Stephen "Fane" Hihetah (born 23 September 1991), is an English born Romanian rugby union player who plays as a winger for National League 2 North club Hull RUFC and the Romania national rugby 7`s team.[citation needed]
| Date of birth | 23 September 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Brent, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 240 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born in London Borough of Brent, England to a Romanian mother and Ghanaian father,[1] Hihetah made his debut for Romania on 16 June 2013 against Italy A,[2] in a 26-13 win that decided the 2013 IRB Nations Cup title. He holds dual nationality with Romania and England.
In December 2019, he was banned from all sport for four years – from 12 June 2019 until 11 June 2023 after failing a drugs test. Hihetah was initially charged with a breach of World Rugby regulation 21.2.1: “Presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in a player’s sample.”. Hihetah provided a urine sample following a training session on 21 February 2019, which were positive for the prohibited substances Stanozolol metabolites, Metandienone metabolite and Tamoxifen metabolite.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Rugby: România -Italia A, în finala IRB Nations Cup 2013" (in Romanian). Realitatea TV. 16 June 2013.
- ^ "From Bournemouth to Bucharest for Hihetah". International Rugby Board. 14 June 2013.
- ^ "TRIPLE-WHAMMY FOR DOPED-UP PLAYER". Rugby365.com. 18 December 2019.