In April 2016 World Rugby has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Namibian rugby player Cameron Xavier McNab after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substances Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (Turinabol) and Metandienone (Dianabol). After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in his defence and he was heard for the World Rugby Judicial Committee.
The Athlete denied the intentional use of the substances and stated that previously he had purchased and used the supplements Jack 3d, Hellfire EPH 150 (containing stimulants) and Animal M Stak in November and December 2015. He used the supplement Jack 3d at least 30 days before the doping test.
He argued that the positive test could only be attributed to those supplements due to contamination with two different anabolic steroids. However the Athlete’s sample, provided in April 2016, did not contain the stimulant Methylhexaneamine (dimethylpentylamine) and the detection window for the substance Dianabol is about 20 days after intake and for Turinabol the detection window is about 40 to 50 days. In his defence the Athlete asserted that irregularities occurred during the transport from Windhoek to the Swiss Laboratory via South Africa.
Considering the statements and evidence the Judicial Committee establish that no departures occurred concerning the sample collection and the chain of custody. Also the Committee finds the Athlete’s statement is unconvincing due to several significant discrepancies. The Athlete also failed to establish that the violation was unintentional.
Therefore the World Rugby Judicial Committee decides on 31 August 2016 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 26 April 2016.
