Rugby player banned for four years for anti-doping rule violation
Mr Drage provided a urine sample In-Competition at Haywards Heath RFC’s ground on 16 November 2019. The sample returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for S4 Hormone and Metabolic Modulators and S1 Anabolic Androgenic Steroids. These are Prohibited Substances as defined by the World Anti-Doping Agency Prohibited List 2019.
Mr Drage was charged with a breach of World Rugby regulation 21.2.1, “Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a player’s Sample.”
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