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; Use
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Methandienone

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
21.2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a Player’s Sample
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Rugby Football Union - RFU
Substance

Methasterone

Substance Class

Section 1.1(a) | Exogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroids

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Attempted Use
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Rugby Football Union - RFU
Substance

Testosterone

Action Taken

Four-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
2021 ADR Article 2.1 (Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athletes Sample)
Sanction
Three-month ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Cocaine and its Metabolite, benzoylecgonine

Substance Class

S6A of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2023 Prohibited List (stimulant)

Action Taken

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 League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone

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 its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Boxing
NGB
British Boxing Board of Control - BBBoC
Substance

Clomifene

Substance Class

Section 4 | Hormone and Metabolic Modulators

Action Taken

Two-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
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Nandrolone

Action Taken

Four-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Refusal or failure
Sanction
One-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
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
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine

Action Taken

A period of Ineligibility of three (3) months is imposed. However, redacted is afforded credit for the time he spent provisionally suspended. Their period of Ineligibility is therefore deemed served and they have been fully eligible to participate in sport since 25 August 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
One-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Rugby Football Union - RFU
Substance

Cocaine

Action Taken

One-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
Two-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine

Substance Class

S6a Stimulants

Action Taken

Two-year ban

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

Benzoylecgonine Ecgonine methylester

Action Taken

Three-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
World Rugby Regulation 21.2.3 | Evading, Refusing or Failing to Submit to Sample Collection
Sanction
Three-year, six month ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Rugby Football Union - RFU
Substance

N/A

Substance Class

N/A

Action Taken

Three-year, six month ban

Results Management Authority
Rugby Football Union - RFU
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
One-year, six month ban
Sport
Ice Hockey
NGB
Ice Hockey UK - IHUK
Substance

Methylhexaneamine

Action Taken

One-year, six month ban

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
Rugby Football Union - RFU
Substance

Clenbuterol; 17-epitrenbolone (metabolite of trenbolone), and drostanolone

Action Taken

Four-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
2015 ADR Article 2.7 | Trafficking or Attempted Trafficking in any Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method.
Sanction
Three-year ban
Sport
Boxing
NGB
British Boxing Board of Control - BBBoC
Substance

Cannabis

Substance Class

S8 Cannabinoids (under the 2018 WADA Prohibited List)

Action Taken

A period of ineligibility of 3-years is imposed, however redacted's period of ineligibility is deemed to have commenced on 15 April 2018 pursuant to 2021 ADR Article 10.13.1 and is therefore deemed served as at the date of the Issued Decision (dated 25 October 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
Two-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Benzoylecgonine

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
21.2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a Player’s Sample
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Rugby Football Union - RFU
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

Action Taken

Four-year ban

Results Management Authority
Rugby Football Union - RFU
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 and metabolite

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-norandrosterone, at an estimated concentration of 15ng/ml

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
Regulation 3(a) FA Anti-Doping Regulations 2019 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a Player’s Sample
Sanction
One-year ban
Sport
Football
NGB
The Football Association - The FA
Action Taken

One-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 its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
Sanction
Three month ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Rugby Football Union - RFU
Substance

Cocaine

Substance Class

Section S6.A Stimulant

Action Taken

Athlete suspended for 3-months from 10 June 2022 to 9 September 2022 inclusive

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
One-year, six month ban
Sport
Boxing
NGB
British Boxing Board of Control - BBBoC
Substance

Hydrochlorothiazide

Action Taken

One-year, six 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
Sanction
Three-month ban upon application of 2021 Code
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Benzoylecgonine (metabolite of cocaine)

Substance Class

Section 6(a) | Non-Specified Stimulants