A young player has been banned from all rugby for four years after admitting a breach of New Zealand Rugby's Anti-Doping Rules while still at college.
As the player was a Year 12 student, and a minor at the time of offending, he cannot be publicly identified.
A judicial committee
heard the case, in which the player was found to have made several purchases of, and used, Clenbuterol in 2014.
After assessing evidence, and the player's own conflicting evidence, the committee believed the player knew he was taking some risks and understood that the anabolic agent was banned from sport.
The student said that he used Clenbuterol to aid weight loss, and as a student he had never received any educational advice about using performance enhancing drugs.
