Sheahan forced to play waiting game for tribunal hearing

IRISH international Frankie Sheahan may have to wait for at least a week before facing an ERC Independent Judicial Tribunal after traces of prohibited substance Salbutamol was found in a urine sample.

Sheahan, an asthma sufferer who uses Ventolin, which contains Salbutamol, flew home from Ireland’s pre-World Cup warm-up series when the test results were revealed, and is unlikely to rejoin his colleagues on the tour of Australia, Tonga and Samoa.

The hooker was back in Cork on Sunday and frantically awaits meetings with European Rugby Cup officials and again insisted his only crime was a failure to inform the ERC of his use of Ventolin when asked to fill in a medical form last September.