Mystery surrounds the withdrawal of Josh Addo-Carr’s All-Star Indigenous team
Bulldogs star Josh Addo-Carr is the biggest withdrawal from this year’s All Stars clash, with Canterbury confirming the winger will miss the game in Rotorua.
It’s a huge loss for the Indigenous side who haven’t won the annual event since 2019, when Addo-Carr scored two tries in a 34-14 win in Melbourne.
The Bulldogs didn’t provide an official reason when contacted, but it looks like ‘The Foxx’ will be fine to play in their first round game against the Sea Eagles.
Addo-Carr has been promoted to the club’s management group after joining the team last year. He scored 16 tries in 23 games for a side that went overweight at the end of the season.
The flying winger didn’t make the NSW squad for State of Origin but excelled for the Kangaroos, scoring 12 tries at the World Cup, including five against Lebanon in the quarter-finals.
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Addo-Carr’s withdrawal is a blow, but the Aboriginal team still has plenty of firepower with Latrell Mitchell, Selwyn Cobbo, Cody Walker and Dally M Medal winner Nicho Hynes ready to tear.
It will be a tough task across the divide against a Maori side that includes a number of world-class strikers as well as reigning Golden Boot winner Joseph Manu, who is set for a massive year with the Roosters.
Next Saturday’s match will be a doubles match, with the women in action first. This game will continue even though NRLW players have not signed contracts for the expanded competition due to the ABC’s stalled negotiations.
Mystery surrounds the withdrawal of Josh Addo-Carr’s All-Star Indigenous team
