News 'We want them back': Georgallis and Bulldogs players push for duo's return.

[spiritofaslan]

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https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/we-want-them-back-georgallis-and-bulldogs-players-push-for-duo-s-return-20200717-p55d0e.html

By Adam Pengilly
July 17, 2020 — 1.26pm

Caretaker Canterbury coach Steve Georgallis has told the club's board Corey Harawira-Naera and Jayden Okunbor should be welcomed back to Belmore after an NRL appeals committee overturned their deregistrations.

Georgallis, who took over when Dean Pay and the club parted ways this week, sought opinion from senior Bulldogs players, who have endorsed the pair's return after the Port Macquarie schoolgirl scandal.

Bulldogs powerbrokers will meet with the players and their representatives on Friday to discuss whether they want to return to the NRL cellar dwellers this season.

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Asked whether the pair would return to the Bulldogs, Georgallis said: "We've talked about it as a playing group. I asked the players what they thought and they said, 'yes, we want them back, and they asked me what I thought and I said, 'yes, I want them back'. I referred that to the board.

"It would be great if they can sort out [on Friday] - if they have any issues with the club - and we can get them back as quick as possible."

The Bulldogs will have to back pay the contracts of the pair to April 1, when they had their deals torn up.

 

[spiritofaslan]

Good... CHN inside of DWZ or Coctric, with Smith and ?? on the wing would be a decent combination.

Then you have RFM / Jacko / Elliott / Thompson on the other edge and we start to look good.

 

[Kaz]

Asked whether the pair would return to the Bulldogs, Georgallis said: "We've talked about it as a playing group. I asked the players what they thought and they said, 'yes, we want them back, and they asked me what I thought and I said, 'yes, I want them back'. I referred that to the board.

WTAF.

He asked the playing their thoughts etc & they asked his thoughts.

Then told the board what they wanted.

 

[spiritofaslan]

He asked the players - they want them both back.
The players asked what he thought - he wanted them both back.
He then went and told the board both he and players want them both back.

Meeting was this afternoon with both players fronting the board.

I hope we didn't fuck this one up, but CHN was unhappy how the club didn't support them apparently.