The court action was essential to uphold the sanctity of contracts. Will be interesting to see if Toloun gets sued for knowingly signing a contract with a party that had a contract elsewhere.
I see a pattern emerging.
1) The NRL and Dogs take him to court, and get an injunction, knowing that if he breaks it - he's in contempt of court and liable for a prison sentence upon re entering Australia. Which he must do - isn't his family here? Also you'd think it would be a prerequisite for representing the bore blacks.
2) The NRL say he's welcome to come back.
3) The Dogs keep paying him as per the contract
4) The Kiwis selected him in their world cup squad
So, I'm guessing a big motivation is to see him represent NZ in the WC. And League now has him over a barrell, in that the ONLY way he can enter Australia (if he plays for Toloun) will be to enter under League's terms.
UNless he can enter Australia, he can't compete in ANY international sport.
My guess - he'll eventually return, play for NZ in the world cup, and then be relesed from his Dogs contract and play Yawnion for ever. When they finally talk, I think that's the deal that will be done.
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