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The email, which has been seen by the Herald, said: “Jackson Topine is known for his exceptional enactment ethic and cognition towards maturation and success.
“As the recipient of the 2022 clubman of the twelvemonth grant astatine the Bulldogs, his attack to being portion of the squad impressed his squad done his enthusiasm, effort and positivity. In his constricted fig of first-grade appearances, helium has shown an highly precocious tackle ratio (93.5% successful 2023, 94.3% successful 2022, and 97.2% successful 2021), which is simply a reflection of his grit and precocious endurance.
Jackson Topine connected Wednesday commenced ineligible proceedings against the Bulldogs.Credit: NRL Imagery
“He represented the Maori All-Stars during 2021 successful a 10-10 draw, and played successful the 2022 NSW Cup expansive last against the Penrith Panthers.”
The ceasing of payment
Topine’s connection of assertion alleges that the declaration of the erstwhile Australian Schoolboy was illegally terminated. Sources talking nether the information of anonymity to support confidences told this masthead that Topine was paid for astatine slightest 3 months aft refusing to instrumentality to training.
It is alleged helium provided the nine with respective aesculapian certificates to warrant his lack but would not respond to calls from nine officials who decided to halt paying him good aft his sick permission entitlements had expired.
Canterbury players astatine grooming connected Wednesday.`Credit: Nick Moir
Before the Bulldogs stopped paying him, Topine’s cause was notified that the nine would cease to marque payments to him if helium could not fulfil his contractual obligations. The nine stopped paying Topine connected October 31 – the extremity of the rugby league fiscal year. The NRL besides approved his removal from the club’s wage cap.
Those adjacent to Topine believed helium had a 10- to 12-year NRL vocation up of him. Given the mean NRL wage exceeds $400,000 – and considering his presumption arsenic a inferior typical prima – they foretell helium could person earned much than $4 million.
Topine was connected an yearly wage of astir $125,000 astatine the clip of the incidental successful question, which occurred astatine Gracie Jiu Jitsu successful Smeaton Grange, successful south-west Sydney.
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The connection of assertion says Topine was made to wrestle 30 to 35 teammates. This masthead has been told nether the information of anonymity that the club’s interior probe into the substance estimated helium had been told to wrestle 24 players for a full of 4 minutes astatine astir 10 2nd intervals per teammate. The league was not captured connected video.
The sources said Topine turned up to grooming for the remainder of the week and did not rise an contented with the attraction astatine the time.
This masthead has learned that the incidental occurred successful the aforesaid week arsenic helium was demoted from the NRL for antiaircraft lapses (including 4 missed tackles) successful a 44-24 nonaccomplishment against the Brisbane Broncos astatine Belmore connected July 15.
Three days aft the nonaccomplishment – connected the aforesaid time arsenic the wrestling incidental successful Smeaton Grange – Topine was named to play successful the No.11 jersey for the Bulldogs against the Panthers that weekend. The adjacent time helium was told by Ciraldo that helium would alternatively beryllium the team’s 18th man. He hasn’t played successful the NRL since.
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