Facts
The UK Anti Doping charges Harry Cartwright, the player, for a violation of the Anti-Doping Rules. On July 5, 2014, the Athlete provided an In-Competition Sample to UKAD during a rugby match subject to the jurisdiction of the Rugby Football League (RFL). The examination of that sample showed the presence of Drostanolone which is a prohibited substance according to the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) prohibited list.
History
The Athlete admitted the charges and asserts that his level of
fault is not significant because:
1. he was not under the jurisdiction of the ADR at the time he ingested the Prohibited Substance (March 2014);
2. he was seeking no competitive advantage; and
3. he did not think the substance would still be in his system on July 5, 2014.
The panel however concludes he failed to take full responsibility for what he ingests and uses. There are no aggraveting cirumstances or reasons for reduction of the period of ineligibility.
Decision
1. The sanction is a period of Ineligibility of two years.
2. That period of Ineligibility starts from 25 July 2014 and will therefore end at midnight on 24 July 2016.
