Steroid use accusations on Two All Blacks

The former coach of Olympic gold medalist Hamish Carter, Jack Ralston, has accused two All Blacks of taking steroids in his new book.

"People might be stunned by this but I know at least two All Blacks in the 1990s who responded to demands that they bulk up by taking steroids," Ralston revealed in an early edition of his biography The Sports Insider.

From Stuff.co.nz:

Ralston was the New Zealand Rugby Union's head of sales and marketing between 1997-99. He has also been on the payroll at Netball New Zealand, Gymsports NZ and as a coach worked for Arthur Lydiard during a lengthy career in New Zealand and international sport.

The highly regarded Ralston, who also enjoyed a stint with Nike and worked with sporting icons such as Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan and Carl Lewis, worked with the All Blacks in a commercial capacity during their failed 1999 Rugby World Cup campaign.

Ralston added he "never saw" any All Black ingesting steroids.