Doping in sport is no longer just about the Use of a Prohibited Substance or Method. The following are Anti-Doping Rule Violations under iRB Regulation 21:

1. The presence of a Prohibited substance in a players bodily sample

2. Use or attempted use of a Prohibited substance or Method

3. Refusing to comply with a request to provide a sample or otherwise evading sample collection

4. Failure to provide required whereabouts information and missed tests

5. Tampering or attempting to tamper with any part of the doping control process

6. Possession of a Prohibited substance and method

7. Trafficking of a Prohibited substance or method

8. Administration or attempted administration of a Prohibited substance or Method to any player, or assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, covering up or any other type of complicity involving an anti-doping rule violation.

Sanctions

There are strict sanctions for any player who is found to have committed one of the above doping offences. In the majority of cases a first time doping offence will carry a minimum ban of two (2) years with lifetime bans for second offences.

Support personnel such as managers, doctors, coaches and conditioners should also be aware that iRB Regulation 21 and these Anti-Doping Rule Violations may apply to them. Support personnel found guilty of the administration or trafficking of Prohibited substances face a minimum ban of four (4) years.

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