Wallabies prop Slipper banned for positive cocaine tests

ByReuters

Published 24/05/2018 at 02:20 GMT+1

SYDNEY, May 24 (Reuters) - Wallabies and Queensland Reds prop James Slipper has been banned for two months after testing positive for cocaine, Rugby Australia said on Thursday.

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The 28-year-old Slipper tested positive for the banned drug twice in February and May this year. He was suspended for the minimum of two months and fined A$27,500 ($21,000) after a hearing last week.

($1 = 1.3224 Australian dollars) (Reporting by Greg Stutchbury; Editing by Ian Ransom)

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