‘It’s not up to us to make those moral judgments’

There may be various shades of grey lingering over Munster due to their signing of steroid user Gerbrandt Grobler, but for the most important figure in Irish anti-doping, the South African’s case is not all that complicated.

“It’s black and white for us,” says Dr Una May, the Director of Participation and Ethics for Sport Ireland. “The rules allow a person to come back, like any justice system. It’s not up to us to make those moral judgments.”

Having spent 17 years at the helm of Sport Ireland’s anti-doping unit, May has an almost unrivalled insight into the challenging world of high-level sport.