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Sport Opinion
Careless talk may not cost lives on the field of sport but it can offer ammunition to opponents and no-one knows that better than Andy Robinson.
JUST a day after we expressed the belief that increased testing is not necessarily the most effective answer for either UK or global anti-doping initiatives, it was a revelation yesterday to read research published by the Carnegie Research Institute at Leeds Metropolitan University.
These are loud, opinionated times.
ANOTHER British athlete last week tested positive for performance-enhancing steroids, just 24 hours after the new £10m Olympic-accredited anti-doping laboratory was unveiled 30 minutes from the heart of the 2012 Olympic Park.
GOON.
Well, last week's picks certainly proved a point.
The new SRU hierarchy has rightly received considerable praise for the support it is at last offering the professional teams but as we look forward to the biggest Heineken Cup match in this country for eight years credit is also due to those who were calling the shots at the end of last season.