Rugby League-Minns banned for 16 months over cocaine use


  • Rugby
  • Wednesday, 09 Jan 2019

FILE PHOTO: Rugby League - Super League - Hull Kingston Rovers vs Hull FC - KCOM Craven Park, Hull, Britain - March 30, 2018 Hull Kingston Rovers' Thomas Minns celebrates scoring their fourth try Action Images/Ed Sykes

(Reuters) - Former Hull KR rugby league player Thomas Minns has been banned for 16 months after testing positive for cocaine, UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) said on Wednesday.

Centre Minns was placed on extended leave by Hull after testing positive for benzoylecgonine following their Super League win at Huddersfield Giants last year.

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