tried steroids.

The number of young rugby players taking steroids is "worrying", says UK Anti-Doping chief Nicole Sapstead, as three players are banned.

The All Blacks’ former scrum guru who has coached some of the hardest-hitting forwards of the modern era has red-carded Run ...

Steroid use at certain levels of Welsh rugby has been described as 'inherent' and a doctor has warned of the serious health complications she is seeing among users in Wales ...

When it comes to steroid abuse, we’re seeing at lower levels of the sport, with young boys in rugby union, in rugby league, an increasing and worrying prevalence of steroid abuse.

Welsh rugby does not have its own drugs problem - the issue lies in the entire country's steroid addiction If not tackled soon, Wales' steroid epidemic will herald the generation of pumped-up gorillas ...

Australian rugby league player Bronson Xerri has tested positive for banned steroids and was suspended by the National Rugby League on Tuesday, two days before the season gets back underway ...

Rugby players at South African sports schools will be tested for steroids and other banned substances, it was reported.

A rugby union player has been given a four-year ban after admitting the attempted use of anabolic steroids.

Doping in South African schoolboy rugby is casting a shadow over the whole sport. Salmon van Huyssteen's story is just one chapter.

A rugby union player has been given a four-year ban after admitting the attempted use of anabolic steroids.