Writing in the Daily Express, Steve Bale is one of many to pass comment on Matt Stevens' failed drugs test.
"Once he was caught, once he knew he had failed a random drugs test after Bath had played Glasgow last month, he went public with his own admission. This involved hiring a PR company to send out his statement of guilt and arranging an excruciating TV interview in which he bared his soul as well as confessing his sins. Stevens, 26, really is one of the most likeable guys in the game. He is also a prodigious charity worker and acquaintance of no less than Nelson Mandela back home in his native South Africa.
"As he is facing a two-year ban, it is clearly better for Stevens to be remorseful when he has just wrecked a career which, if he is as honest as his statement purports to be, had already stalled. Perhaps we now know the reason why."
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