The New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) have reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Respondent after he tested positive for the prohibited substance Cannabis.
NZRL notified the Respondent and ordered a provisional suspension.
Respondent affirmed to the Tribunal that he had used Cannabis three weeks before the competition when he did not expect to be reselected for the season.
The Tribunal finds that he did not smoke Cannabis to enhance his sport performance. Aggravating circumstance was that Respondent had signed a declaration acknowledging that he was aware of NZRL ant-doping policy.
Therefore the Sports Disputes Tribunal of New Zealand decides to impose a 2 month period of ineligibility on Respondent starting from the date of this decision.
SDT 2006_20 New Zealand Rugby League vs Blake Milner
Original document
Parameters
- Legal Source
- National Decisions
- Date
- 24 November 2006
- Arbitrator
- Palmer, Farah
- Paterson, Barry
- Quirk, Carol
- Original Source
- Sports Disputes Tribunal of New Zealand
- Country
- New Zealand
- Language
- English
- ADRV
- Adverse Analytical Finding / presence
- Legal Terms
- Aggravating circumstances
- Breach of contract
- No intention to enhance performance
- Period of ineligibility
- Sport/IFs
- Rugby (WR) - World Rugby
- Other organisations
- Drug Free Sport New Zealand (DFSNZ)
- New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL)
- Laboratories
- Sydney, Australia: Australian Sports Drug Testing Laboratory (ASDTL) - Sydney (AUS)
- Doping classes
- S8. Cannabinoids
- Substances
- Cannabis (THC)
- Various
- Out-of-competition use / Substances of Abuse
- Document type
- Pdf file
- Date generated
- 28 October 2013
- Date of last modification
- 12 September 2016
