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Former Hunslet player Rowland Kaye has been handed a four-year ban from all sports after being found guilty of using steroids.
UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) revealed that Kaye had tested positive for a metabolite that is commonly found in banned steroids oxymetholone and methasterone in January 2022.
Kaye was tested during Hunslet training after joining the club from West Wales Raiders.
Josh Papalii's sudden State of Origin retirement has blown open the race for selection in Queensland's forward pack, as coach Billy Slater prepares to choose from a competitive field for the series opener.
Papalii, 31, announced his shock retirement from the Origin arena on Thursday, less than two weeks before Game One at Adelaide Oval on May 31.
The Canberra veteran has been an automatic inclusion in the Maroons' set-up in recent seasons, having played every game for which he was available since the beginning of the 2017 series.
The Canberra Raiders are wary of a misfiring Turbo kicking into gear, with Jordan Rapana pointing to Kalyn Ponga's sudden return to form on the eve of State of Origin.
Manly fullback Tom Trbojevic has struggled so far this season, having been hampered by injury during the opening rounds.
But Rapana said Ponga's performance last week was a warning shot for what Trbojevic was capable of against the Raiders at Canberra Stadium on Sunday.