NSW Blues winger Josh Addo-Carr is being linked with an exit from the Canterbury Bulldogs after he missed out on competing in the 2024 NRL Finals, having failed two roadside drug tests.

The winger stood himself down from last weekend’s final against the Manly Sea Eagles after being randomly tested on Friday evening two weeks ago, with the club originally believing that Addo-Carr had not tested positive for any roadside test.

However, it later emerged that the result was positive, although Addo-Carr was allowed to leave the scene as police were called away to another incident.

Denying that he took any illicit substance, the Bulldogs confirmed late last week that the results of a second test for Addo-Carr had come back positive. This has subsequently put doubt on the winger’s future at the club.

Contracted until the end of the 2025 season on around $550,000 per season, rugby league journalists Phil Rothfield and James Hooper believe Addo-Carr will be looking for a new NRL club by the end of the week.

“That will drag on this week but I’m pretty sure there will be a big story later this week and that’ll be that the Bulldogs will cut Josh Addo-Carr loose,” The Daily Telegraph’s Rothfield said on Sky Sports Radio’s Big Sports Breakfast.

“They got to do their due diligence, they’ve got to dot their i’s and cross their t’s with their legal procedures, but I think he’s done at the Bulldogs.

“He still won’t admit guilt, but he’s paid the fine, which is a very unusual situation. I think Josh Addo-Carr will be looking for a new NRL club by the end of the week.”