Jarryd Hayne, who stepped away from the 49ers’ 90-man roster to pursue a spot with the Fiji Sevens rugby team in this summer’s Olympic Games, is not guaranteed a spot in Rio de Janeiro.
Not only does Hayne have to win a position on the Fiji rugby sevens team, but he might face an even-more-difficult battle to win clearance from the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Richard Ings, who served as the chair of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority from 2006 to ’10, pointed out that World Rugby requires that athletes be in its registered testing pool for at least six months to be eligible to participate in such international competitions as the Olympic Games.