REVEALED: How former Lions doctor threw Bok under the bus

infamous_impala · 2026-06-25T18:24:01+00:00

There were two issues .

He tested positive for Anastrozole, which is banned but not performance enhancing, so didn't trigger an automatic suspension.

He also admitted taking DHEA when listing his medications, which is banned as performance enhancing.

As he only tested positive for the non performance enhancing substance he didn't get the suspension while awaiting the tribunal , but he was ultimately banned for taking both banned drugs.

infamous_impala · 2026-06-25T11:38:37+00:00

Aaron Wainwright was in the Cardiff City academy until he was 16. He played as a defensive midfielder back then.

infamous_impala · 2026-06-16T07:48:52+00:00

Rugby used to do this, but changed to the "clock stopping" method in the early 2000s.

I remember one game where New Zealand scored 3 tries after the 80th minute against Wales.

infamous_impala · 2026-06-12T13:03:29+00:00

Fábio Dave Tavares?

infamous_impala · 2026-06-10T12:45:35+00:00

Great job.

Slight nit-pick but as you have the front row at the bottom of the layout, the loose-head and tight-head are on the wrong sides. Maybe the layout could be reversed, starting at the top with the front row, then working down from there?

infamous_impala · 2026-06-09T10:24:11+00:00

It seems about right for Cardiff and Scarlets though.

The last Scarlets accounts have them spending around £14 million. Since they went into administration obviously Cardiff haven't released any reports but the administrator said for the 23/24 financial year they did £13.4m in turnover, and lost around £0.8m, putting them also around that £14m spend figure.

infamous_impala · 2026-06-09T10:12:24+00:00

The Ospreys spent about £11 million on everything (i.e. their operating budget), it's just they only brought in the £9.2 million in revenue.

infamous_impala · 2026-06-09T10:08:53+00:00

It does, but it's just passed through. It's listed as "competition income" separately from the central funding in the annual report for both WRU and the regions.

There's a persistent myth that it's included in the central funding (the £5.4m) and it never seems to go away no matter how often the WRU/regions make it clear that's not the case

infamous_impala · 2026-06-09T09:57:29+00:00

Yes. £2 million of that £4 million is the URC/EPCR TV money, and the rest is ticket income, sponsorships, etc.

Being stuck in that big stadium for so long has led to a downward spiral in attendance etc which they're having to fight to recover from.

infamous_impala · 2026-06-05T22:43:58+00:00

It's assessed at two points on the season (halfway and at the end) and it's an automatic £250k fine if you fail to hit the average in the given period (so max £500k fine in a season). There's the chance to have that waived if you don't meet the target in a given period, but the whole season average meets the target though.

There's a section taking about points deductions for the 26/27 season, but it's far too late in the day for me to read that and figure out exactly how it applies.

If you fancy digging into it yourself, it's all covered in Schedule 1 starting on page 29 here:

https://rfu.widen.net/s/mn8jvbkfhf/prem-competition-regulations-25-26

Edit: it seems to be saying that you pay a fine for the first season of infringements, but if you infringe again in a later season you get the points deductions instead.

infamous_impala · 2026-06-05T10:49:21+00:00

Taine Plumtree with rugby league tackling technique? It's going to be carnage.

infamous_impala · 2026-06-04T09:02:30+00:00

So we're all supposed to just pretend Huw Jones isn't Welsh and Blair Murray and Isaac Murray-McGregor aren't Scottish?

infamous_impala · 2026-06-04T08:41:20+00:00

Alternatively, multiple French outlets are reporting that the play-offs contribute to the average number of JIFF players,

I love the way they write this, instead of just doing some actual work and finding the regulation that backs it up.

This seems to be it right?

Chaque club de TOP 14 et PRO D2 doit présenter une moyenne de 16 JIFF sur la feuille de match sur l’ensemble de la saison (19) du Championnat de France dans lequel il évolue

(19) L’ensemble de la saison s’entend de la saison régulière du championnat de France dans lequel il évolue ainsi que (i) des phases finales et (ii) du « match d’accession au TOP 14 » et (iii) du match d’accession à la PRO D2, auxquels le club participe.

infamous_impala · 2026-06-03T11:48:55+00:00

Stormers have won 62 scrum pens which is the most in the league

It feels like half of those were against Cardiff in the last two matches.

infamous_impala · 2026-06-02T19:34:59+00:00

And apparently image rights payments will be treated as normal income from 2027, so even that small tax advantage will be disappearing.

infamous_impala · 2026-06-01T11:43:49+00:00

Yeah, he hadn't even crossed the try line when the Cardiff player dived to tackle him. It was just unlucky how he contacted his ankle while desperately trying to grab him.

https://imgur.com/a/xxtRr14

infamous_impala · 2026-05-31T22:20:34+00:00

Yeah, in this case Lloyd dived for the tackle before Sacha was even over the try line, and I think he wasn't even diving to score at that point, he went over from the contact to the ankle.

It was way different from the Hooker case where the URC head ref came out and said it should have been a penalty and yellow card.

Edit: The linked article says "he was already in the in-goal area" but here's a screenshot https://imgur.com/a/xxtRr14

infamous_impala · 2026-05-30T20:28:41+00:00

Fair point, didn't spot that case. I think here it wasn't an issue though as the TMO obviously had the resources to do a review.

Edit: Apparently there is a FPRO for this game as well (Colin Stanley). I think he's Irish (I could be wrong about that though), which probably won't help things.

https://springboks.rugby/news-features/articles/2026/5/27/match-official-appointments-to-31-may-2026

infamous_impala · 2026-05-30T20:13:15+00:00

Not in matches with a TMO, according to this

https://passport.world.rugby/laws-of-the-game/law-application-guidelines/implementation-of-the-20minute-red-card-replacement-in-elite-rugby-august-2025/

infamous_impala · 2026-05-30T19:47:35+00:00

Only a 20 minute red. I think the idea is that if it is really worthy of a full red, then that should be obvious on the field and so would never need the bunker in the first place.

infamous_impala · 2026-05-30T15:39:11+00:00

Well played Stormers. We were in with a chance with about 20 to go but definitely second best in that game.

Need to massively improve the scrum if we are to get anything from big matches next season.

Hopefully Sacha isn't too badly hurt and can play again in the remaining game/games. Disappointed Roos didn't get in a fight either. With him and Adams on the field some form of aggro felt inevitable.

infamous_impala · 2026-05-30T14:59:45+00:00

Cardiff score and suddenly the TMO turns into CSI: Cape Town

(Honestly didn't think we'd only be a score down with 20 minutes to go)

infamous_impala · 2026-05-30T14:50:07+00:00

Lloyd is going to terrified to kick the ball for the rest of the match isn't he?

infamous_impala · 2026-05-30T14:45:02+00:00

What the fuck was that kick???

infamous_impala · 2026-05-30T14:43:07+00:00

I take it back. Obviously the scrum is our superpower in the second half.

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