Three rugby players suspended for doping offenses | 1 NEWS

Three other rugby players were suspended for doping offenses after a former rugby player was suspended for four years by New Zealand Rugby earlier this month.

A New Zealand Judiciary Rugby Committee today declared new anti-doping hearings resulting in the two-year ban on playing rugby for the possession and use or attempt to play rugby. use of prohibited substances.

In a statement released today, New Zealand Rugby states that the charges were brought against Brandyn Laursen, Tukiterangi Raimona and Lionel Skipwith by Drug Free Sport New Zealand (DFSNZ) as a result of a MedSafe's open investigation into the Clenbuterol New Zealand site

In the case of Brandyn Laursen, the Judicial Committee found that he was in possession, use or attempted to use the drug. Anabolic Agent, Clenbuterol in 2014 and 2015.

The Committee accepted Laursen's arguments that he had banned It was banned for two years, retroactive to June 4, 2017.

In the case of Tukiterangi Raimona, the Judicial Committee found that he had been in possession, used or attempted to use the banned anabolic agent dianabol (metandienone) in January and February 2015.

He admitted to taking dianabol to help him to better cope with the demands of manual work and the gym routine that he had at the time

The committee suspended him for two years, retroactively to May 28, 2017. [19659002] In the case of Lionel Skipwith, he argued that he did not know that Clenbuterol was a prohibited substance since he was a club rugby player and had no education on the anti-doping regime.

The Committee concluded that his contravention of the regulations was not intentional, and he was suspended for two years retroactive to September 26, 2017.