Stephen Hihetah

Stephen "Fane" Hihetah (born 23 September 1991), is an English born Romanian rugby union player who plays as a winger for National League 2 North club Hull RUFC and the Romania national rugby 7's team.^{[citation needed]}

Stephen Hihetah

Date of birth	(1991-09-23) 23 September 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Brent, London, England
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 240 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2010–2012 London Scottish () 2012 → Barking () 2012 Blackheath () 2012–2013 Barking () 2013–2014 CSM Baia Mare () 2014–2015 Yorkshire Carnegie () 2016–2017 Rosslyn Park FC () 2017–2019 Hull RUFC () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2013–2015 Romania 5 (0) National sevens team Years Team Comps 2017–2019 Romania 7`s 4

Born in London Borough of Brent, England to a Romanian mother and Ghanaian father,^[1] Hihetah made his debut for Romania on 16 June 2013 against Italy A,^[2] in a 26–13 win that decided the 2013 IRB Nations Cup title. He holds dual nationality 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.^[3]