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The NRL has decided not to honour Michael Jennings’ 300-game milestone with traditional celebrations due to the Sydney Roosters centre’s past off-field incidents. Jennings, 36, is set to become the 51st player to reach the coveted milestone when the injury-plagued Roosters bring him into the starting side for Thursday’s clash with Newcastle. Ordinarily, NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo would present a player reaching their 300th game with the game ball before kick-off.
“Due to past conduct, Michael Jennings will not receive official NRL recognition on his 300th match,” Abdo said in a statement to AAP. Jennings received a three-year ban from the NRL after returning a positive drug test during Parramatta’s 2020 finals tilt. Jennings pleaded guilty in 2021 to cut his suspension down from four years, but maintained he did not intentionally take the banned performance-enhancing substances Ligandrol and Ibutamoren.
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