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

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.

For the first time in 12 years, the British and Irish Lions rugby union juggernaut has hit town for a Test match against the ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

All Blacks great Justin Marshall described the 105kg powerhouse as "Ma'a Nonu on steroids" as he lit up Super Rugby Pacific ...

Rugby players at South African sports schools will be tested for steroids and other banned substances, it was reported on Sunday. According to Rapport newspaper, 18 of 62 children independently ...

A rugby union player has been given a four-year ban after admitting the attempted use of anabolic steroids. Dan Lancaster, who is registered with Midlands League club Cleethorpes, was charged by ...

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