WASPS flanker Ashley Johnson is the latest rugby player to be banned for doping and although his case is very particular it serves as a timely warning.
Johnson, below, who received a backdated six month ban to the date of his positive test on February 7 this year, appears to have inadvertently taken his wife’s dietary supplement – a fat burner called ‘The Secret’ – which was partly made up of hydrochlorothiazide, a prohibited substance, which was not, alas, recorded on the list of ingredients.
Now you could call that unlucky and the RFU disciplinary committee c...