REGULATION 21 21.14.3 Public Disclosure 21.14.3.1 Where an anti-doping rule violation may have been committed, World Rugby, the Union, Association and/or Tournament Organiser concerned shall take reasonable steps to maintain confidentiality of the Player(s) or other Person(s) involved until the testing and analysis has been completed, the Judicial Committee hearing decision has been reached and the Player, or Person and his Union have been informed. Where the circumstances warrant it, the identity of the Player or other Person(s) who is formally alleged to have committed the anti-doping rule violation, may be publicly disclosed by his Union (after reasonable notice to the Player and/or Person) if non-disclosure could potentially damage the reputation of the Player or Person's Union or Player or Person's team always having due regard to the Player or Person's own reputation 21.14.3.2 No later than twenty days after it has been determined in a final appellate decision under Regulation 21.13.2.1 or 21.13.2.2, or such appeal has been waived, or a hearing in accordance with Regulation 21.8 has been waived, or the assertion of an anti-doping rule violation has not been timely challenged, World Rugby, the Union, Association or Tournament Organiser as applicable must Publicly Report the disposition of the matter, including without limitation the anti-doping rule violated, the name of the Player or other Person committing the violation, the name of his Union, the Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method involved (if any), and the Consequences imposed. World Rugby, the Union, Association or Tournament Organiser must also Publicly Report within twenty days the results of final appeal decision and post-hearing review decision (where it is not appealed) concerning anti-doping rule violations, including the information described above. 21.14.3.3 In any case where it is determined, after a hearing or appeal, that the Player or other Person did not commit an anti-doping rule violation, the decision may be Publicly Disclosed only with the consent of the Player or other Person who is the subject of the decision save where it is published in an anonymised form. World Rugby, the Union, Association or Tournament Organiser shall use reasonable efforts to obtain such consent. If consent is obtained, , Union, Association or Tournament Organiser shall Publicly Disclose the decision in its entirety or in such redacted form as the Player or other Person may approve. 21.14.3.4 Publication shall be accomplished at a minimum by placing the required information on World Rugby, the Union, Association or Tournament Organiser’s website or publishing it through other means and leaving the information up for the longer of one month or the duration of any period of Ineligibility. 21.14.3.5 None of World Rugby, the Union, Association or Tournament Organiser, nor any official of either body, shall publicly comment on the specific facts of any pending case (as opposed to general description of process and science) except in response to public comments attributed to the Player or Last update: 14 January, 2015 384
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