Here's a big story for all you rugby fans about the pressures of being a star athlete. After being popped with a tab of E in his pocket at a 'routine search' (thanks terrorists) at London's Kings Cross Station, rugby player Andrew Johns confessed to taking MDMA for years to escape the pressure of stardom.
"For 10 years I've taken it on and off, generally during the off-season.
"There's times during the season when I've run the gauntlet and played Russian roulette and taken them.
"There were times when we'd be playing the biggest game of the season and it (taking ecstasy) would be in the back of my mind.
"I wouldn't say I had a drug dependency - I do it occasionally - (but) I had an alcohol problem.
"I used it (ecstasy) to escape the pressure.
Because of his recent troubles with the law, Johns will no longer be considered for the World Cup team. But I have to ask, what does "run the gauntlet" mean? Does that mean he takes a chance at failing a piss test during the regular season, but does it anyway? Or is this some crazy rugby team locker-room thing I don't even want to know about...
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