Addo-Carr set to be stood down as Gus left 'embarrassed' amid drug ...

Canterbury Bulldogs bosses will meet Josh Addo-Carr on Tuesday with the club reportedly set to stand him down ahead of their final with Manly over an alleged failed roadside drug test.

On Monday it was revealed the superstar winger was pulled over by police for a random test after leaving the Bulldogs’ captain’s run at Accor Stadium on Friday night.

According to NSW Police he then returned an initial positive result. Both Addo-Carr and the Bulldogs are awaiting the result of a second test.

Nine’s Danny Weidler, however, reported on Tuesday morning that Addo-Carr is now expected to be stood down for the Bulldogs’ must-win final.

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It comes as the Australian’s Brent Read revealed Bulldogs boss Phil Gould was blindsided after initially being told by Addo-Carr that he returned a negative result.

“He underwent an initial test and that was a positive test,” Read said on NRL360 on Monday.

“They then did a second test on Josh and we are still awaiting the results of that test.

“The situation got to Josh telling the club about it. I’m not sure if they were aware of the initial positive test because Phil Gould put out a comment on Twitter that it was two negative tests.

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“I understand there is a meeting going on right now between Josh and Phil Gould. We have got to see what comes out of that but it is obviously the last thing they need on the eve of the finals.”

Earlier on Monday Gould took to X, formerly Twitter, to dismiss suggestions Addo-Carr had failed the test before providing clarification on Nine’s 100 % Footy.

“The way it was reported to us [by Addo-Carr] Saturday morning felt that he was rather very dismissive of it,” Gould said on Monday night.

“That there was no drama, that he hadn’t tested positive to anything and that they allowed him to drive home and sent him on his way.

“I’d kind of forgotten about it until he rang me this morning and said that there was some phone calls he got from players at other clubs, and his wife had got some phone calls that this was bubbling around.

“And then people in the media started to make some [calls] and I spoke to our chairman. I said, ‘I spoke to Josh about this over the weekend twice and his description of events is that we’ve got nothing to worry about and he’s got nothing to worry about’.

“But as it turns out, this afternoon, there are now conflicting reports from the police and the way they’ve described the events, which has led me now to sit down with Josh Addo-Carr and his manager face to face at five o’clock this afternoon to go through exactly how things unfolded and what’s happened.”

The Daily Telegraph’s Phil Rothfield said the incident left Gould “embarrassed”.

“(Addo-Carr met with Gus on Monday afternoon and he could be slightly embarrassed by it.

“(Gould) put out a tweet saying everything was sweet because he hadn’t failed a test.”

“There is enormous confusion over it in that Josh Addo-Carr when he told the Bulldogs, even if he didn’t say that he tested positive, they informed the integrity unit on Saturday.

“They have been keeping an eye on it for 48 hours. The other interesting thing is Josh Addo-Carr has taken himself off to his own doctor today to get a third test done.”

This is not the first time Addo-Carr has got on the wrong side of Gould, with reports last year that the Bulldogs were trying to offload his hefty pay packet to fast track their rebuild.