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    Japan bans player over steroid gound in 'moustache' cream

    From: AFP August 10, 2011 4:22PM


    JAPAN's rugby body has suspended World Cup hopeful Ryohei Yamanaka for two years for using a banned substance which he blamed on a cream to help him grow a moustache.

    The 23-year-old one-cap five-eighth tested positive in a random doping check in April during a training camp ahead of the Asian Five Nations tournament, and a follow-up test showed the same result.

    The International Rugby Board ruled that the substance was a steroid, either methyltestosterone or methandriol, said the Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU).

    The Kobelco Steelers rookie, who claimed to have used the cream to grow a moustache, was banned from the sport until April 27, 2013, said the JRFU.

    Yamanaka told rugby authorities that he thought the cream was a cosmetic product that did not contain banned substances, the JRFU said.

    Yamanaka, who left the Steelers today, said he hoped to return to the game after the suspension.

    "It is regrettable that a Japan international was suspended from competition for violation of anti-doping regulations," said JRFU chairman Tatsuzo Yabe.

    "The player and the Japan Rugby Football Union solemnly accept the ruling," he said, adding that the union would make further efforts to educate players about doping rules.

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    You shouldn't laugh at somebody else's misfortune but that may be the funniest reason for missing a World Cup ever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by beige View Post
    ...... that may be the funniest reason for missing a World Cup ever.
    Sounds fair enough to me.



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    i believe Action Hardcore used the same cream on his balls

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    He should have saved it for Movember.

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    A japanese man not able to grow a moustache?

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    AH same?

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    Hahaha ... my little brother really needs some of that moustache cream... it might man up his face pubes a little bit!!!

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