NRL off-field behaviour
Analysis
NRL 2024
A Corolla, phone charger and an EzyMart store: Inside Addo-Carr’s fateful 48 hours
Josh Addo-Carr left some of his teammates at the Roosters-Rabbitohs game just after 8.30pm. What happened next may define Canterbury’s season.
- by Michael Chammas and Adrian Proszenko
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Addo-Carr seeking immediate reinstatement for second week of finals
If the Bulldogs beat Manly without him, Josh Addo-Carr wants to be catapulted straight back into the Canterbury line-up for next week’s playoff clash.
- by Adrian Proszenko, Michael Chammas and Danny Weidler
Opinion
NRL 2024
In one media conference, Phil Gould showed South Sydney how to handle a white-substance crisis
The Bulldogs general manager muddied the waters with a social media post about Josh Addo-Carr’s alleged drug positive. On Tuesday, he took the sting out of the story before it became a dumpster fire.
- by Andrew Webster
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NRL 2024
Police didn’t follow usual procedures with Addo-Carr drug testing
Police were supposed to do a second test after the Bulldogs star allegedly returned a positive test for cocaine, but were called away to reports of a home invasion.
- by Clare Sibthorpe and Michael Chammas
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‘Hard to trust anything’: Bulldogs boss Gould on Addo-Carr drugs test
Police have confirmed a 29-year-old male registered a positive reading to cocaine after he was stopped for a roadside test late Friday night.
- by Michael Chammas and Clare Sibthorpe
Rabbitohs make audacious bid for Mitchell to play against Roosters
The Rabbitohs’ star player will now wait until round one of next year to sit out a match, but his club still believe he’s fit enough to take on the Roosters this week.
- by Adam Pengilly, Roy Ward and Christian Nicolussi
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South Sydney Rabbitohs
NRL to ask Rabbitohs for Mitchell’s medical records over suspension row
South Sydney hit their highest-paid player with a record $100,000 fine as he runs out of chances at the club. But it’s still no clearer when he’ll serve his one-game ban from the NRL.
- by Adam Pengilly, Billie Eder and Christian Nicolussi
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South Sydney Rabbitohs
Latrell Mitchell ‘doesn’t really know’ what he was doing in white powder photo
The Rabbitohs superstar was summoned to an early morning meeting at South Sydney’s headquarters to explain his off-field behaviour.
- by Michael Chammas
Opinion
NRL 2024
Footballer or Indigenous activist? Latrell Mitchell can be both – with the right attitude
As the South Sydney fullback fronts the club’s board over the “white-substance” scandal, it’s clear he needs to take responsibility for his own career.
- by Andrew Webster
The controversial precedent that could help Latrell Mitchell’s NRL case
The NRL’s decision to allow Taylan May to play in the 2022 finals series polarised opinion. Now Rabbitohs officials will use it in their case to have superstar available for the 2025 season opener.
- by Adam Pengilly
Coach deregistered over rugby league betting scandal
The North Sydney Bears have made plenty of headlines in their bid to return, in some form, to the NRL. However, this is a drama they could have done without.
- by Adrian Proszenko