{"id":106958,"date":"2021-07-28T05:11:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T05:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=106958"},"modified":"2021-07-28T05:56:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T05:56:51","slug":"sacked-saints-star-vaughan-lands-nrl-lifeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=106958","title":{"rendered":"Sacked Saints star Vaughan lands NRL lifeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canterbury have confirmed the signing of controversial prop <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/paul-vaughan\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Paul Vaughan\">Paul Vaughan<\/a> on a one year contract.<\/p>\n<p>The former NSW and Kangaroos representative prop will look to resurrect his career after being <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/paul-vaughan-sacked-by-st-george-illawarra-after-house-party-breaches-covid-rules\/536d9513-937f-4ee0-88f4-e3706f1a7795\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"sacked by the Dragons for hosting an illegal gathering at his house\">sacked by the Dragons for hosting an illegal gathering at his house<\/a>, breaking the NRL&#x27;s biosecurity rules.<\/p>\n<p>Vaughan was fined $50,000 and suspended for eight games for his actions.<\/p>\n<p>The signing is viewed as a coup for the Bulldogs who boast an impressive pack for 2022. Vaughan joins <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/tevita-pangai-jr-set-to-join-bulldogs-phil-gould-discusses-signing\/00b2847f-4b68-4445-9325-0474bb7b5bee\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"new signing Tevita Pangai Jr\">new signing Tevita Pangai Jr<\/a> and Luke Thompson in a forward pack that will be tipped for big things next season.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"c65b2b39-0cdd-45ea-9445-c29e3488a9e6\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/c65b2b39-0cdd-45ea-9445-c29e3488a9e6\" alt=\"Paul Vaughan had his Dragons contract ripped up\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old played six matches for NSW and two Tests for the Kangaroos in 2018-19 in addition to 181 NRL games for the Saints and Raiders.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Paul is someone who will bring both ability and experience to our young pack for next season,&quot; coach Trent Barrett said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Everyone knows what a damaging ball-runner he is and the impact that he can have on a game and we believe that we will be able to harness that.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I know that Paul is excited about the opportunity to come and join us and we believe that he still has a great deal to offer in the game.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Canterbury have confirmed the signing of controversial prop Paul Vaughan on a one year contract. The former NSW and Kangaroos representative prop will look to <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=106958\" title=\"Sacked Saints star Vaughan lands NRL lifeline\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106958"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106958"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106960,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106958\/revisions\/106960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}