Australia winger Wendell Sailor has withdrawn his appeal against a two-year doping ban for taking cocaine.
Sailor was suspended by the Australian Rugby Union after testing positive following a New South Wales match against the ACT Brumbies on 16 April.
"I have decided to withdraw my appeal in the Court of Arbitration of Sport," he said in a statement.
"Ultimately, I accept that it was my error of judgment that has placed me in this position."
Sailor, a dual code rugby union and league international, who played for the Wallabies 37 times, added: "I cannot stress enough that I did not and would never have attempted to cheat in sport through any means.
"Unfortunately I, like many other young Australians, fell to the off-field temptation of a so-called 'party drug'."
Sailor said that while he was banned from playing competitive sport, he would commit himself to educating young athletes on the dangers of banned substances. Sailor has endured a colourful off-field career since making his Wallabies debut in 2003. He was given a two-match suspended sentence for a nightclub incident while touring South Africa in 2005.
What a dick. He never seemed to me to be under the influence of amphetamines when he was on the pitch,
so I guess it was a silly error. Feel a bit sorry for him, but if you're a professional sportsman, then you just can't do this sort of stuff.
Definite Wall Of Shame, along with that Tonga fella that did Moody's nose.
