Sanctions

ADRVs

Icon of person holding up a card to show a ban from sport (like a yellow or red card in sport)Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) are published in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code. All international Athlete Support Personnel (ASP) currently serving a ban can be found in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited Association List.

Redacted sanctions listed on the UKAD website refer to ADRVs in which the Athlete/ASP/other person has served the sanction imposed (i.e. a four-year ban) and is now eligible to participate in sport. 

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Name National Governing Body Sanction
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Cycling
NGB
Cycling Time Trials - CTT
Substance

Metenolone and metabolite

Action Taken

Four-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
UK Anti-Doping Rules Article 2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Five metabolites of metandienone

Substance Class

S1.1(a) Anabolic Androgenic Steroid

Action Taken

Four-year ban

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Oxandrolone; Epioxandrolone

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Football
NGB
Scottish Football Association - SFA
Substance

Benzoylecgonine

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
UK Anti-Doping Rule Article 2.1 (The Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample)
Sanction
One-month ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine.

Substance Class

Section S6.A Stimulant

Action Taken

A period of Ineligibility of one (1) month is imposed. However, Redacted is afforded credit for the time they spent provisionally suspended. Their period of Ineligibility is therefore deemed served and they have been fully eligible to participate in sport since receiving the decision on 14 January 2022.

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Evasion
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Evasion

Action Taken

Four-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Boxing
NGB
British Boxing Board of Control - BBBoC
Substance

19 Norandrosterone

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or it’s Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Boxing
NGB
British Boxing Board of Control - BBBoC
Substance

6β-hydroxymetandienone and 17α-methyl-5β-androstane-3α,17β-diol (metabolites of metandienone)

Dehydrochloromethyl-testosterone and its metabolite 3α,4α,5α,17β-4-chloro-17-hydroxymethyl-17-methyl-18-norandrostan-3-ol

17α-epitrenbolone (a metabolite of trenbolone)

Exogenous testosterone and the following metabolites of testosterone: 1) androsterone; 2) etiocholanone; and 3) 5β-androstane-3α,17β-diol

Carboxy-THC (a metabolite of cannabis)

Substance Class

S1.1(a) Exogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroid

S1.1(b) Endogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (when administered exogenously)

S8 Cannabinoids

Action Taken

Four-year ban

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Possession; Use
Sanction
One-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Rugby Football Union - RFU
Substance

Testosterone

Action Taken

One-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
Sanction
Three-month ban upon application of 2021 Code
Sport
Basketball
NGB
Basketball England - BE
Substance

Cannabis metabolite carboxy-THC

Substance Class

S8 Cannabinoids

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
One-year, two month ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Benzoylecgonine (Metabolite of Cocaine)

Action Taken

One-year, two month ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Drostanolone and its metabolite 2α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one

Benzoylecgonine (a metabolite of cocaine)

Substance Class

S1.1(a) Exogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroid

S6(a) Non-Specified Stimulant

Action Taken

Four-year ban

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Drostanolone

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
UK Anti-Doping Rules Article 2.1 (Presence of a Prohibited Substance)
Sanction
Three-month ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Benzoylecgonine (metabolite of cocaine)

Substance Class

S6a Stimulants

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Nandrolone and 19 norandrosterone

Action Taken

Four-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Drostanolone and its metabolite 2α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one

Trenbolone metabolite 17α-epitrenbolone

Substance Class

Section S1.1 Anabolic Androgenic Steroids

Action Taken

Four-year ban

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Refusal or failure
Sanction
Seven-year, three month ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Action Taken

Seven-year, three month ban

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Tamoxifen

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Drostanolone metabolite 2α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one; and 19-norandsrosterone

Action Taken

Four-year ban

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Benzoylecgonine (metabolite of cocaine)

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Attempted Use
Sanction
Three-year, three month ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

hGH

Action Taken

Three-year, three month ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample;
2.2 | Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method.
Sanction
Three-month ban
Sport
Ice Hockey
NGB
Ice Hockey UK - IHUK
Substance

Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (‘THC’)

Substance Class

S8 Cannabinoid

Action Taken

A period of Ineligibility of three (3) months (21 June 2022 – 11:59 on Wednesday 21 September 2022)

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Six-month ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

1,3-dimethylbutylamine

Action Taken

Six-month ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Regulation 3(a) FA Anti-Doping Regulations 2019 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a Player’s Sample
Sanction
Three-month ban upon application of 2021 Code
Sport
Football
NGB
The Football Association - The FA
Substance

Benzoylecgonine (metabolite of cocaine)

Substance Class

Section 6(a) | Non-Specified Stimulants

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Drostanolone (and its metabolite)

Action Taken

Four-year ban