{"id":389322,"date":"2024-04-30T03:56:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T03:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=389322"},"modified":"2024-04-30T05:04:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T05:04:37","slug":"not-easy-dogs-coach-defends-club-over-4m-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=389322","title":{"rendered":"'Not easy': Dogs coach defends club over $4m lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

C\ufeffameron Ciraldo<\/a> has defended Travis Touma – the trainer at the centre of the lawsuit filed by Jackson Topine – claiming the Bulldogs<\/a> are "lucky to have him" at the club.<\/p>\n

Topine lodged a $4 million lawsuit against Canterbury last week<\/a> after a training session gone wrong last year, which saw him forced to wrestle 30 of his teammates as punishment for arriving late at Belmore.<\/p>\n

The young utility has since left the club and is now facing an uncertain future in the NRL, which led to his decision to take legal action against the Dogs.<\/p>\n

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Touma's name was part of the lawsuit and has led to question marks over his \ufeffmethods, despite the likes of Trent Robinson defending the highly-regarded trainer.<\/p>\n

Speaking to media on Tuesday, Ciraldo praised Touma for helping change the culture at Canterbury since arriving at the club and demanding high standards within the squad.<\/p>\n

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"Trav is good, he is going about his normal business … it's a shame his name has been brought into it through the media, but it is what it is," the coach said.<\/p>\n

"What we can't control is reputations, but what we can control is character and Trav is of the highest character of possibly anyone I have ever met.<\/p>\n

"He cares about everyone he works with, he's a family man, he lives a very clean life and he's a guy that we're really lucky to have at the club.<\/p>\n

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"It's not an easy job trying to bring change to a club and Trav has been a guy that has really helped me in that regard. Every decision he has made has been in the best interest of the club. Trav has been a big driver of change within our culture and our team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

"It's a different workplace and it's not for everyone. It's a tough environment, it's a tough game … if it wasn't hard, everyone would be doing it."<\/p>\n

Touma has spent time at a number of NRL clubs over the years, including the Roosters and Rabbitohs, but has been with the Dogs since Ciraldo took over last year.<\/p>\n

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The second-year head coach also shut down suggestions the lawsuit could distract his side, who are sitting inside the top-eight after two months of the season.<\/p>\n

"I haven't [addressed it] actually, no one has asked me about it," Ciraldo said.<\/p>\n

"I probably just need to read the room and see how the boys are, but I'm very confident it won't be a distraction. Everyone is in a really good place."<\/p>\n

Canterbury will take on the Wests Tigers on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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