NRL 2021: Adam Elliott meets with Bulldogs in fight to save NRL career | Daily Telegraph
Adam Elliott has submitted his final defence to remain a Bulldog.
The embattled Canterbury back-rower met with the Bulldogs board via Zoom on Monday night. Elliott is fighting for his Canterbury career after being found in a toilet with NRLW star Millie Boyle on the Gold Coast last month.
The meeting went for about 40 minutes where Elliott presented his version of events which included new information.
The Bulldogs board will now deliberate on Elliott’s future and he faces a nervous to see if he will fulfil the final two years of his $1 million contract. It is expected a decision will happen in the next 72 hours.
Elliott was stood-down for the final two matches of Canterbury’s season but remained with the club in Queensland. He again found himself in the headlines after he was kicked out of the White Rhino Bar and Eats with Boyle adamant it was nothing more than “a kiss in the bathroom”.
Elliott was fined $10,000 by the NRL and ordered to undergo education and training. Boyle was also given an official warning by the NRL. The pair grew up together on the South Coast.
The Bulldogs handed Elliott an official breach to explain why his contract should not be torn up.
Elliott has been linked with a move from Canterbury already. He underwent minor ankle surgery last week.
Canterbury’s new head of football Phil Gould has publicly suggested that tearing up Elliott’s contract would depend on the Integrity Unit’s findings — and if, the club were willing to hand him a third chance, having also previously been reprimanded for his role in the club’s 2018 Mad Monday fiasco.
There was also an incident with the wife of ex-teammate Michael Lichaa earlier this year.
Elliott has indicated he had not consumed alcohol for seven months in between the two incidents.
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