NRL orders Dragons to tear up Amone’s contract for role in hammer attack

St George Illawarra has been issued a notice from the NRL proposing his $500,000-a-year contract be torn up after he was found guilty of assaulting a tradie in what the courts described as an “appalling” rooftop hammer attack.

Amone has long been considered a long-term star for the Dragons. He has already played 54 first-grade games for the club and was signed through to the end of next year. He also debuted for Tonga last year and has three Test caps.

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The NRL served the 21-year-old with a breach notice on Tuesday afternoon, proposing his deregistration. Processes now mean Amone has five working days to respond to the notice. The NRL said in a short Dec. 19 media release on its website that “wellbeing and counselling services have been made available to the player” earlier today.

The young five-eighth was sentenced to two years imprisonment by way of an intensive corrections order and 300 hours of community service at Wollongong Local Court last week.

He was also fined $1,000 for a charge of Destroy or Damage Property and ordered to pay the victim.