Manawatū Cyclones rugby player Aroha Nuku banned for P positiveWARWICK SMITH/STUFF Manawatū Cyclones player Aroha Nuku has been banned for two years after testing positive to P.Manawatū Cyclones player Aroha Nuku has been banned from rugby for two years after testing positive to methamphetamine. Nuku claims to have thought she was taking Ritalin to help keep her awake on her drive home from training, a claim backed up by one of her team-mates. However, Drug Free Sport New Zealand chief executive Nick Paterson said Nuku was reckless in taking the unknown substance. The judicial committee found that despite some misgivings, they accepted Nuku's evidence about how the banned substances came to be present in the drug test. Nuku's suspension from all rugby for two years was backdated to begin from September 22, 2017.

Source: Stuff April 23, 2018 04:14 UTC