Blake Wilson has been given permission to speak to other clubs.
Really
Wilson said after the dogs beat us this year Gutho personally rang him last year and tried to convince him to come but he stayed loyal to the dogs.
Great to see Gus is showing that loyalty in return flicking him off first chance he gets.
Dog slips past Eels
Blake Wilson, the Bulldogs’ two-try hero against Parramatta on Monday, probably should’ve been playing for the Eels after they made a significant play for him last year.
There was more money on the table, plus a shot at the fullback position, where Wilson certainly has the ability to play. When he was deciding which club to join, he took a call from Parramatta captain Clint Gutherson, who said he’d move out of fullback to make way for the rising star. Wilson felt a sense of loyalty to the Bulldogs, who plucked him out of the Sunshine Coast where he was in the Storm’s feeder system and gave him a chance on a train-and-trial deal. He signed on for about $50,000 and, since that time, has proved to be a first-grader of real worth.
Meanwhile, there were lovely scenes at the end of Monday’s game when Dogs captain Stephen Crichton gave his boots and headgear to the two boys from the Abdallah family. The looks on the lads’ faces were priceless. The family was hit by tragedy in 2020 when three of their children and a niece were killed by a drunk driver as they walked to get ice-cream.
The former Parramatta star has spent a sum estimated to be well over $3 million on legal fees to win his freedom. It may lead to him selling his story to the media.
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