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UKAD Redacted Date of Violation 14/08/2018 Start date of Sanction 08/11/2021 End Date of Sanction 07/11/2025 Competitor Violator Redacted Rule Violated Attempted Use of a Prohibited Substance (WRR 21.2.2) Attempted Trafficking of a Prohibited Substance (WRR 21.2.7) Date of violation: 14/08/2018 - 13/09/2018 Sanction Four-year ban Sport Rugby Union NGB Rugby Football Union - RFU Substance Human Growth Hormone (hGH) Action Taken A four-year period of Ineligibility commencing on 8 November 2021. Results Management Authority UK Anti-Doping - UKAD

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UKAD Redacted

Date of Violation

14/08/2018

Start date of Sanction

08/11/2021

End Date of Sanction

07/11/2025

Competitor Violator

Redacted

Rule Violated

Attempted Use of a Prohibited Substance (WRR 21.2.2) Attempted Trafficking of a Prohibited Substance (WRR 21.2.7) Date of violation: 14/08/2018 - 13/09/2018

Sanction

Four-year ban

Sport

Rugby Union

NGB

Rugby Football Union - RFU

Substance

Human Growth Hormone (hGH)

Action Taken

A four-year period of Ineligibility commencing on 8 November 2021.

Results Management Authority

UK Anti-Doping - UKAD

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