{"id":22286,"date":"2021-01-14T05:17:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T06:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=22286"},"modified":"2021-01-14T08:07:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T08:07:03","slug":"mullen-eyes-nrl-return-with-new-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=22286","title":{"rendered":"Mullen eyes NRL return with new contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exiled former Knights halfback Jarrod Mullen has moved a step closer to launching a sensational NRL return after signing a deal with the Sunshine Coast Falcons in the Queensland Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old has been banned from all competitive forms of the sport <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/mullen-says-steroid-use-was-unintentional\/e88b9144-3e32-448a-a466-666eb8c21b0c\" title=\"since testing positive to anabolic steroids in 2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">since testing positive to anabolic steroids in 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With his four-year ban set to expire this week, Fox Sports reports that Mullen has signed a one-year deal with the Falcons who are a feeder side for current reigning NRL premiers the Melbourne Storm.<\/p>\n<p>Late last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/former-knights-player-jarrod-mullen-attempting-nrl-comeback\/fcfeec5b-2686-45e7-b9d3-81340847171d\" title=\"the playmaker publicly expressed his desire to make a comeback to professional sport \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">the playmaker publicly expressed his desire to make a comeback to professional sport <\/a>after avoiding a prison sentence for the supply of cocaine in Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"1d35ff66-b8d1-4281-a8d8-ed0228a93c62\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/1d35ff66-b8d1-4281-a8d8-ed0228a93c62\" alt=\"Jarrod Mullen\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;ve backed myself to play NRL again,&quot; Mullen said. &quot;I don&#x27;t care how old I am.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The exiled star was sentenced to 300 hours of community service in February last year for supplying cocaine in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Mullen played 211 matches for the Knights after his debut in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Tipped to be the next Andrew Johns, he made his State of Origin debut for NSW at age 20 in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>His career highlight came in 2013 when he guided the Knights to within one week of the NRL grand final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Exiled former Knights halfback Jarrod Mullen has moved a step closer to launching a sensational NRL return after signing a deal with the Sunshine Coast <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=22286\" title=\"Mullen eyes NRL return with new contract\">[&#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\/22286"}],"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=22286"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22288,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22286\/revisions\/22288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}