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The NSW Rugby League has rejected former Dragons star Junior Amone’s bid to play for his junior club.
Amone was deregistered by the NRL in December after being convicted of multiple assault charges relating to a hammer attack 12 months earlier.
The 21-year-old was sentenced to a two-year intensive correction order and 300 hours of community service, but he is appealing and will be back in court on April 5.
Amone’s junior club Wests Devils sought permission from the NSWRL for the five-eighth to play in the Illawarra first grade competition this season, but were knocked back this week.
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The matter was considered at a NSWRL board meeting this week but they refused to register Amone until he completes his 300 hours of community service, according to The Illawarra Mercury.
“As soon as the NRL deregistered the contract for integrity issues, it has to go to the next governing body in the competition that a player wants to play in,” Pigram Illawarra Rugby League head of football Brent Pigram told the newspaper.
“In this case that’s the New South Wales Rugby League. Wests submitted an application to have his registration for the 2024 season reviewed.
“I facilitated that and pushed it up to the NSW Rugby League board. The board considered it over the weekend just gone and made the decision that they won’t support him participating at this stage.
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“They’ll revisit that once his community service hours are up. My understanding is he’s up to 30-35 hours at the moment in that process.”
Several deregistered NRL players have previously been given the green to play park football, with the most recent example Curtis Scott who was cleared to play for Thirlmere Roosters.
“Speaking to the club yesterday, depending on how much he can get done in the next eight to 10 weeks, I’d say that’d be a rough time frame on when they’ll revisit that application,” Pigram said.
“It’s definitely not closing the door on his rugby league career.”
It comes after Dragons skipper Ben Hunt backed Amone, who has been training with sprint coach Roger Fabri, to return to the NRL one day.”
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