Bulldogs boss Phil Gould all but guarantees Josh Addo-Carr will be sacked following his positive cocaine test – as he slams the winger for lying to the NRL club

Bulldogs boss Phil Gould lashed out representative winger Josh Addo-Carr for lying to the NRL club, and he all but promised the player would be fired following his positive cocaine test.

Addo-Carr’s account of events, according to a scathing Gould, “changed slightly from day to day depending on what had been revealed.”

Gould stated on the Six Tackles with Gus podcast, “At the end of the day, what we have is a positive drug test; there were drugs in his system.”

“I think he’s still arguing that he’s innocent.” However, at some point, he will need to clarify for himself and the important parties involved how and why that occurred.

“And then, why have we experienced the events of the past week or so?”

Addo-Carr, 29, refused to pursue legal action after submitting two positive samples from a roadside drug test. Instead, he accepted the $682 fine and three-month driving penalty imposed by NSW Police.

He keeps denying any wrongdoing, saying through his lawyer Elias Tabchouri that he ‘never knowingly ingested any illegal drugs’.

Addo-Carr will have to explain how cocaine got into his system when he meets with the NRL Integrity Unit on Thursday.

It is expected that the NRL will punish him and impose a multi-game suspension.

The Bulldogs board, who are expected to rip up his contract—which is reportedly worth $550,000 a season—will then need to see him in person.

His Belmore contract expires in 2025.

We’ve heard some strange theories on how this might have happened or not around the world. It’s as easy as that: Josh needs to figure out how it happened, and then we need to take action, Gould continued.

There are many factors at work here, including how people view our club, how they see it, and the standards we desire. to set, the culture of the young players coming through our system and also setting a precedent for what may come in the future,’ he said.

There are many factors to take into account, but that is what leadership is all about—doing what is right for our club and our culture, and that is what we will do.

Interestingly, Gould’s response to the question of whether he thinks Addo-Carr has been totally honest about the situation was brief and to the point: ‘Too many discrepancies.’

Star player for Cronulla Braydon Trindall was fired by his team in April after he failed a random breathalyzer test and a roadside drug test.

He entered a guilty plea to charges of moderately intoxicated driving and operating a vehicle while under the influence of drugs. He was given a $1100 fine and a three-month driving suspension.

The NRL issued him a breach notice, but decided not to punish him for the additional five games that the Sharks had made him miss.