LIST: Four international rugby players banned for drugs offences

3. Josh Christie

Jamaican men’s sevens player also tested positive for a banned substance at the Hong Kong Sevens in April. The steroid drostanolone was found in his system. The winger didn’t contest the finding and was banned for four years. Earlier this year he appeared on E4 programme Shipwrecked.

We do miss this hunk on our screens @joshchristie_ 😍🔥 pic.twitter.com/kFrA5GJaWI

— Fit Famous Males (@FitFamousMales) March 17, 2019

4. Emre Bender

The player, who represented Turkey under-18s in a sevens tournament in Hungary, received a four-year ban after testing positive for testosterone following a sample collection in September. Bender contested he had been given a pill be a former coach to take, without knowing that the pill could be a banned substance.

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