Official Club Statement

The club was informed today that Russell Spiers had been subject to investigation regarding a breach of UKAD Anti-Doping rules during the course of last year.

Spiers left the club (retirement) in June 2022, following his retirement UKAD notified him in August 2022 that he had failed a test taken at a Hurricanes training session in May 2022. Following investigation, he was charged in November to which he admitted the violation and accepted the charges.

The club would take this moment to emphasise its position, that there is no place in the sport for use of performance enhancing substances and we fully support the decision made by UKAD. As a club we will continue to work with the RFL and our players to remove any such breaches from the sport.