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.

Born in London Borough of Brent, England to a Romanian mother and Ghanaian 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 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.