Code Sports<\/a>, Addo-Carr is looking at a 12-game ban from the NRL if he tests positive on his B-test sample. <\/p>\nThat means any team that could potentially sign Addo-Carr if he is sacked by the Eels will do so knowing he may be unavailable for nearly half of the regular season. <\/p>\n
The Eels are said to be undecided on whether they will ultimately cut ties with Addo-Carr, but Code Sports reports at this stage they are more likely to \u201creluctantly\u201d sack him.<\/p>\n
The NRL website states in its illicit drugs policy that \u201cplayers who record a second contravention will serve a 12-match ban, the prospect of contract termination, a fine, and further treatment and monitoring\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Addo-Carr previously failed a random roadside drug test in 2024. He was contracted by the Bulldogs and subsequently sacked for that incident. <\/p>\n
He maintained at the time that he had not knowingly ingested recreational drugs, with the incident taking place a week out from the finals.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs said in a statement at the time that Addo-Carr\u2019s failed drug test and \u201csubsequent lack of transparency\u201d were \u201cserious breaches\u201d of his contractual obligations and the club\u2019s standards.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile we will always stand by our players through difficult times, we can only do this effectively when there is complete trust and transparency,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Addo-Carr is facing a monster ban even if he is given a lifeline by a rival club…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":931392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-931391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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