Championship Preview:‘As you are providing a sample at a urinal, your chaperone stands, peering over your shoulder at every move’

A few years ago, I was captivated by all I could find about the Lance Armstrong controversy.

I grew fascinated at the scale of the entire doping operation involved and how he was so insatiably driven to win by whatever means was necessary, fair or foul.

I wondered how long it would take, if ever, before we got our first major doping scandal in the GAA. Doping in cycling, and the use of performance enhancing drugs in elite sport worldwide is a story growing all too familiar.