Joseph Stafford
RFU
Three-year, six month ban
Date of Violation
21/02/2019
Start date of Sanction
16/07/2019
End Date of Sanction
15/01/2023
Competitor Violator
Joseph Stafford
Rule Violated
World Rugby Regulation 21.2.3 | Evading, Refusing or Failing to Submit to Sample Collection
Sanction
Three-year, six month ban
Action Taken
Three-year, six month ban
Josh Yorweth
The FA
Four-year ban
Date of Violation
25/09/2018
Start date of Sanction
03/10/2018
End Date of Sanction
02/10/2022
Competitor Violator
Josh Yorweth
Rule Violated
Evading, refusal or failure
Kieron Scutt
RFU
Two-year ban
Date of Violation
30/03/2019
Start date of Sanction
30/03/2019
End Date of Sanction
29/03/2021
Competitor Violator
Kieron Scutt
Rule Violated
Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a player’s Sample
Kurt Brown
RFU
Four-year ban
Date of Violation
01/02/2020
Start date of Sanction
13/03/2020
End Date of Sanction
12/03/2024
Competitor Violator
Kurt Brown
Rule Violated
21.2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a Player’s Sample
Substance
Nandrolone, 19-norandrosterone and 19-noretiocholanolone
Substance Class
S.1 Anabolic Androgenic Steroids
Kyle Perry
WRU
Four-year ban
Date of Violation
24/11/2018
Start date of Sanction
24/11/2018
End Date of Sanction
23/11/2022
Competitor Violator
Kyle Perry
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers
Substance
Boldenone and 5 β -androst-1-en-17 β -ol-3-one (a metabolite of boldenone)
Substance Class
S1.1(b) Endogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroid when administered exogenously
Leigh Dearden
RFU
Four-year ban
Date of Violation
23/03/2019
Start date of Sanction
31/05/2019
End Date of Sanction
30/05/2023
Competitor Violator
Leigh Dearden
Rule Violated
"Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a Player’s Sample"
Substance
Drostanolone and its metabolite 2α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one
2-hydroxymethly-17-methly-5α-androstan-3,17diol and 2-hydroxymethly-17α-methly-5α-androstan—3,ζ,17β-triol (metabolites of oxymetholone)
Benzoylecgonine (a metabolite of cocaine)
Substance Class
S1.1(a) Exogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroid
S6(a) Non-Specified Stimulant
Liam Cameron
BBBOC
Four-year ban
Date of Violation
27/04/2018
Start date of Sanction
25/05/2018
End Date of Sanction
24/05/2022
Competitor Violator
Liam Cameron
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
Substance
Benzoylecgonine (metabolite of cocaine)
Substance Class
S6a non-Specified Stimulant
Maredydd Francis
WRU
Four-year ban
Date of Violation
10/03/2018
Start date of Sanction
10/03/2018
End Date of Sanction
09/03/2022
Competitor Violator
Maredydd Francis
Substance
19-nortestosterone (metabolite of nandrolone) & 17α-epitrenbolone (metabolite of trenbolone)
Mark Dry
UKA
Four-year ban
Date of Violation
18/10/2018
Start date of Sanction
08/05/2019
End Date of Sanction
25/09/2023
Competitor Violator
Mark Dry
Rule Violated
2.5 | Tampering with any part of Doping Control
Mark Jones
WRU
Four-year ban
Date of Violation
25/04/2019
Start date of Sanction
25/04/2019
End Date of Sanction
24/04/2023
Competitor Violator
Mark Jones
Rule Violated
UK Anti-Doping Rules Article 2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
Substance Class
S1.2 Other Anabolic Agents
Max Drage
RFU
Four-year ban
Date of Violation
16/11/2019
Start date of Sanction
10/01/2020
End Date of Sanction
09/01/2024
Competitor Violator
Max Drage
Rule Violated
21.2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a Player’s Sample
Substance
Substances
Anabolic Androgenic Steroids
Androsterone;
Testosterone and least one of the Adiols (5αAdiol and/or 5βAdiol);
Etiocholanone;
5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol (5αAdiol); and
5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol (5αAdiol) and 5β-androstane-3α,17β-diol (5βAdiol)
Hormone and Metabolic Modulators
Clomiphene and its metabolite hydroxy-methoxy-clomiphene; and
Anastrozole and its metabolite hydroxy-anastrozole
