Sign of ado carr early release?
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@spoonman or someone, please open.
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Storm star Josh Addo-Carr is stuck in Sydney, with Victoria’s border ban stopping the NSW Origin gun from fronting for Melbourne pre-season training.
“The Fox” is trapped in the Harbour City after spending his Christmas break in Sydney and failing to escape before Victoria closed its border to NSW.
Addo-Carr is one of 3500 Victorians unable to return home and is facing a 14-day quarantine order if he crosses the border, thanks to the increasing concerns over COVID-19.
Addo-Carr has missed the start of his last pre-season with Storm. Picture: Getty Images
The reigning premiers began their 2021 pre-season preparations on Monday, with only Addo-Carr and Queensland Origin star Cameron Munster not in attendance.
Munster is still on leave after his lengthy season and is expected back in Melbourne over the weekend before the Storm head off on their annual pre-season camp in Geelong.
But it appears unlikely Addo-Carr will make the camp, with the Storm attempting to secure a government exemption for their most lethal try-scoring weapon to come back to Melbourne.
Even if Addo-Carr is allowed back into Victoria he will likely be forced into quarantine and not join Storm training for some time.
The 2021 NRL season will be Addo-Carr’s last with the Storm before he takes up a four-year contract with Canterbury.
Dale Finucane made a mad dash for the border.
Addo-Carr, 25, has long held a desire to return to Sydney for family reasons and he opted to remain in the city for Christmas despite warnings he may not be able to return to Melbourne.
A number of Storm players were caught up in the border rush after Victoria opted to close its border to NSW on December 20.
Captaincy contender Dale Finucane made an eleventh-hour dash for Victoria, sleeping in his car overnight after leaving his home town of Bega shortly before the closure.
Halfback recruit Jonah Pezet was stranded in the border town of Wodonga when his car broke down during the trip from Newcastle.
George Jennings has made several stunning sacrifices for his club. Picture: Getty Images)
One player to make an enormous sacrifice is Parramatta recruit George Jennings.
Jennings, 27, decided to leave Sydney and his heavily pregnant partner days before Christmas to ensure he was available for training at his new club.
“George and the others made an incredible sacrifice a couple of days before Christmas when the borders shut,” said Storm football chief Frank Ponissi.
| NRL: Dally M Rookie of the Year Harry Grant insists he will be at the Melbourne Storm in 2021, no matter what the decision of legendary hooker Cameron Smith. |
“They were supposed to come down in early January. For them to make those sacrifices is enormous and we’re really appreciative.
“George has got a pregnant partner so that wasn’t easy for her and him to leave his partner. She is only a month away from expecting their first child.
“George and the other players that have come down from Sydney have been training together the last few weeks. That’s made his adjustment a bit easier.”
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Lets all pray for Cam Smith to play one more season in Melbourne.
Then the Storm will need to find around $700k plus to fit him in the cap.
So.... Storm release Fox (approx $350k???) + Cheese (approx $350k??) = $700k plus third party for Cam Smith to stay.
Bulldogs the only team that could afford to take them this year... see, simple.
Then the Storm will need to find around $700k plus to fit him in the cap.
So.... Storm release Fox (approx $350k???) + Cheese (approx $350k??) = $700k plus third party for Cam Smith to stay.
Bulldogs the only team that could afford to take them this year... see, simple.
I smell something fishy about him not leaving back to Melbourne before the Victoria closed it’s borders if he really want to go back to Melbourne and his heart is really there for this season he would of went straight backStorm star Josh Addo-Carr is stuck in Sydney, with Victoria’s border ban stopping the NSW Origin gun from fronting for Melbourne pre-season training.
“The Fox” is trapped in the Harbour City after spending his Christmas break in Sydney and failing to escape before Victoria closed its border to NSW.
Addo-Carr is one of 3500 Victorians unable to return home and is facing a 14-day quarantine order if he crosses the border, thanks to the increasing concerns over COVID-19.
Addo-Carr has missed the start of his last pre-season with Storm. Picture: Getty Images
The reigning premiers began their 2021 pre-season preparations on Monday, with only Addo-Carr and Queensland Origin star Cameron Munster not in attendance.
Munster is still on leave after his lengthy season and is expected back in Melbourne over the weekend before the Storm head off on their annual pre-season camp in Geelong.
But it appears unlikely Addo-Carr will make the camp, with the Storm attempting to secure a government exemption for their most lethal try-scoring weapon to come back to Melbourne.
Even if Addo-Carr is allowed back into Victoria he will likely be forced into quarantine and not join Storm training for some time.
The 2021 NRL season will be Addo-Carr’s last with the Storm before he takes up a four-year contract with Canterbury.
Dale Finucane made a mad dash for the border.
Addo-Carr, 25, has long held a desire to return to Sydney for family reasons and he opted to remain in the city for Christmas despite warnings he may not be able to return to Melbourne.
A number of Storm players were caught up in the border rush after Victoria opted to close its border to NSW on December 20.
Captaincy contender Dale Finucane made an eleventh-hour dash for Victoria, sleeping in his car overnight after leaving his home town of Bega shortly before the closure.
Halfback recruit Jonah Pezet was stranded in the border town of Wodonga when his car broke down during the trip from Newcastle.
George Jennings has made several stunning sacrifices for his club. Picture: Getty Images)
One player to make an enormous sacrifice is Parramatta recruit George Jennings.
Jennings, 27, decided to leave Sydney and his heavily pregnant partner days before Christmas to ensure he was available for training at his new club.
“George and the others made an incredible sacrifice a couple of days before Christmas when the borders shut,” said Storm football chief Frank Ponissi.
“A lot of these new players have come from greater Sydney and had to make a decision to leave before Christmas and not spend it with their families.
NRL: Dally M Rookie of the Year Harry Grant insists he will be at the Melbourne Storm in 2021, no matter what the decision of legendary hooker Cameron Smith.
“They were supposed to come down in early January. For them to make those sacrifices is enormous and we’re really appreciative.
“George has got a pregnant partner so that wasn’t easy for her and him to leave his partner. She is only a month away from expecting their first child.
“George and the other players that have come down from Sydney have been training together the last few weeks. That’s made his adjustment a bit easier.”
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Im pretty sure you would take the risk and stay in Sydney with your family that you haven't seen all year for Christmas.
George’s Jennings left his pregnant partner that’s 1 month away from giving birth , think that’s abit harder then jac situation
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Thats his choice,Jac took the risk!
Risk it for the biscuit I guess
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Jennings needs to get his career moving. Jac don’t.
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Yuck
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Oh well, I knew he wasn’t gonna come early
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So why did they let Reimis go early?
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I really don’t believe Reimis getting released had any bearing on JAC. I don’t think Reimis wanted to be here anymore.
Remis got released because he was getting paid $450k a season. He was not worth that kind of coin. So for an extra $50k we picked up the best winger in the world.
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I find it hard to believe Reimis was on 450k a season. Even more so I don't think the Storm would pay that so we'd have to be contributing towards that with at least 100k if it was true. The Storm had JAC on 350k until this year. With change around the club and especially the coach and new players coming in I'd like to think it would of been a new start for Reimis. I still find it hard to believe we traded Reimis for nothing (as we could of signed JAC regardless), but what's done is done.