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Bulldogs boss Phil Gould all but guarantees Josh Addo-Carr will be sacked following his positive cocaine test - as he slams the winger for lying to the NRL club Josh Addo-Carr facing action from Bulldogs, NRL Follows positive result for cocaine when driving Addo-Carr maintains he didn't take illegal drugs By Andrew Prentice For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:13, 18 September 2024 | Updated: 07:13, 18 September 2024 e-mail Bulldogs supremo Phil Gould has virtually guaranteed Josh Addo-Carr will be sacked after his positive cocaine test as he called out the representative winger for lying to the NRL club. A scathing Gould declared Addo-Carr's version of events 'changed slightly from day to day depending on what had been revealed'. 'At the end of the day what we have is a positive drug test, there were drugs in his system,' Gould said on the Six Tackles with Gus podcast.
'I believe he's still protesting his innocence in that. But at (sometime) he's going to have to explain to himself and explain to people that matter exactly how that's happened and why it's happened. 'And then why we've gone through what we've gone through over the last week or so.
' Addo-Carr, 29, returned two positive results from samples taken during a roadside drug test and has since accepted the $682 fine and three-month suspension from driving by NSW Police instead of taking the matter to court. He continues to maintain his innocence and through his solicitor Elias Tabchouri claims he 'never knowingly ingested any illegal drugs'. The Bulldogs winger missed his side's elimination final defeat against Manly as a result of the tests.
His future is now in the hands of the NRL - then Gould and the club's board. Bulldogs supremo Phil Gould has virtually guaranteed Josh Addo-Carr will be sacked after his positive cocaine test - and then called out the representative winger for lying to the NRL club Gould declared Addo-Carr's version of events 'changed slightly from day to day depending on what had been revealed' Josh Addo-Carr (pictured) told club officials he is adamant he did not take cocaine, and is at a loss to explain the two positive results Addo-Carr will meet with the NRL Integrity Unit on Thursday - and will need to explain how cocaine entered his system. It is anticipated he will be issued a multi-game ban by the NRL, and also fined.
Then he will need to front the Bulldogs board, who are likely to rip up his contract - said to be worth $550,000 a season. His deal at Belmore ends in 2025. 'Around the world we've seen some bizarre explanations of how this might have happened or didn't happen.
Josh has got to find out how it happened, and then we have to act...
it's as simple as that,' Gould added. 'There's a whole lot at play here..
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the perception of our club, the image of our club, the standards we want to set, the culture of the young players coming through our system and also setting a precedent for what may come in the future,' he said. 'There's a lot to consider but that's what leadership is about, it's about doing the right thing for our club and our culture and that's what we'll do.' Tellingly, when asked if he believes Addo-Carr has been entirely truthful across the matter, Gould's reply was succinct: 'Too many contradictions.
' In April, Cronulla star Braydon Trindall was stood down by his club after failing a roadside drug test and random breath test. He pleaded guilty to mid-range drink driving and driving with an illicit substance in his system, and was fined $1100 and banned from the road for three months. The NRL handed him a breach notice - but opted not to suspend him beyond the five games he was forced to sit out by the Sharks.
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