Substance Class
Section 1.1(b) | Endogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (when administered exogenously); and
Section S3 | Beta-2 Agonists
Michael Phenix
The FA
Four-year ban
Date of Violation
17/09/2018
Start date of Sanction
17/09/2018
End Date of Sanction
16/09/2022
Competitor Violator
Michael Phenix
Rule Violated
Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a Player’s Sample
Substance
Oxandrolone and its metabolite 17-epioxandrolone
Mike Lowis
RFU
Four-year ban
Date of Violation
15/03/2017
Start date of Sanction
10/04/2017
End Date of Sanction
09/04/2021
Competitor Violator
Mike Lowis
Substance
17-epitrenbolone (metabolite of trenbolone) and drostanolone
Morgan Jefferies
RFL
Four-year ban
Date of Violation
23/02/2019
Start date of Sanction
23/02/2019
End Date of Sanction
22/02/2023
Competitor Violator
Morgan Jefferies
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers
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
Nathan Togun
BBSA
Four-year ban
Date of Violation
06/10/2018
Start date of Sanction
13/11/2018
End Date of Sanction
12/11/2022
Competitor Violator
Nathan Togun
Substance
4 β -hydroxystanozolol, stanozolol-N-glucuronide and epistanozolol-N-glucuronide (metabolites of stanozolol)
Nicky Watt
IHUK
Eight-year ban
Date of Violation
27/05/2014
Start date of Sanction
17/06/2014
End Date of Sanction
16/06/2022
Competitor Violator
Nicky Watt
Rule Violated
Refusal or failure
Nigel Levine
UKA
Four-year ban
Date of Violation
24/11/2017
Start date of Sanction
13/12/2017
End Date of Sanction
12/12/2021
Competitor Violator
Nigel Levine
Paul Bird
MSA
Eight-year ban
Date of Violation
14/04/2018
Start date of Sanction
11/07/2018
End Date of Sanction
10/07/2026
Competitor Violator
Paul Bird
Rule Violated
Refusal or failure
Redacted
RFU
Four-year ban
Date of Violation
25/03/2019
Start date of Sanction
10/05/2019
End Date of Sanction
09/05/2023
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
World Rugby Regulation 21.2.1 (Presence) & World Rugby Regulation 21.2.2 (Use and Attempted Use)
Substance
17α-epitrenbolone (metabolite of Trenbolone), 2α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one (metabolite of Drostanolone), Anastrazole.
Substance Class
S1.1a Exogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroid, S4 Hormone and Metabolic Modulators.
Redacted
RFU
Four-year ban
Date of Violation
15/03/2017
Start date of Sanction
10/04/2017
End Date of Sanction
09/04/2021
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Substance
Clenbuterol; 17-epitrenbolone (metabolite of trenbolone), and drostanolone
Rhys Pugsley
RFL
Eight-year ban
Date of Violation
08/02/2016
Start date of Sanction
03/03/2016
End Date of Sanction
02/03/2024
Competitor Violator
Rhys Pugsley
Robert Myring-Thomson
UKA
Four-year ban
Date of Violation
20/02/2017
Start date of Sanction
20/02/2017
End Date of Sanction
19/02/2021
Competitor Violator
Robert Myring-Thomson
Rule Violated
Use; Possession
Roseanna Cox
England Boxing
Two-year ban
Date of Violation
29/03/2019
Start date of Sanction
16/05/2019
End Date of Sanction
15/05/2021
Competitor Violator
Roseanna Cox
Rule Violated
UK Anti-Doping Rules Article 2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
Substance Class
S5 Diuretics and Masking Agents
Ross Bevan
RFL
Seven-year, three month ban
Date of Violation
28/09/2016
Start date of Sanction
14/10/2016
End Date of Sanction
13/01/2024
Competitor Violator
Ross Bevan
Rule Violated
Refusal or failure
Sanction
Seven-year, three month ban
Action Taken
Seven-year, three month ban
Rupert Kay
RFU
Two-year ban
Date of Violation
21/02/2019
Start date of Sanction
16/07/2019
End Date of Sanction
15/07/2021
Competitor Violator
Rupert Kay
Rule Violated
World Rugby Regulation 21.2.9 | Assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, conspiring, covering up or any other type of intentional complicity involving an anti-doping rule violation, Attempted anti-doping rule violation or violation of Regulation 21.10.12.1 by another Person