{"id":24681,"date":"2021-01-20T08:53:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T09:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=24681"},"modified":"2021-01-20T12:58:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T12:58:42","slug":"manly-star-free-to-play-in-round-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=24681","title":{"rendered":"Manly star free to play in round one"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NRL star Dylan Walker has been given the all-clear to play for the Manly Sea Eagles in round one <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/manly-sea-eagles-react-to-dylan-walker-restaurant-assault-charge\/d689f469-8932-4f42-87f7-438213ff00c3\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"despite allegedly assaulting two pizza shop workers on Sydney&#x27;s northern beaches last year\">despite allegedly assaulting two pizza shop workers on Sydney&#x27;s northern beaches last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old&#x27;s case on Wednesday returned to Downing Centre Local Court where lawyer Jessica Kavvalos requested a two-day hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The request was approved and Walker will give his argument between May 14 and 17.<\/p>\n<p>The NRL season will begin on March 11 and Manly chief executive Steve Humphries said he had told Walker he would be free to play.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"94da6105-c331-41b7-a031-a1ea2c7d738e\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/94da6105-c331-41b7-a031-a1ea2c7d738e\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"700\" data-height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Dylan maintains his innocence and he plans to vigorously defend the charges,&quot; Humphries told the Sydney Morning Herald.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That&#x27;s his plan and, in the meantime, he will continue to train in preparation for the 2021 season.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He will also be available to be selected.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The NRL also said they hadn&#x27;t planned to impose a suspension for the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Walker was arrested for allegedly assaulting pizza workes Stephen and Enzo Melani at Little Italy in Narrawenna on November 1.<\/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> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true)\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"clicking here!\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>NRL star Dylan Walker has been given the all-clear to play for the Manly Sea Eagles in round one despite allegedly assaulting two pizza shop <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=24681\" title=\"Manly star free to play in round one\">[&#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\/24681"}],"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=24681"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24683,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24681\/revisions\/24683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}