Josh Addo-Carr, who was fired by Canterbury after failing a roadside drug test, has agreed to a two-year contract and will play for Parramatta next season.
After settling on the specifics with new coach Jason Ryles and football manager Mark O’Neill on Thursday night, the 29-year-old former NSW and Australian winger finalised his Eels contract.
Although Addo-Carr’s signing has not yet been publicly announced by Parramatta, it is anticipated to take place on Friday.
The Dragons preferred recruiting former Eels captain Clint Gutherson, who has signed a three-year contract, above pursuing the dual premiership-winning former Storm player.
The Bulldogs just fired Addo-Carr because the board was dissatisfied with his inability to reveal the circumstances of his arrest before to the championship game.
Addo-Carr will attempt to resurrect his career at Parra, who are hoping to recover from a terrible season that saw coach Brad Arthur fired halfway through, even though the Bulldogs ended the last year of his contract.
When the current Eels coach was Craig Bellamy’s assistant, Ryles and Addo-Carr collaborated at Melbourne.
Maika Sivo, a Fijian winger recently released by Parra, will play alongside Arthur at Leeds in the Super League.
When Addo-Carr was stopped by NSW Police in September, just one week before the Bulldogs’ first finals games in eight years, he was obliged to address the board of directors and defend his contract, which effectively ended his career.
The roadside test was unsuccessful for the 15-time NSW State of Origin representative, and the identical result was obtained from a secondary sample.
Addo-Carr has insisted that he did not intentionally use recreational drugs and that he had a glimmer of hope that Canterbury powerbrokers would grant him a respite.
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