Stephen "Fane" Hihetah (born 23 September 1991), is an English born

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who plays as a winger for

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club

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and the Romania national rugby 7's team. Born in London Borough of Brent, England to a Romanian mother and

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ian father, Hihetah made his debut for Romania on 16 June 2013 against Italy A, in a 26–13 win that decided the 2013 IRB Nations Cup title. He holds

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with Romania and England. In December 2019, he was banned from all sport for four years – from 12 June 2019 until 11 June 2023 after failing a drugs test. Hihetah was initially charged with a breach of World Rugby regulation 21.2.1: "Presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in a player’s sample".. Hihetah provided a urine sample following a training session on 21 February 2019, which were positive for the prohibited substances Stanozolol metabolites, Metandienone metabolite and Tamoxifen metabolite.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hihetah, Stephen 1991 births Living people Doping cases in rugby union English rugby union players Ghanaian people of Romanian descent Romanian rugby union players Romania international rugby union players Rugby union wings Romanian people of Ghanaian descent Rugby union players from the London Borough of Brent CSM Știința Baia Mare players