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Dan Carter pleased to put 'disappointing and frustrating' doping investigation behind him

“I hold my integrity and the game of rugby’s integrity in the highest regard.”

DAN CARTER TOOK to Instagram this morning after receiving the ruling from the FFR’s (Federation Francaise de Rugby) investigation into an ‘anomaly’ shown in an anti-doping test he took in June.

“I just received the ruling from the FFR today,” wrote the 34-year-old.

“No surprises that the FFR’s ruling was that I’d done nothing wrong.

“I love this game and owe so much to rugby that I would never do anything intentionally to bring it into disrepute. I appreciate all of the support I have had, it means a lot to me and my family.

“Whilst this whole episode is disappointing and frustrating, I support the authorities who work hard to ensure our game is played fairly. I am glad that we can now put all this behind us so I can now concentrate on playing rugby!”

Carter’s original test showed traces of corticosteroids, which can be used to combat pain and inflammation.

Throughout, Carter’s club Racing 92 maintained that neither they nor their players were guilty of any wrongdoing, stating that the treatment was administered by an ‘authorised method’ and did not require a therapeutic use exemption as it was given several days before the match in question, the Top 14 final.

Today, the club underlined their anger at the way the issue arose and was reported.

“If we were hurt,” Racing conclude the lengthy statement, “this is because we are a family. Players, managers, supporters, partners, all have been negatively related to questions that legitimately arises when a family member is under the spotlight.

The players, medical staff and administrators are not shadows, we are not virtual people. They have names, including Dan Carter, Juan Imhoff, Joe Rokocoko, Laurent Travers, Laurent Labit, Jacky Lorenzetti, Sylvain Blanchard, they have families, an environment, all have a life that bears witness to them.

“Never an illegal practice was committed in their name.”

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    Mute philip farrelly
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    Apr 9th 2013, 11:25 AM

    Hope they took dental impressions from his shoulder in hospital. Drag in all the Dublin players to look at their choppers.

    Guilty player should receive a lengthy ban and criminal prosecution.

    From a dub.

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    Mute Kedgeo
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    Apr 9th 2013, 10:24 PM

    There can be an awful Whif of sheep of them Donegal heads,poor lad was probably just a bit peckish!

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    Mute abunchofcliches
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    Apr 9th 2013, 10:40 AM

    Disgraceful incident if that’s what happened and has absolutely no place on the football pitch or anywhere in civilised society! However, it is not the first time I’ve heard of this type of assault in inter county football.

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    Apr 9th 2013, 11:06 AM

    Sounds like sour grapes to me. Donegal are just a bunch of whingers.

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    Mute Luca Costa
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    Apr 9th 2013, 11:19 AM

    Sure why would they have sour grapes. Isn’t relegation all part of McGuinness’s master plan. What a load of bullshit.

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    Mute Peter McGlynn
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    Apr 9th 2013, 11:25 AM

    Agreed – sure he said all along that staying up isn’t a priority.

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    Mute Lord Loverocket
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    Apr 9th 2013, 11:25 AM

    McGuinness’s master plan? Now you’re talking bullshit!

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    Mute Luca Costa
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    Apr 9th 2013, 11:29 AM

    It seems one if the two replying is confused. I was saying that mcguinness is the bullshitter.

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    Mute Lord Loverocket
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    Apr 9th 2013, 11:39 AM

    Apologies Luca

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    Mute Robert Callaghan
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    Apr 9th 2013, 11:41 AM

    Theyve been beaten before and never came out with something like this so why would they do it now?

    I seriously doubt a team would go public with something like that unless they were certain there was intent there.

    Dont try and deflect away from the incident lads.

    IF it has happened, and i say IF, would you condone the action of biting on the football field?

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    Mute Peter McGlynn
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    Apr 9th 2013, 12:13 PM

    Why would they pick a fight with a team that has a huge media backing especially when it will be difficult to prove. There was time to contemplate this too so I doubt it is an impulse reaction to the result.

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    Mute PJL M
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    Apr 9th 2013, 12:51 PM

    Huge media support??? The Donegal Democrat never gives the Dubs a fair crack of the whip…

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    Mute James Byrne
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    Apr 9th 2013, 4:28 PM

    Well pardon the lad then so for bringing it to the attention of the medical staff that this happened, this did happen and for someone to say its a case of winging is bull! As I said in another post if it was the other way around it would not take two days to get into the national media the culprit should get a lengthy ban nasty thing to do.

