Afrigather Springbok 2019 Rugby World Cup winner Sbu Nkosi has examined optimistic for an anabolic steroid, an official from the Bloemfontein-based Cheetahs informed AFP on Sunday.
“I can verify studies that Sbu underwent a World Rugby check in Might and his ‘A’ pattern was optimistic,” mentioned the official, who requested anonymity as he isn’t the membership spokesman.
The 28-year-old winger, who understudied Cheslin Kolbe on the World Cup in Japan, might be banned for 4 years if his ‘B’ pattern can also be optimistic.
Sbu Nkosi performed 16 Exams for the Springboks
One other 2019 World Cup-winning Springbok, flyhalf Elton Jantjies, was suspended for 4 years final January for utilizing the banned substance Clenbuterol.
Nkosi received the primary of 16 Check caps in opposition to England in 2018 and his final look was in opposition to New Zealand three years later.
He suffered psychological well being challenges after transferring from the Sharks to the Bulls and disappeared for a number of weeks in 2022, triggering a police search, earlier than being discovered on the house of a relative.
Cheetahs, who gave Nkosi a one-year contract this yr, withdrew the winger from a Currie Cup match in opposition to the Bulls in Pretoria on Friday, citing “private causes”.
By Garrin Lambley © Agence France-Presse
