Wigan rugby league second row forward Gareth Hock has tested positive for cocaine and been provisionally suspended by the Rugby Football League (RFL), the club said on Tuesday.

The 25-year-old England international, who represented Britain in the 2006 Tri-Nations tournament, tested positive for the recreational stimulant in a sample taken after Wigan's match against Salford City on June 5.

"The Club...joins with the RFL and UK Sport in deploring and condemning the use of drugs in sport including so-called recreational drugs," a statement on the club website (www.wiganwarriors.com) said. Hock faces a two-year ban.

(Reporting by Neil Maidment; Editing by John Mehaffey)