Chiliboy Ralepelle and Bjorn Basson have been cleared after an inquiry found they were not at fault after testing positive for a banned stimulant.
Springboks Chiliboy Ralepelle and Bjorn Basson will have to wait before hearing whether they will escape a ban for taking a banned substance.
Springbok rugby players Bjorn Basson and Chiliboy Ralepelle will appear before an SA Rugby Union judicial committee in Cape Town on Tuesday morning.
A tribunal will investigate doping allegations against Springbok rugby players Chiliboy Ralepelle and Bjorn Basson, Saru said on Monday.
South Africa’s Bjorn Basson has proclaimed his innocence after he and a teammate failed doping tests.
Springbok players Chiliboy Ralepelle and Bjorn Basson have failed dope tests and will play no further part in the tour of Britain and Ireland.
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/ 5 November 2009
Seems the word "loophole" is becoming as much a part of rugby jargon as the words "lineout", "who, me ref?" and "Aussies can’t scrum".
Suddenly all is not well in the Bulls and Blue Bulls camp with injuries causing some concern for the coaches of the two sides.
The nature of Test rugby is that it tends to run in four-year cycles, centred on the mammoth spectacle of the World Cup. The Springboks face the next three-and-a-half years as World Cup defending champions, a lofty pedestal that has proven very difficult to defend in the past.
Isma-eel Dollie as one of a few lesser surprises in the Springbok training squad of 42 members that was named on Saturday night. The new Springbok coach, Peter de Villiers, has included a number of players who are not regulars for their Super 14 franchises or who had limited opportunities because of injury this season.
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/ 4 February 2008
It was mostly good news in the Bulls camp on Monday regarding injuries following their warm-up match against the Lions in Windhoek over the weekend, but they were waiting anxiously for an X-ray report on Bryan Habana’s ribs. The star winger was injured in the Bulls’ last warm-up match before the Super 14 competition starts.
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/ 7 November 2007
Three new signings at fullback and the return of Springboks Chiliboy Ralepelle and Pierre Spies after a layoff are the outstanding features of the Bulls’ Super 14 training squad that was announced on Wednesday. The Bulls have also named six locks in their search to fill the huge boots of this year’s captain, Victor Matfield.