Anti Doping Violation Issued on behalf of the IRFU and ISC

The Irish Rugby Football Union and the Irish Sports Council jointly announce that the Irish Sport Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel determined that player John Moroney has committed an anti-doping rule violation.

John Moroney, an amateur rugby player with Young Munster Rugby Football Club has served a ban of 3 months, as he was found to have taken cannabis. As a result of his prompt admission, the commencement of the ban was backdated to the date of his test, the 2nd February 2013.

In a sample collected immediately following a match on that date, he provided a sample which tested positive for the presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolite or marker, tetrahydrocannabinol (cannabis).

The Disciplinary Panel found, in a hearing held on the 9th April, that this was contrary to Article 2.1 of the Irish Anti-Doping Rules and imposed the period of ineligibility of 3 months.

The hearing was held under Article 8 (Disciplinary Process) of the Irish Anti-Doping Rules and this announcement is made pursuant to Article 15 (Public Disclosure of the Rules.

Under a new policy of the Irish Sports Council the full Decision of the Disciplinary Panel is available at http://www.irishsportscouncil.ie/Anti-Doping/Testing/Sanctions/