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 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

Methylhexaneamine

Substance Class

Specified Stimulants

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
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
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Boldenone and 5β-androst-1-en-17β-ol-3-one (a metabolite of boldenone)

Substance Class

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

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
Four-year ban
Sport
Bobsleigh
NGB
British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association - BBSA
Substance

4β-hydroxystanozolol, stanozolol-N-glucuronide and epistanozolol-N-glucuronide (metabolites of stanozolol)

Substance Class

Non-specified 

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
Rule Violated 2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Motor Sport
NGB
Motorsport UK - MSA
Substance

Carboxy-THC (metabolite of cannabis)

Substance Class

S8 Cannabinoids

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
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Ostarine

Substance Class

S2 Other Anabolic Agents

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
Action Taken

Two-year ban

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

Clomiphene

Substance Class

Anti-Estrogenic Modulator

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Evading, refusing or failing to submit to Sample collection
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Scottish Rugby Union - SRU
Substance

N/A

Substance Class

N/A

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 of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a Player’s Sample
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Football
NGB
The Football Association - The FA
Substance

Oxandrolone and its metabolite 17-epioxandrolone

Substance Class

Anabolic steroids

Action Taken

Four-year ban

Results Management Authority
The Football Association – The FA
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
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
Presence
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Drostanolone (and its metabolite)

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
Rugby Union
NGB
Rugby Football Union - RFU
Substance

Clenbuterol

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 Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Benzoylecgonine

Action Taken

Four-year ban

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

Benzoylecgonine (metabolite of cocaine)

Action Taken

One-year, four month ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Rowing
NGB
British Rowing - BR
Substance

Benzoylecgonine

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
Weightlifting
NGB
British Wrestling Association - BWA
Substance

Stanozolol metabolite

Action Taken

Four-year ban

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

Furosemide

Action Taken

One-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Use
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Cycling
NGB
Union Cycliste Internationale - UCI
Action Taken

Two-year ban

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

Benzoylecgonine

Action Taken

One-year, eight month ban

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
Rugby Football Union - RFU
Substance

Benzoylecgonine

Action Taken

Two-year ban