Sheahan drug hearing next week

MUNSTER hooker Frankie Sheahan’s doping offence hearing has been scheduled for Monday in Dublin.

The ERC has set up an independent judicial tribunal to deal with Sheahan’s positive sample during a random drugs test at the end of the Heineken Cup semi-final in Toulouse in April. The hearing will be conducted at the ERC offices.

Analysis by the IOC-accredited laboratory in Paris of Sheahan’s B sample has confirmed the presence of Salbutamol, as initially indicated by the A sample analysis.