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France 'loaded' with amphetamines in famous All Blacks win

Each of the players was given 'a little pill' before the 'Battle of Nantes' against New Zealand, France team doctor of the time claims in a new book

France's national rugby union team was a vast consumer of amphetamines in the 1980s including in a famous win over the All Blacks, according to a new book.

"They each had their little pill in front of their plates for the meal before the match," the French team doctor of the time, Jacques Mombet, is quoted as saying.

Mombet said the drug-taking was most obvious when France played New Zealand at Nantes in 1986, in a match called 'the battle of Nantes' for its ferocity which resulted in All Black legend Wayne Shelford being knocked out and losing several teeth in the process, and beat the All Blacks 16-3.

"The Blacks realised that their opponents, unrecognisable from the previous week, were loaded," Mombet said in the book by investigative journalist Pierre Ballester.

France's rugby establishment did not immediately react to the allegations.

Ballester wrote a 2004 book on disgraced cycling champion Lance Armstrong in which he was among the first to publicly make drug allegations against the seven-time Tour de France champion.

His rugby book, "Rugby a Charges, l'enquete choc" (The case against rugby) is released in France on March 5.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/france/11432915/France-loaded-with-amphetamines-in-famous-All-Blacks-win.html

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Okay!

This thread was getting interesting before certain posters apparently decided to get some first hand experience of the subject!!!



There have been quite a few players below the top ranks who have been caught and banned for various ADRVs.

Some are really disturbing from guys in charge of age grade teams caught for possession and trafficking steriods to the guy who thought that supplements called "Anabolic Mass" and "Anabolic Beast" were bound to be free from any banned substances.

MrsP wrote:Okay!

This thread was getting interesting before certain posters apparently decided to get some first hand experience of the subject!!!

The actions and statements of exceedingly intelligent people are frequently misunderstood. It is a surprisingly frequent occurance and is something which takes psychic and emotional fortitude to endure. Have no fear, we will survive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tth-8wA3PdY

Okay.

I need that <backsawaysmiling> emoticon again.

MrsP wrote:Okay.

I need that <backsawaysmiling> emoticon again.

Wow, that's twice in one week. I am on a roll...........

Well I'm sure glad you are happy!

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