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NACRA doping tests prove negative

Feb 14, 2015 Sports

The Guyana Rugby Football Union yesterday dispatched a release via e-mail which stated that one of its players who were subjected to a random doping test during the NACRA Championship which was held last year in Mexico has passed the test according to results received by the entity.
The full text of the statement is seen below:
Guyana’s rugby had passed a doping test is pleased to announce and proud of the fact that its players are in compliance with and meet the standards of World Rugby’s Anti-Doping Programme.
Guyana’s Men’s National Sevens Team is subject to international testing for prohibitive substances and prohibitive methods listed in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) prohibitive list whenever the team competes internationally and may be subject to ad hoc testing of its athletes at anytime in between competition.
The Union is pleased to announce that it has received confirmation of the random testing report of a player from its team who was required to provide samples for testing for doping control under the WADA Programme at the recent North American and Caribbean Rugby Association Sevens Championships in Mexico in December last year and that the results of the tests proved to be negative.
World Rugby thanked the Union and players for their cooperation and support in keeping the game of rugby doping free.

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