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Hardaker banned for 14 months over failed drugs test

FILE PHOTO: Rugby League - Castleford Tigers vs Leeds Rhinos - Super League Grand Final Press Conference - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - October 2, 2017 Castleford Tigers' Zak Hardaker speaks to the media Action Images/Andrew Boyers

(Reuters) - Former Castleford Tigers fullback Zak Hardaker has been handed a 14-month suspension after he failed a drugs test leading up to the 2017 Super League Grand Final, the Rugby Football League said on Monday.

The 26-year-old was suspended by Castleford having failed the test after a Super 8s game on Sept. 8 before being sacked in February. Hardaker also missed out on the chance to represent England in the 2017 rugby league World Cup.

"UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) today confirmed Zak Hardaker has been suspended from all sport for 14 months following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation," the governing body for rugby league in England said in a statement.

Hardaker, who tested positive for a metabolite of cocaine, is suspended from all sport until Nov. 8.

(Reporting by Aditi Prakash in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Radnedge)

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