Wolfpack prop Ryan Bailey escapes ban for failing to submit to doping test
Toronto Wolfpack prop Ryan Bailey has escaped a possible four-year ban for refusing to submit to a doping test.
The former Great Britain and England rugby league international won his case against U.K. Anti-Doping in a Dec. 8 ruling released Wednesday.
Bailey refused the test after fearing the water he was given to drink to facilitate providing a sample was contaminated.
“Having heard Mr. Bailey give evidence we do not for one moment think that he is a cheat or was trying to cover up drug taking,” said the ruling by an independent National Anti-Doping Panel tribunal. “Indeed, we note that a few days later Mr. Bailey did in fact undergo a drug test (which was negative) without any problem.”