- September 1, 2020 11:47am
- MARK ST JOHN
- Source: FOX SPORTS
The 19-year-old has been suspended from playing since May after he tested positive and has been awaiting the results of his B-sample.
The Daily Telegraph reported Xerri’s B-sample has also tested positive, with his career now hanging by a thread as he contemplates a four-year ban.
“Bronson Xerri has been given notice by NRL,” Brent Read tweeted. “Now has been given the opportunity to front an anti-doping tribunal. NRL now in control of process".
“The National Rugby League (NRL) has today issued Cronulla Sharks player Bronson Xerri with a Notice of Alleged Anti-Doping Rule Violations under the NRL’s Anti-Doping Policy,” the NRL said in a statement.
“This follows the return of a positive sample and completion of the anti-doping process administered by Sport Integrity Australia. The Notice alleges that Mr Xerri breached the policy through the presence, use and possession of Anabolic Androgenic Steroids prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the NRL’s Anti-Doping Policy. Mr Xerri was provisionally suspended from participating in any WADA compliant sport, including rugby league, on 26 May 2020 following the return of a positive sample for Testosterone, Androsterone, Etiocholanolone and 5b-androstane-3a,17b-diol. Under the NRL Anti-Doping Policy, Mr Xerri now has the opportunity to respond to the matters raised in the Notice of Alleged Anti-Doping Rule Violations. The NRL will continue to make support services available to Mr Xerri. The NRL will not be making further comment while this process is under way.”
Xerri will be given time to respond to the NRL Integrity Unit before a final determination is made.
