The players involved were also hit with individual fines, with Napa, a former Queensland Maroons player, copping the biggest whack – a $5000 fine.<\/p>\n
"The Bulldogs have today issued the following players a notice to appear before the board, in relation to alleged breaches under the players' code of conduct," a club statement read.<\/p>\n
"These meetings will take place within the next five working days.<\/p>\n
"The club is not in a position to comment further at this stage."<\/p>\n
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The players were unavailable to suit up for the Bulldogs in Round 16, with Canterbury going down 66-0 at the hands of Manly<\/a>.<\/p>\n Trent Barrett was filthy at the players for leaving them short-handed, with three debutants – Falakiko Manu, Bailey Biondi-Odo and Christopher Patolo – all coming into the squad as a result.<\/p>\n Barrett said after the flogging that he hoped the five players felt "disappointed with themselves"<\/a>.<\/p>\n "It's not nice to do that. I would've loved to bring Bailey Biondi-Odo and Chris Patolo into a full-strength team when we are a big chance of winning the game," Barett said.<\/p>\n "That's one they're not going to want to remember. The whole club wasn't happy about it."<\/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<\/strong><\/em> clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n![\"NRL](\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/07\/367745\/pickerImage.jpg\")
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