Scotland lock Scott MacLeod has been warned and reprimanded after testing positive for the drug Terbutaline - an asthma medication which is on the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list.

However asthmatic MacLeod has been given the go-ahead by an independent judicial committee to continue playing and has avoided a possible one-year ban.

The 28-year-old Llanelli Scarlets player had not gained an exemption to use his medication, which the Scottish Rugby Union have put down to an oversight by MacLeod.

MacLeod said: "I'm not a cheat and I'm pleased that the panel accepted that I'd used Terbutaline inadvertently and that there had been no intention to enhance sports performance.

"Hopefully other players will be a bit more savvy given what's happened to me. I want to put this behind me now and concentrate on the job in hand with the national team."