The 35 -year -old Welsh webb international scrum was suspended four years following a positive control at a growth hormone last July with Biarritz.
It feels the end of career for Rhys Webb. The 35 -year -old, the Welsh international scrum half received a four -year suspension on Wednesday. Last July, when he had just signed at the Olympic Biarritz, the player had been controlled positive for a growth hormone during a training session.
He had been able to play the first day of Pro D2, in mid-August against Colomiers, even registering a test, before being temporarily suspended. This Wednesday, the French agency for the fight against doping announced that it was suspended four years and could neither play nor train before June 2027 (since he has already served a year of suspension).
40 selections with Wales
“It is prohibited in Rhys Webb: – to participate, in any capacity whatsoever, in a competition authorized or organized by an organization signatory to the World Anti -Doping Code or one of its members, by a professional league or a responsible organization of non -signatory international or national events, by a sports federation, or giving rise to the allocation of prices in cash or in kind / – to participate in any activity, including training, training or exhibitions, authorized or organized by a signatory organization of the World Anti -Doping Code Or one of its members, by a professional league or a responsible organization of non -signatory international or national events, or by a sports federation, a professional league or one of their members, unless these activities are part of recognized programs of education or rehabilitation linked to the fight against doping, “wrote AFLD in its press release. Passed by the Ospreys, of which he worn the jersey for fourteen years, by Toulon, Bath and therefore Biarritz for a match, and selected 40 times with Wales, Rhys Webb most likely played his last match in August 2023.
