The IRFU and the Irish Sports Council confirmed that a Young Munster rugby player has served a three-month ban after testing positive for taking cannabis.

Secondrow John Moroney was tested following the All-Ireland Division One league game against Old Belvedere at Anglesea Road on February 2nd.

Today’statement read: “The Irish Rugby Football Union and the Irish Sports Council jointly announce that the Irish Sport Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel determined that player John Moroney has committed an anti-doping rule violation.

“John Moroney, an amateur rugby player with Young Munster Rugby Football Club has served a ban of 3 months, as he was found to have taken cannabis.

“As a result of his prompt admission, the commencement of the ban was backdated to the date of his test, the 2nd February 2013. In a sample collected immediately following a match on that date, he provided a sample which tested positive for the presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolite or marker, tetrahydrocannabinol (cannabis).

“The Disciplinary Panel found, in a hearing held on the 9th April, that this was contrary to Article 2.1 of the Irish Anti-Doping Rules and imposed the period of ineligibility of 3 months.”