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From the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugb...th/8093596.stm
Former Bath players Michael Lipman, Alex Crockett and Andrew Higgins are on Monday expected to learn their fate over allegations of drugs use.
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has spent three days reviewing the charges which include taking prohibited substances and refusing a drugs test.
The trio deny the claims and said the charges were "vigorously contested".
Former Bath lock Justin Harrison has already been banned for eight months after he admitted taking illegal drugs.
The 35-year-old Australian, who retired at the end of last season, was found guilty of "actions prejudicial to the interests of the game" at a hearing on 16 July.
Lipman, 29, and Crockett, 27, were co-captains of Bath last season but walked out of the club, along with the 27-year-old Higgins, in protest at claims they avoided drug tests on three occasions in the aftermath of an end-of-season party.
The hearing, which is being chaired by RFU disciplinary chief Judge Jeff Blackett, was due to finish on Friday but will now resume on Monday, 3 August, with a conclusion expected later the same day.
By contesting the charges, Lipman, Crockett and Higgins can expect a suspension of around 18 months if they are found guilty.
They were due to face an internal hearing at Bath but quit before it commenced, saying "scurrilous and unsubstantiated allegations" had forced their exit.
The RFU continued its investigations into the affair and believes there is a case to answer.
Sports solicitor Richard Mallett released a statement on behalf of Lipman, Crockett and Higgins which said: "We are extremely surprised and disappointed both by the RFU's decision to convene a disciplinary panel and the terms of their statement.
"Any charges brought by the RFU will be vigorously contested. This is a matter that we take very seriously and will do everything possible in order to clear our names.
"For legal reasons, we are unable to comment further at this stage."
Bath chief executive Bob Calleja also issued a statement, saying: "The club treats matters relating to drugs very seriously and we are perfectly satisfied that we acted correctly in requiring the players to explain themselves at an internal disciplinary hearing.
"They chose not to do so and, so far as we are concerned, our internal process is at an end, the players no longer being employed by the club."
In February, Bath and England prop Matt Stevens was given a two-year ban after testing positive for cocaine.
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Blimey, what's happening in Bath? Stevens, Harrison and now these three. Bath isn't that bad a place to live is it?