Former NRL star ‘dangerous’ after doping ban lifts

While contracted at the Brisbane Broncos in 2019, Segeyaro returned an A-sample drug test that was found to contain di-hydroxy LGD-4033, a metabolite of the banned substance Ligandrol. Segeyaro faced up to four years out of the game, but in 2021, the NRL Anti-Doping Tribunal downgraded his ban to 20 months after he successfully argued he accidentally ingested the substance by using his housemate’s blender.Segeyaro’s ban lifted in June last year and he has since resumed his rugby league career with the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles, the NSW Cup feeder side of NRL side Manly.Stream every game of every round of the 2022 NRL Telstra Premiership Season Live & Ad-Break Free In Play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Try 14-Days Free Now >Segeyaro made his debut for Blacktown Workers from the bench on March 12 when the Sea Eagles went down to the Panthers’ feeder side.His performance impressed former teammate Lewis, who this week declared Segeyaro was on track to make a stunning NRL comeback more than two years after his most recent first grade game.“My little mate has come out there, he’s played a great game in his first game,” Lewis said.“James Segeyaro looked super dangerous out of dummy half, his running game created a couple of half breaks. I think he’s really staking his claim to get back up in that first grade squad.”Lewis said the Sea Eagles could come calling if first-choice rake Lachlan Croker suffered an injury.“Manly, they haven’t got a whole lot of depth there in that No.9 jersey, so if an injury was to come there, we could see him up in first grade,” he said.“Keep a close eye on James Segeyaro.”But Segeyaro mightn’t need an injury to Croker to find his way into the 17 – in career-best form at the Penrith Panthers, Segeyaro would often start on the bench and come into the starting side to bamboozle tired defenders.A crafty user of the footy, Segeyaro was a mainstay of the 2014 Panthers side that came within one win of a grand final berth and could be a good fit for Manly if the side plays the same style of attacking footy it did last season. Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au