Luke Thompson's clip astatine the Canterbury Bulldogs could soon travel to an extremity with the English prop clashing with the nine implicit a refusal to beryllium vaccinated.
According to a study from Nine's Danny Weidler, the 26-year-old has been steadfast successful rejecting COVID-19 protocols, successful what has been deemed an "explosive" situation.
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"He has been butting heads with Bulldogs absorption astir COVID vaccination," Weidler wrote successful The Sydney Morning Herald.
"He has told them a fig of times that helium does not privation to beryllium vaccinated. He didn't adjacent privation to deterioration a disguise successful Brisbane erstwhile players were required to bash truthful aft the contention was relocated to Queensland."
Bulldogs players person been told they request to beryllium double-vaccinated for the commencement of the team's NRL pre-season grooming connected November 1.
News of Thompson's refusal to get vaccinated comes aft the NRL refused to mandate a vaccine for its players similar the AFL had this week.
"We are engaged moving connected the protocols for the players who are vaccinated and the players that are not vaccinated. Hopefully, we are talking astir a precise tiny radical of players," NRL CEO Andrew Abdo said.
"Between present and the extremity of the off-season we volition person a precise wide acceptable of guidelines for however the clubs and players tin get backmost to grooming safely for those who are vaccinated and those who aren't yet vaccinated."
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