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. 

Sanctions

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Name National Governing Body Sanction
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Ashleigh Hyndman
Rule Violated
2021 UK Anti-Doping Rules (ADR), for Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers within an Athlete’s Sample, and Use of a Prohibited Substance.
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

GW1516

Substance Class

S4.4 of the 2022 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List - Hormone and Metabolic Modulator

Action Taken

Mr Hyndman’s four-year ban was deemed to have commenced from the date of his Provisional Suspension on 10 June 2022 and will expire 23:59 on 9 June 2026. 

 

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Rob Worrincy
Rule Violated
2.1 (Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample)
2.2 (Use or Attempted Use of a Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method) of the 2021 UK Anti-Doping Rules (ADR)
Sanction
Three-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Ostarine (enobosarm), ibutamoren and GW1516 Metabolites; GW1516-sulfoxide and GW1516-sulfone.

Action Taken

Three year ban

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Ryan Snowden
Rule Violated
ADRVs pursuant to Article 2.1 (Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample) and 2.2 (Use or Attempted Use of a Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method) of the 2021 UK Anti-Doping Rules (ADR),
Sanction
Three-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Ostarine (enobosarm); Clenbuterol

Action Taken

A three-year ban commencing on 10 February 2023 ending at 23:59 on the 09 February 2026

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Craig Campbell
Rule Violated
2017/18 Scottish FA Anti-Doping Regulations:
Possession of a Prohibited Substance and Trafficking a Prohibited Substance.
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Football
NGB
Scottish Football Association - SFA
Substance

Cocaine

Action Taken

Four-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Rowland Kaye
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
Sanction
Four year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Metabolite of oxymetholone and methasterone

Substance Class

S 1.1 of the WADA 2022 Prohibited List

Action Taken

Athlete suspended for 4 years from 4 March 2022 to 3 March 2026 inclusive.

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Robert Oakley
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
2.2 | Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method
Sanction
Three year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

RAD140;
Ostarine (enobosarm);
LGD-4033 (ligandrol) and its Metabolite dihydroxy-LGD-4033; and
GW1516 Metabolites GW1516-sulfoxide and GW1516-sulfone.

Substance Class

S1.2 of the WADA 2022 Prohibited List as Anabolic Agents.

S4.4 of the WADA 2022 Prohibited List as a Hormone and Metabolic Modulator.

Action Taken

Athlete suspended for 3 years from 6 September 2022 to 5 September 2025 inclusive

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Russell Spiers
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
2.2 | Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method
Sanction
Three year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Boldenone and its Metabolite 17β-hydroxy-5β-androst-1-en-3-one. 

Substance Class

S1 of the 2022 WADA Prohibited List as an Anabolic Androgenic Steroid (‘AAS’)

Action Taken

Athlete suspended for 3 years from 26 August 2022 to 25 August 2025 inclusive

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Callum Marriott
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
2.2 | Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method
Sanction
Three year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Ostarine and metabolites of GW1516

Substance Class

Section S1.2 Anabolic Agent

Section S4.4 Metabolic Modulator

Action Taken

Athlete suspended for 3 years from 4 May 2022 to 3 May 2025 inclusive

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Jonathan Magrin
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
2.2 | Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method
Sanction
Three-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Testosterone; androsterone; etiocholanolone; 5α-androstane-3α, 17β-diol; and 5β-androstane-3α, 17β-diol

Substance Class

Section S1.1 Anabolic Androgenic Steroids

Action Taken

Athlete suspended for 3 years from 5 August 2022 to 4 August 2025 inclusive

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Ryan Forshaw
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample.
2.2 | Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method.
Sanction
Three-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

19-norandrosterone and the following metabolites of metandienone:

  1. 17β-methyl-5β-androst-1-ene-3α,17α-diol (epimetendiol);
  2. 17β-hydroxymethyl,17α-methyl-18-nor-androst-1,4,13-trien-3-one;
  3. 6β-hydroxymetandienone;
  4. 17-epimetandienone.
Substance Class

Section S1.1 Anabolic Androgenic Steroids

Action Taken

Athlete suspended for 3 years from 6 May 2022 to 5 May 2025 inclusive

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Douglas Steele
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample.
2.2 | Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method.
Sanction
Three-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Scottish Rugby Union - SRU
Substance

Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (DHCMT), including 4 α-chloro-18-nor-17βhydroxymethyl,17α-methyl-5α-androst-13-en-3α-ol; and /or oxandrolone, including:

  1. 17α-hydroxymethyl-17β-methyl-18-nor-2-oxa-5α-androst-13-en-3-one; and
  2. 17β-hydroxymethyl-17α-methyl-18-nor-2-oxa-5α-androst-13-en-3-one
Substance Class

Section S1.1 Anabolic Agents

Action Taken

Athlete suspended for 3 years from 12 May 2022 to 11 May 2025 inclusive.

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Ben Harrison
Rule Violated
Article 2.1 (Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample) and Article 2.2 (Use of Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance) of the 2021 UK Anti-Doping Rules
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Drostanolone

Substance Class

S1 Anabolic Agents of the WADA 2021 Prohibited List

Action Taken

Four-year ban commencing on 11 June 2021 and expiring at midnight on 10 June 2025

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Christopher Mayor
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
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Marc Shackley
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample;
2.2 | Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method.
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Clenbuterol 

Action Taken

A period of Ineligibility of four (4) years is imposed (8 October 2021 - 11:59 on 7 October 2025 inclusive). 

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Alexander Hodgetts
Rule Violated
Presence and breach of ban
Sanction
Four-year ban (and further four-year ban)
Sport
Squash
NGB
Federazione Italiana Giuoco Squash - FIGS
Substance

Methandienone

Substance Class

S1.1a Anabolic Androgenic Steroids

Action Taken

Fine of 378 euros

Results Management Authority
NADO Italia
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Darren Eales
Rule Violated
World Rugby Regulation 21.2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a Player’s Sample
Sanction
Eight-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Scottish Rugby Union - SRU
Substance

Stanozolol

Substance Class

S.1 Anabolic Androgenic Steroids

Action Taken

Eight-year ban

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Adrian Canaveral
Rule Violated
Rule Violated 2.3 | Evading, Refusing or Failing to Submit to Sample Collection
Sanction
Eight-year ban
Sport
Weightlifting
NGB
British Weightlifting - BWL
Action Taken

Eight-year ban

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD