Welsh rugby player banned for four years after failed drugs test
Ystalyfera RFC’s Jesse Patton tested positive for metendienone.
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Ystalyfera RFC’s Jesse Patton tested positive for metendienone.
33-year-old Chiliboy Ralepelle won 25 caps for South Africa.
CEO Brett Gosper did admit to some concerns about ‘community’ levels of the game.
The ban has been backdated and the Wasps man will be free to play from the start of the upcoming season.
All three suspensions are for two-year periods.
‘You look into the circumstances and weigh up the individual, then you make a decision.’
We spoke to World Rugby’s anti-doping general manager, Mike Earl, about last year’s results.
The Edinburgh flanker was suspended for three months for alleged cocaine use.
Munster lock Gerbrandt Grobler was banned for two years in 2015 after a positive drugs test.
A New Zealand Sevens international and a former Black Fern have been suspended.
It is the second longest ban ever handed to a Welsh rugby player for a doping offence.
The ex-French international also gave his thoughts on the recent George North head injury controversy.
Gerbrandt Grobler has admitted his guilt and will not contest the sanction.