{"id":126665,"date":"2021-09-10T06:54:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T06:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=126665"},"modified":"2021-09-10T13:59:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T13:59:55","slug":"fed-up-sharks-sack-troubled-star-dugan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=126665","title":{"rendered":"Fed-up Sharks sack troubled star Dugan"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sharks<\/a> have sacked troubled star Josh Dugan<\/a> after his latest COVID-19 breach proved the final straw.<\/p>\n

The former Blues State of Origin<\/a> weapon was twice pulled over in western NSW<\/a>, which resulted in him copping a $50,000 fine and being removed from the NRL's bubble<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Sharks had already relocated to Queensland, but Dugan was forced out of the NRL<\/a>'s bubble in NSW.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Fight world concerned for Evander Holyfield's welfare after 'uncomfortable' training clip<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Police first stopped Dugan and a friend in Lithgow just before midnight on Friday, August 20, about 150 kilometres away from Dugan's Sydney home, and they were ordered to return.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

But they were again stopped about 40 minutes later while travelling toward Yetholme.<\/p>\n

Dugan and his friend told police they had left Sydney to feed animals.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Michael Schumacher's wife breaks down discussing legend's near-fatal skiing accident<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Josh<\/p>\n

The Sharks this afternoon released a statement confirming they had terminated Dugan's contract.<\/p>\n

"The decision was made after\u00a0a review and internal hearing process, with the club and Josh's management mutually agreeing to the immediate termination," the statement reads.<\/p>\n

In Dugan's first breach of COVID-19 protocols, the former Dragon<\/a> and Raider<\/a> attended a restaurant in Sydney's Potts Point<\/a>, despite not being allowed to visit any hospitality venue under the NRL's stage-four protocols.<\/p>\n

The NRL slapped the 31-year-old with a $25,000 fine.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Final England-India cricket Test cancelled as COVID-19 sweeps through India's camp<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Josh<\/p>\n

Dugan, who had been contracted to the Sharks until the end of October, has now been sacked by two of the three NRL clubs that have signed him.<\/p>\n

Dugan has played 215 NRL games since making his debut with the Raiders in 2009.<\/p>\n

Canberra tore up Dugan's contract in 2013 following a drinking session on the roof of a house with Blake Ferguson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After playing 70 games with the Raiders, Dugan ran out for the Dragons on 84 occasions between 2013 and 2017.<\/p>\n

The former Test Kangaroo<\/a> then played 61 games for the Sharks between 2018 and 2021.<\/p>\n

\"Josh<\/p>\n

For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Sharks have sacked troubled star Josh Dugan after his latest COVID-19 breach proved the final straw. The former Blues State of Origin weapon was […]<\/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\/126665"}],"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=126665"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126667,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126665\/revisions\/126667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}