Josh Addo-Carr set to be sacked by Canterbury Bulldogs over cocaine scandal

Disgraced Bulldogs star Josh Addo-Carr is set to be sacked by the club after Canterbury issued the winger with a show cause notice.

The latest development comes after Addo-Carr had been unable to find another club to move to - with Canterbury’s blessing - following his positive cocaine test last month.

The Bulldogs have issued the former State of Origin winger a show cause notice, with his future set to be determined when he appears before club powerbrokers next week. He is expected to have his contract terminated after this meeting.

The bombshell revelation from a roadside test on the eve of the Bulldogs first NRL final in eight years sent shockwaves through the club and the league.

The NRL issued him a breach notice last month after he accepted a $682 fine from NSW Police and three-month ban from driving over the incident, after his roadside test on September 6.

Addo-Carr has continued to claim he does not know how the cocaine that was detected at a roadside test got in his system, arguing he did not take illicit drugs.

Addo-Carr also caught backlash for misleading Bulldogs officials about the incident, and has previously run afoul of club higher-ups over a brawl at last year’s Koori Knockout competition.

Bulldogs supremo Phil Gould staunchly defend Addo-Carr after the star told him the test was inconclusive but after it became known that was not true Gould’s support diminished.

“I believe he’s still protesting his innocence but at the end of the day, it’s in his system when he takes the drug test,” Gould said last month.

“How it got there, he needs to work that out and explain that to the people that count.

“(The board) may or may not take my recommendation. They may or may not have another point of view.”

Addo-Carr has looked at long odds to see out the final year of his $500,000 a year contract since further analysis of a roadside drug test taken in early September confirmed a positive reading for cocaine.

The saga cast a shadow over the Bulldogs’ return to the finals for the first time since 2016, with Addo-Carr opting to miss the elimination-final loss to Manly rather than spark a media circus.

Canterbury’s decision to sign replacement winger Marcelo Montoya earlier this month appeared another blow to Addo-Carr’s hopes of remaining with at the club.

St George Illawarra have been linked with the winger as they look to add speed to their ongoing rebuild.

Dragons coach Shane Flanagan was coy when asked if he was interested in signing the former Kangaroo.

“Our first priority is waiting to see what eventuates with the Clint Gutherson situation first. Maybe down the track we might possibly look at the Foxx. He’s a quality player, he’s had a hiccup and we’ll address it. But it’s not on the immediate radar,” he said.

with AAP