Ex-Leeds Rhinos player served drugs ban after Championship move
A second player served a drugs ban this year, it has been revealed.
UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) have confirmed Goole Vikings’ Shane Tuohey was suspended for one month after testing positive for a compound found in cannabis following a Championship game against Rochdale Hornets in March. Tuohey came through Leeds Rhinos’ academy and joined Goole after featuring in last year’s reserves Grand Final victory over Warrington Wolves.
News of Tuohey’s suspension comes after UKAD revealed Leigh Leopards’ Owen Trout committed a similar violation the same month and was also handed a month-long ban. Both players tested positive for carboxy-THC, a metabolite of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive compound found in cannabis.
A UKAD statement said: “The player [Tuohey] admitted to smoking cannabis and said that his last ingestion occurred at approximately 1.50pm on 28 March 2026, the day before the match, in a context unrelated to sport.
“UKAD instructed an independent scientific expert to assess the player’s account. The expert concluded that it was likely that Mr Tuohey’s last ingestion of THC took place out-of-competition (ie before 11:59pm on 28 March 2026). Mr Tuohey admitted the ADRV [Anti-Doping Rule Violation ] and later provided UKAD with evidence that he had completed a substance of abuse treatment programme.
“After reviewing this evidence, UKAD was satisfied that Mr Tuohey had completed an approved treatment programme and qualified for a reduced one-month period of ineligibility. Affording Mr Tuohey credit for the time spent provisionally suspended, Mr Tuohey’s one-month ban is deemed to have commenced on 14 May 2026 (the date the provisional suspension was imposed) and expired on 13 June 2026, leaving Mr Tuohey free to compete in sport again.”