Staff Writers from Fox Sports
November 21st, 2021 2:56 pm
The Bulldogs have reportedly issued John Asiata a letter of termination due to his refusl to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
The NRL does not have a competition wide mandate, but the club itself has applied a mandate to its own players.
Asiata recently signed a one-year deal with the Canterbury side, but the Sydney Morning Herald has reported that the 28-year-old received a letter of termination last week.
The AFL is the only sporting organisation in Australia to introduce a mandate, but the particpation of unvaccinated players in the NRL will be hampered by state restrictions. Players will be unable to enter government owned stadiums in Queensland and Victoria while also being unable to travel to New Zealand.
Bulldogs chief executive officer Aaron Warburton said last week that no unvaccinated players will play for the club. “We won’t have someone in our squad that can’t fulfil their contractual obligations,” Warburton said. “And if they can’t fulfil that, then they won’t be there next year.”
Asiata told the club he’d rather work on a construction site than be inoculated according to the Daily Telegraph – and he could soon find himself on the tools.
Canterbury are the first club to declare that they’re prepared to terminate players who refuse a Covid-19 vaccination.
Warburton said a deadline hadn’t been set for Asiata to be jabbed, but confirmed the 28-year-old was the only unvaccinated member of the Bulldogs squad.
November 21st, 2021 2:56 pm
The Bulldogs have reportedly issued John Asiata a letter of termination due to his refusl to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
The NRL does not have a competition wide mandate, but the club itself has applied a mandate to its own players.
Asiata recently signed a one-year deal with the Canterbury side, but the Sydney Morning Herald has reported that the 28-year-old received a letter of termination last week.
The AFL is the only sporting organisation in Australia to introduce a mandate, but the particpation of unvaccinated players in the NRL will be hampered by state restrictions. Players will be unable to enter government owned stadiums in Queensland and Victoria while also being unable to travel to New Zealand.
Bulldogs chief executive officer Aaron Warburton said last week that no unvaccinated players will play for the club. “We won’t have someone in our squad that can’t fulfil their contractual obligations,” Warburton said. “And if they can’t fulfil that, then they won’t be there next year.”
Asiata told the club he’d rather work on a construction site than be inoculated according to the Daily Telegraph – and he could soon find himself on the tools.
Canterbury are the first club to declare that they’re prepared to terminate players who refuse a Covid-19 vaccination.
Warburton said a deadline hadn’t been set for Asiata to be jabbed, but confirmed the 28-year-old was the only unvaccinated member of the Bulldogs squad.