Anti-Doping Rule Violations

2004: A total of 4 players were found to have committed anti-doping rule violations under the IRB's program in 2004

Name	Country	Substance	Outcome
Younes Ho	Morocco	Cannabis
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Robert Dedig	Namibia	Salbutamol
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Gary James Hewitt	Zimbabwe	Salbutamol
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Davy Larguet	France	Cannabis
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A further four cases under the jurisdiction of the Netherlands Rugby Bond (NRB) were appealed by the Board after the original decisions were received by the IRB and reviewed by members of the IRB Anti Doping Advisory Committee. The cases were heard by a *Board Appeal Committee and **final decisions were handed down in 2006.

*At the time of these offences IRB Regulation 21 permitted a Board Appeal Committee to hear cases dealt with initially by Member Unions following a review of the case decision by members of the IRB Anti Doping Advisory Committee.

Country	Substance	Outcome
Netherlands	Cocaine &  Methylenediomtamphetamine	18 months (6 months already  served under NRB decision)
Netherlands	Cocaine & Cannabis	20 months (4 months already  served under NRB decision)
Netherlands	Methylenediomtamphetamine & Cannabis	18 months (6 months already  served under NRB decision)
Netherlands	Cocaine & Cannabis	No change to original sanction  handed down by NRB (4 months)

** For copies of the Board Judicial Committee decisions for the Dutch cases listed above, please contact Tim Ricketts, IRB Anti-Doping Manager via email tim.ricketts@irb.com