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| | Sunday, 8 September, 2002, 21:31 GMT 22:31 UK Sinfield: Name the drugs cheats  Sinfield wants a level playing field Leeds and Great Britain star Kevin Sinfield has called on the Rugby Football League to name every single player who tests positive for drugs. A recent UK Sport investigation revealed there were more positive tests for nandrolone in rugby league over the past year than in the rest of British sport combined. And Sinfield has urged the RFL to get tough in order to protect the sport's credibility.
"They should name the people and come up with some bans," Sinfield told BBC Sport Online. "We want everyone to be clean so there is a level playing field. "If people are taking illegal substances, they are cheating the system. "I feel strongly about it and other players who train hard and put a lot of work in do as well. Taking drugs is cheating." Of the 296 rugby league players tested by the agency during the 12 months to April this year, 18 returned positive. That is the second highest number of positive findings for hormone drugs in one year of any sport in British history.
But during last season they announced that Warrington's David Highton had been handed a 12-month ban. Sinfield says every player who fails a drugs test should be named and shamed. "There may be a lot of cases where players have taken something without knowing, but that is the nature of the beast," said Sinfield. "You just have to be careful what you take and ask your doctor if you have any worries. It is only a phone call. "I take some minerals and vitamins but nothing more than that." | |
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