Confederation Africaine de Rugby

2012 IRB Anti-Doping Handbook Launched (IRB Press Release)

The 2012 IRB Anti-Doping Handbook is now available for download from www.keeprugbyclean.com, underscoring the governing body’s commitment to best-practice education and information.

Available in eight languages, the one-stop resource is designed to educate and inform players, coaches, physicians and administrators at all levels of the Game about key Anti-Doping procedures.

The Handbook contains the 2012 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) List of Prohibited Substances and Methods, Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUE’s), urine and blood testing procedures, nutritional supplements and substance factsheets.
The IRB and its Member Unions operate a zero-tolerance policy towards drugs cheats in sport and an annual programme of over 5,000 tests is complemented by extensive outreach educational programmes run at IRB tournaments and by Member Unions to ensure that players do not make mistakes which could easily be avoided.
IRB Anti-Doping Manager Tim Ricketts said: “The IRB Anti-Doping Handbook is an essential resource for every player at any level. Rugby has a very good record, but it is built on a solid process of education to ensure that players understand not only the dangers of doping, but also that they are ultimately responsible for any prohibited substance found in their system.”
“Collectively it is our responsibility to ensure players continue to be appropriately educated. The IRB’s Keep Rugby Clean programme achieved great visibility at Rugby World Cup 2011 and has reached out 5,000 up and coming elite players over the past four years. This resource is another key element of that educational process.”
To download the 2012 IRB Anti-Doping Handbook click here, or for more information on the IRB's Anti-Doping programme or resources, visit

www.keeprugbyclean.com.

Source : IRB