The ex-NSW State of Origin representative departed the club earlier this year<\/a> after both parties agreed to a mutual release.<\/p>\n The NRL confirmed Jennings' three-year suspension in a statement today.<\/p>\n "The National Rugby League has suspended former Parramatta Eels player Michael Jennings for a period of three years for breaches of its anti-doping rules," the statement read.<\/p>\n "Jennings elected to admit to anti-doping rule violations of presence and use of prohibited substances LGD-4033 (Ligandrol) and Ibutamoren, waive his right to a hearing before the NRL anti-doping tribunal and accept the resulting sanction. This follows completion of the anti-doping process conducted by Sport Integrity Australia.<\/p>\n "The resulting sanction of a three-year period of ineligibility includes a one-year reduction for admission and acceptance of sanction in accordance with the provisions of the WADA code.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Mark Webber's bold prediction for 2022 Formula One<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Wilder's 'disrespect' to Fury moments after KO loss<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n "Jennings' suspension is taken to have commenced on the date of his sample collection on September 21, 2020, and Jennings will be eligible to return to competition on September 21, 2023."<\/p>\n Jennings joined the Eels in 2016 after stints with the Panthers and Roosters.<\/p>\n The former Test Kangaroo was a member of the Roosters' 2013 premiership triumph over the Sea Eagles, in which he scored a try.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former Parramatta Eels star Michael Jennings has officially been suspended for three years for breaching the NRL's anti-doping laws. The 33-year-old was suspended on the […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144491"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144493,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144491\/revisions\/144493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n