Bronson Xerri has reportedly requested an immediate release from the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
Reports suggest he has become unhappy after being shifted to right centre this season. He was switched with Captain Stephen Crichton who now plays on the left edge.
Xerri joined the Bulldogs in 2024, coming back from a four-year drug suspension.
The 25-year-old played for the Bulldogs in their opening match in Las Vegas, where they defeated the Dragons.
He has been a consistent member of their back line for the past two years.
The club is expected to approve his request if it is formally lodged.
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This is Pathetic. He’s a drug cheat who was given a second chance and because he isn’t playing on the side he wants he wants out? He’s lucky to be playing in the NRL at all! I’m guessing because the overall “Talent Pool” is being stretched with the new expansion teams he’ll find another club…but I hope it isn’t the Perth Bears.
I suspect that there is more to this than meets the eye.
It’s the start of the season. Club rosters are pretty well full. There will not be too many spots available, so why would a player demand to leave when he already has a regular first team spot ?
Unless …. he already has been talking to a club and already has something lined up. That would be why he he has come up with this claim that he just _has_ to leave because he has been moved from left-centre to right-centre.