Sandor Earl’s immediate future in rugby league could be determined this week, with the forgotten winger to learn whether a comeback is on the cards.

Earl is contesting his inclusion on ASADA’s register of findings at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, a four-day hearing which will begin on Tuesday, according to a report in Fairfax Media.

Being named on the register of findings is part of the anti-doping body’s statutory process, which is followed by athletes being handed an infraction notice and banned by their sport.

The 24-year-old has been exiled from rugby league since August last year, when he was with the Canberra Raiders.

It is understood Earl is hopeful the results of this week’s appeal could pave the way for him to return to the NRL – rather than face a possible four-year ban, for charges which include the use and trafficking of prohibited substances.

Fairfax Media reports that central to Earl’s case is a belief from his lawyer, Tim Unsworth, that the NRL breached two sections of the National Anti-Doping scheme when it announced last August that Earl had admitted using and trafficking the peptide CJC-1295 prior to Earl being placed on the register of findings.

Unsworth is expected to argue that the NRL had neglected an obligation to keep the matter confidential.