The Japan Rugby Top League said Monday it has suspended all matches for the rest of the month following the arrest of a player with the Hino Red Dolphins for alleged illegal drug use.
The league said it would use the break to conduct “thorough compliance education” with clubs after Hino’s New Zealand-born forward Joel Everson was arrested last Wednesday for cocaine use.
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