Junior Amone avoids jail over hammer attack but NRL career in balance

Junior Amone avoids jail over hammer attack but NRL career in balance

The young Dragons star was found guilty of a violent attack on a tradie near his Wollongong home. Now the NRL will decide whether to tear up his contract.

  • byAdam Pengilly

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The DPP wanted Jack Wighton to publicly apologise to police. When the case came to court,it crumbled

The DPP wanted Jack Wighton to publicly apologise to police. When the case came to court,it crumbled

Canberra CEO Don Furner has lashed out at the ‘arrogance and dishonesty’ of Canberra police after charges involving Jack Wighton and Latrell Mitchell were dropped in court this week.

  • byChristian Nicolussi
‘Done nothing wrong but be a blackfella in Australia’:Mitchell,Wighton face court

‘Done nothing wrong but be a blackfella in Australia’:Mitchell,Wighton face court

Latrell Mitchell’s defence will centre on the conduct of police during an arrest that resulted in both men being charged.

  • byMichael Chammas
NRL player Adam Doueihi backs Catholic teachings after school’s formal date ban

NRL player Adam Doueihi backs Catholic teachings after school’s formal date ban

The Tigers’ star said he was fed up with the Christian faith “being mocked so badly in society”.

  • byMegan Gorrey
‘I had some tough talks’:Social media scandal a lesson for Holmes

‘I had some tough talks’:Social media scandal a lesson for Holmes

Presented to the media for the first time since a controversial and costly online post,the first question posed to the Kangaroos star was:“what was in the bag?”

  • byAdrian Proszenko
Dragons playmaker Amone found guilty of hammer attack

Dragons playmaker Amone found guilty of hammer attack

Talatau “Junior” Amone’s promising NRL career is again under threat after he was convicted of a hammer attack on a roofing contractor.

  • byAdrian Proszenko andSarah McPhee
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‘Ended up getting knocked out’:Addo-Carr opens up about Koori Knockout dramas

‘Ended up getting knocked out’:Addo-Carr opens up about Koori Knockout dramas

Josh Addo-Carr revealed he was knocked out in the same game that led to him punching an opposition player at the Koori Knockout – and took a swipe at the NRL.

  • byChristian Nicolussi
Golden opportunity goes begging for stray Foxx

Golden opportunity goes begging for stray Foxx

The Canterbury star was meant to have a high-level meeting with ARL Commission chairman V’landys just days before he was involved in a brawl at the Koori Knockout on the Central Coast.

  • byDanny Weidler
‘I own my mistake’:Josh Addo-Carr apologises for social media post on the Israel conflict

‘I own my mistake’:Josh Addo-Carr apologises for social media post on the Israel conflict

The Bulldogs star has apologised for an Instagram post about the fighting in the Middle East.

  • byAdrian Proszenko andBillie Eder
‘Be naughty with me’:Ex-NRL player George Burgess denies groping woman

‘Be naughty with me’:Ex-NRL player George Burgess denies groping woman

The former Rabbitohs and Dragons prop has pleaded not guilty to sexually touching a woman without her consent in her Sydney home in March 2022.

  • bySarah McPhee
In the Dog house:Concerns grow for Addo-Carr’s future after brawl
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In the Dog house:Concerns grow for Addo-Carr’s future after brawl

Josh Addo-Carr is on the nose with some at Canterbury. There is a mixed view of him at every level of the club – from the board to the playing group.

  • byDanny Weidler