France's South African-born Test prop Pieter De Villiers today denied he took drugs despite allegedly testing positive for cocaine and ecstasy last month.
"I don't do drugs," he told a press conference arranged to answer allegations from French sports daily L'Equipethat he had failed a test on December 18th.
The 30-year-old Stade Francais player said that a few days before he had gone out socialising in Paris with friends after returning from a European Challenge match against Wasps in London.
"I drank some beers, I didn't feel well, I vomited and I had a headache, but I didn't take drugs," said De Villiers.
After the news broke today, De Villiers, who has been capped 29 times by France, was dropped from the French side to play England in the Six Nations championship opener at Twickenham on February 15th.
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