The New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Defendant after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Cannabis.
NZRL notified the Defendant and ordered a provisional suspension. Hereafter the Defendant was heard for the Tribunal. The Defendant admitted he had committed a doping infraction for using Cannabis two week before the test.
Faced with evidence to the contrary, the Defendant did not press his initial statement any further and stated he may have used Cannabis closer to the time of the test. The Tribunal accepts that the Defendant did not use Cannabis for performance enhancing purposes. Considering all the circumstances the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand decides to impose a 1 month period of ineligibility on the Defendants starting on 28 August 2007.
ST 2007_13 New Zealand Rugby League vs Jacob Croot
Original document
Parameters
- Legal Source
- National Decisions
- Date
- 14 September 2007
- Arbitrator
- Castle, Timothy J.
- Greenwood, Adrienne
- Quirk, Carol
- Original Source
- Sports Tribunal of New Zealand
- Country
- New Zealand
- Language
- English
- ADRV
- Adverse Analytical Finding / presence
- Legal Terms
- Aggravating circumstances
- Minor
- 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
- 30 October 2013
- Date of last modification
- 12 September 2016
