Josh Addo-Carr has been sacked by NRL club Canterbury with immediate effect after returning two positive readings to roadside drugs tests last month.
Addo-Carr's fate was sealed on Thursday when the Australian Test winger was forced to front the Bulldogs board of directors and explain why he shouldn't have his contract torn up.In axing Addo-Carr, Canterbury will clear close to $500,000 from their salary cap at a time when the NRL 's transfer market is set to kick into overdrive.
It came after the 29-year-old was pulled over by NSW Police in September, a week out from the club's first finals game in eight years. Addo-Carr has maintained he had not knowingly ingested recreational drugs and had held faint hope he would be given a reprieve by Canterbury powerbrokers."Josh has been a significant part of our club over the past three seasons," Bulldogs chairman Adam Druissi said ."We understand Josh's popularity with our passionate supporter base, and we share their disappointment that his time with the club has ended this way.
"While the NRL Integrity Unit has completed its investigation and imposed a four-match suspension, the club views the combination of the failed drug test and subsequent lack of transparency as serious breaches of Josh's contractual obligations and our club's standards."
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