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    Jan 23rd 2014, 10:41 PM
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    Mute Ollie O Sullivan
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    Apr 9th 2013, 12:40 PM

    Ah sure the Dublin players will be grand the gaa will prob blame paul galvin for it ,

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    Mute Paul Martin
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    Apr 9th 2013, 3:25 PM

    Galvin would have given a love bite

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    Apr 9th 2013, 11:47 AM

    dubs are only rotten mungralls for bitten on the field.

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    Mute Frank Hindsight
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    Apr 9th 2013, 1:16 PM

    If not just souur shpuds, hopefully the player in question gets some more shots on target next time and just hypodermic ones in the arse!! Jimmys winning PR battles!

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    Mute Derek Hawkeye Byrne
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    Apr 9th 2013, 2:33 PM

    Your that much of a clown. You can’t even spell the word Mongrel correctly.

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    Mute damien foley
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    Apr 9th 2013, 9:00 PM

    dereck il spell it my way and u spell it ur way ya u filthy lookin clown

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    Mute Niall Quinlan
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    Apr 9th 2013, 9:36 PM

    I sincerely hope the Dublin player in question got a tetanus jab afterwards…

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    Apr 9th 2013, 11:51 AM

    I would like to take this moment to point out that Tyrone had nothing to do with this particular bite.

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    Mute Gerry Corbett
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    Apr 9th 2013, 11:31 AM

    The dog bit him when he went home blame the dubs for everything

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    Mute Lord Loverocket
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    Apr 9th 2013, 11:41 AM

    Typical anti-dub rhetoric here. Guilty before anyone knows what went on.

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    Mute Gerry Corbett
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    Apr 9th 2013, 12:17 PM

    No sense of humour here at all

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    Apr 9th 2013, 10:32 AM

    Got bit on the shoulder heard it all now, what a bunch of whingers

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    Apr 9th 2013, 10:58 AM

    If I bit your shoulder I bet you’d be whinging too.

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    Mute Dave O'Shea
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    Apr 9th 2013, 11:00 AM

    Bitten

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    Mute Bluemist
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    Apr 9th 2013, 11:32 AM

    Depends who was doing the biting.

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    Mute PJL M
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    Apr 9th 2013, 1:00 PM

    Would that be a shoulder to cry on?

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    Mute Paul Martin
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    Apr 9th 2013, 11:16 AM

    The Walking Dub

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    Apr 9th 2013, 11:05 AM

    Biters will be bitin’?
    That’s just nasty, biting someone.

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    Apr 9th 2013, 11:56 AM

    I never knew Luis Suarez had signed for the Dubs….

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    Mute Derek Hawkeye Byrne
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    Apr 9th 2013, 2:34 PM

    He could ate an apple through a tennis racket.

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    Mute Headtheball
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    Apr 9th 2013, 2:44 PM

    Lol class

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    Mute Patrick Murray
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    Apr 9th 2013, 11:38 AM

    At least they only spit in Rugby!

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    Mute Robert Callaghan
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    Apr 9th 2013, 11:48 AM

    Pretty sure they bite as well. Regardless of what sport it is, its not acceptable

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    Mute PJL M
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    Apr 9th 2013, 12:16 PM

    You can’t please everyone, I often hear people complain because there is no bite in the game, then when there is….

    What about a bit of needle?

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    Mute Chris Tobin
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    Apr 9th 2013, 2:06 PM

    Those jackeens were always hungry lads

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    Mute Sean Browne
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    Apr 9th 2013, 12:27 PM

    It’s happening for years at least the gum shield law will ease the pain

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    Apr 9th 2013, 1:35 PM

    Look at him. He’s a ride!!! I bite him any day!

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    Apr 9th 2013, 8:50 PM

    More than likely the bite was from some dirty oul Donegal bird from the night before

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    Mute Mark McIvor
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    Apr 9th 2013, 6:47 PM

    How would it be sour grapes, sure they drew the match. Dublin didn’t relegate Donegal sure they didn’t even beat them!

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    Mute Headtheball
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    Apr 9th 2013, 2:45 PM

    No place for it. Seems that both Dublin and Donegal aware of it. How are they going to prove it?

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    Mute Tom Collins
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    Apr 9th 2013, 3:16 PM

    Bloody savaged

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    Mute Jamie McCormack
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    Apr 10th 2013, 2:35 AM

    did you mean..
    A) Bloodily savaged
    B) Bloody savage
    C) Bloody savaged he was

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    Mute Mike Dowling
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    Apr 9th 2013, 3:44 PM

    ” The Armagh whistler was forced to leave the game during the second-half after injuring his ankle with Sligo’s Marty Duffy taking his place instead ” ………… WHAT ARE YOU ON ABOUT FINTAN ?

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    Mute Aideen Thornton
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    Apr 9th 2013, 3:53 PM

    The referee going off injured and being replaced.

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