UK Rugby player suspended for two years


The Rugby Football League (RFL) player James Lockwood has been suspended from all sport for two years following an anti-doping rule violation.

 

The Featherstone Rovers player was suspended after his A sample from an out-of-competition test, taken on 19 November 2014, was retrospectively tested for Growth Hormone Releasing Factors. The Drug Control Centre at King’s College London identified the presence of Growth Hormone Releasing Peptide-2 (pralmorelin) and its metabolite in Mr Lockwood’s A sample. These are classified under section S2 of the WADA Prohibited List. This is the first finding of its kind in the UK. The athlete is banned from all competition from 3 March 2015 to 2 March 2017. The Anti-Doping Database has registered 274 cases in Rugby. UK is the country with the most cases with 69. Australia has suspended 56 athletes. Cannabis is the most used prohibited substance. 44 athletes has been suspended after testing positive for Cannabis. 41 has tested positive for methylhexaneamine, while only 19 has tested positive for Stanozolol. 129 of the athletes was suspended for two years. 44 athletes had their sample collected out of competition.

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