Ireland have confirmed that it will not be appealing Munster and Ireland prop James Cronin’s one month ban for a doping violation.
Sport Ireland had asked for the full case file last week after an EPCR investigation resulted in the suspension that Cronin has now served. It ended yesterday.
He tested positive for prednisolone and prednisone which are banned steroids.
Sport Ireland opt against appealing one-month James Cronin ban for anti-doping violation https://t.co/z5Dbtc7f4A pic.twitter.com/MS5th0WnQN
— Independent.ie (@Independent_ie) May 17, 2020
My apologies for calculating James Cronin’s story’s probability at 50-billion-to-one. After feedback from experts and reviewing new details from @BrendanFanning‘s articles, the model has been adjusted, with no variable rated higher than 50/1.
— Tony DaDub (@teflondub) May 9, 2020
New estimate: 350-billion-to-one. https://t.co/zxJ09bu6DW pic.twitter.com/1fUGxPIGPL
However, he has only received a one-month ban for the anti-doping violation after it was discovered he was handed the wrong drugs by a pharmacy.
Prior to the game in question, Cronin felt unwell and had been prescribed antibiotics. However, an investigation found that the pharmacy had dispensed medication to him that was intended for another person.
LIST | 4 England stars who played on with HORRIFIC injuries
Pain is a funny thing.
Millions of years of evolution have taught our bodies that pain is bad and should be avoided as much as possible. But for some people, pain is just a minor inconvenience on their road to glory.
So while most of us can’t so much as stub our toe without collapsing into the foetal position, here are some England internationals who prove that sometimes what doesn’t kill us inexplicably makes us stronger.
1. Joe Marler (BROKEN LEG)
The loosehead-prop picked up the leg fracture during the first half of Quins’ 24-17 defeat at Worcester in 2017 but played on and completed the 80 minutes. Hard man.
“In the first half against Worcester away,” said Marler. “The trouble was I did it in the first half and just thought it was a calf knock and pulled my calf as well so there was a bit of confusion there. I thought I could keep running on it because running is not really my forte anyway so I could get away with hobbling a bit.
“I got to the end of the game and said ‘strap it up it’s just a tight calf or whatever’, and then because of the frozen pitches and the weather, we didn’t really get a chance to run it again until the following week’s warm-up which I said to them ‘I’ll be alright, I’ll just run it off’ but I couldn’t run it off because my leg was broken.”