Amateur rugby league player Michael Strickland has received a two-year ban for purchasing clenbuterol, back dated to late May 2017.
Strickland's was the fifth case presented to the Sport Tribunal of New Zealand arising from a Medsafe investigation into online supplier NZ Clenbuterol.
Strickland admitted to purchasing the clenbuterol toaid weight loss, but said he didn't use the product. He said he was unaware it was a prohibited substance.
Strickland was provisionally suspended on March 27. On May 14, Drug Free Sport New Zealand and Strickland filed a joint memorandum to the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand proposing an appropriate sanction of two years.
The Tribunal handed down a two year ban, back dated to start on May 27, 2017.
