Cases
Anti-Doping Rule Violations
2008: A total of 13 players were found to have committed anti-doping rule violations under the IRB's program in 2008
| Name | Country | Substance | Outcome |
| Evile Telea | Samoa | Use, Possession and Trafficking of a Prohibited Substance | 4 year sanction |
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| Jovan Pupuke | Cook Islands | Cannabis | 3 month sanction |
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| Ladiko Chochishvili | Georgia | 19-Norandrosterone | 2 year sanction |
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| Vakhtang Mdzinarishvili | Georgia | Cannabis | 5 month sanction |
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| Miguel Gonzalez | Venezuela | Nandrolone | 2 year sanction |
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| Francisco Metuaze | Chile | Clenbuterol | 2 year sanction |
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| Russell Ward | Canada | Cannabis | 3 month sanction |
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| Rabah Slimani | France | Tuaminoheptane | Warning and Reprimand |
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| Muliufi Salanoa | Samoa | Salbutamol | 2 year sanction |
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| Steven Shortly | Canada | Finasteride | Warning and Reprimand |
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| Taligatuli Moala | Samoa | Salbutamol | 2 year sanction |
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| Andrey Sorokin | Russia | Indapamide | Warning and Reprimand |
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| Nicolas Venegas | Chile | Cannabis | 4 months sanction |
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