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Newton axed after drugs ban
ESPN staff
February 22, 2010
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Terry Newton has been hit with a suspension until 2011 for taking a banned substance, leading Wakefield Trinity Wildcats to cancel the hooker's contract.
"Following a UK Anti-Doping investigation and Terry Newton's admission that he breached the RFL's Doping Control Regulations his contract with the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats has been cancelled with immediate effect," read a statement from the Wildcats.
The UK Anti-Doping agency found the presence of human growth hormone in a blood sample taken in out-of-competition target testing on November 24, 2009.
"This is a landmark in the fight against doping," UK Anti-Doping chief executive, Andy Parkinson said." It is the world-first analytical positive for hGH, a substance that has previously gone undetected because it leaves the system fairly quickly after administration.
"This positive finding was a combination of intelligence, target testing and a strong partnership with the anti-doping scientific community and the RFL. Athletes using hGH should take Newton's experience as a stern warning - if you use hGH you will not get away with it."
The statement concluded: "Mr Newton will be ineligible to play, coach or otherwise participate in any World Anti-Doping Code-compliant sport until 23 November 2011."
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