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[Ozwarrior]

NRL 2024: Josh Addo-Carr set to be granted permission to leave Canterbury Bulldogs | Daily Telegraph​

Josh Addo-Carr could be a free agent as early as this week with the Bulldogs expected to grant the winger formal permission to talk with rival clubs.
It is understood clubs have already been sounded out about their potential interest in Addo-Carr should he be cut adrift by the Bulldogs for 2025.

That could happen within days with Canterbury expected to allow the NSW and Australian flyer to test the open market after informal discussions.

He has just 12 months left on his current deal worth about $500,000. The Bulldogs have already indicated they won’t be in a position to offer Addo-Carr a new deal in 2026. It means they would allow Addo-Carr to test the market and if he could secure his long-term future elsewhere they would be unlikely to stand in his way.

Addo-Carr’s agent Mario Tartak has already met with Bulldogs boss Phil Gould last Friday to discuss the 29-year-olds playing future.

Josh Addo-Carr could be a free agent as early as next week. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
The Dragons have already been mentioned as a possible destination for Addo-Carr however they most likely need to move winger Mikaele Ravalawa to help with their roster management. The Dragons have salary cap space to accommodate Addo-Carr.

Whichever club Addo-Carr goes to they will need to contend with a three game ban hanging over his head after he tested positive to cocaine in a road-side drug test.

Addo-Carr was issued with a breach notice - believed to propose a four match suspension and $15,000 fine - by the NRL on Tuesday. He has already served one match after missing Canterbury’s opening finals loss to Manly.

He maintains he has never taken any illicit substance and said as much when he met with the NRL’s integrity unit last week.

The fine portion of Addo-Carr’s latest sanction includes a $3000 suspended fine that was hanging over his head from last year’s Koori Knockout tournament.

Addo-Carr accepted a $682 fine and a three-month suspension from driving following the incident, which raised the ire of the Bulldogs and their all-powerful head of football Phil Gould.

He has also been over-looked for a Kangaroos spot having last played for Australia in their 2022 World Cup final win against Samoa.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

NRL 2024: Josh Addo-Carr set to be granted permission to leave Canterbury Bulldogs | Daily Telegraph​

Josh Addo-Carr could be a free agent as early as this week with the Bulldogs expected to grant the winger formal permission to talk with rival clubs.
It is understood clubs have already been sounded out about their potential interest in Addo-Carr should he be cut adrift by the Bulldogs for 2025.

That could happen within days with Canterbury expected to allow the NSW and Australian flyer to test the open market after informal discussions.

He has just 12 months left on his current deal worth about $500,000. The Bulldogs have already indicated they won’t be in a position to offer Addo-Carr a new deal in 2026. It means they would allow Addo-Carr to test the market and if he could secure his long-term future elsewhere they would be unlikely to stand in his way.

Addo-Carr’s agent Mario Tartak has already met with Bulldogs boss Phil Gould last Friday to discuss the 29-year-olds playing future.

Josh Addo-Carr could be a free agent as early as next week. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
The Dragons have already been mentioned as a possible destination for Addo-Carr however they most likely need to move winger Mikaele Ravalawa to help with their roster management. The Dragons have salary cap space to accommodate Addo-Carr.

Whichever club Addo-Carr goes to they will need to contend with a three game ban hanging over his head after he tested positive to cocaine in a road-side drug test.

Addo-Carr was issued with a breach notice - believed to propose a four match suspension and $15,000 fine - by the NRL on Tuesday. He has already served one match after missing Canterbury’s opening finals loss to Manly.

He maintains he has never taken any illicit substance and said as much when he met with the NRL’s integrity unit last week.

The fine portion of Addo-Carr’s latest sanction includes a $3000 suspended fine that was hanging over his head from last year’s Koori Knockout tournament.

Addo-Carr accepted a $682 fine and a three-month suspension from driving following the incident, which raised the ire of the Bulldogs and their all-powerful head of football Phil Gould.

He has also been over-looked for a Kangaroos spot having last played for Australia in their 2022 World Cup final win against Samoa.

With all this talk about the Roosters going after Walsh and other fullbacks while Teddy is still there(Walsh Re-signing with the Bronx) I'd love to see Teddy & Carr move back to where it all started for them. Tigers have a young team. Those two would fit right in. They'd need a sombrero tho.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

29? Thats 100% no to even thinking about signing him. He'd play 9 games over 2 seasons for us and then leave early cos he's "homesick"

 

[kos]

Newscorp Aus
Kevin Walters sacked last night as Broncos coach!!

 

[Noitall]

RCG to titans

 

[Wrighty]

RCG to titans

No one wants to play for the eels or did eels shoulder tap him ?

 

[Noitall]

No one wants to play for the eels or did eels shoulder tap him ?

Hard to say as he won the best player at the club award and their forum says he asked for a release. Some height in the titans forwards with RCG, Tino and Klese Haas

 

[kos]

RCG three year deal from 25 at GC Titans
Source member update e mail to me from GC Titans.

 

[snake77]

Good to see RCG finally signed. The constant articles on where he was going to, no he isn't as the contract is too short were getting a bit boring.

Now we can hear about someone else.

 

[Noitall]

Sounds like Sam Walker extending with roosters on a 2 year deal worth a million a season will be announced later in the week

 

[peewee]

Nathan Cleary to Salford. To be with his girlfriend

 

[kos]

Sounds like Sam Walker extending with roosters on a 2 year deal worth a million a season will be announced later in the week

Source?
DT
Buzz Rothfield?

 

[Noitall]

Source?
DT
Buzz Rothfield?

‘Big win for him’: Walker’s $1m gamble pays off as Roosters star snubs rivals to sign new deal

‘Big win for him’: Walker’s $1m gamble pays off as Roosters star snubs rivals to sign new deal

www.foxsports.com.au

Just came across it on their forum, but it looks like it’s this article that they’re basing it off

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Source?
DT
Buzz Rothfield?

Mitch Kenny started that rumour, Having joked about it on NRL360. DT ran with it. Cleary stating that he never said he'd like to join SL.

Nek minit....

 

[Noitall]

Reading that storm have tabled a 3 year/ million dollar a year contract to Papenhuyzen. Surely something has to give over there if he accepts it?

 

[JaggedJ]

Reading that storm have tabled a 3 year/ million dollar a year contract to Papenhuyzen. Surely something has to give over there if he accepts it?

Storm always lose players, it just never seems to really matter.

 

[Tookey 2.0]

Reading that storm have tabled a 3 year/ million dollar a year contract to Papenhuyzen. Surely something has to give over there if he accepts it?

I'd be really interested in what that means for Fa'alogo - I read something earlier in the week that he signed his recent contract on the premis that he was going to be playing fb long term. If Papz signs that, surely he looks for another opportunity somewhere else.

He'd look good in a Wahs jumper tho, just saying

 

[Blain]

Reading that storm have tabled a 3 year/ million dollar a year contract to Papenhuyzen. Surely something has to give over there if he accepts it?

Seems a heavy price to pay TBH. I can see an Eels or someone paying that on the open market, but I think he owes the Storm after all his injuries. He was good this year, but I don't think he was at his best.

 

[cock_o]

I can't see how the Storm can add Stefano Utoikamanu to next year's roster without really losing anyone good.

 

[Defence]

Reading that storm have tabled a 3 year/ million dollar a year contract to Papenhuyzen. Surely something has to give over there if he accepts it?

That’s awesome for him- I doubted he would make it back to the nrl with the injuries he had- but he’s been great- unbelievable comeback.
Still seems like a lot of money though? Think id rather faalogo at half the price tbh.