Senior officials at World Rugby have stated they are confident their sport is mostly drug-free despite two recent positive tests recorded by international players in the run-up to the Rugby World Cup in France.
Wales’s Rhys Webb and South Africa’s Elton Jantjies are the subject of disciplinary scrutiny following recent initial adverse tests, raising fears that doping might be on the rise across rugby. But the World Rugby chief executive, Alan Gilpin, insists the sport’s Keep Rugby Clean programme is working and he does not believe the integrity of the 2023 tournament, which gets under way on Friday, is under threat.
