Premiership-winning star rejoins former club

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One of the astir respected front-rowers of rugby league's modern epoch has jumped connected Gus Gould's Bulldogs bandwagon for 2023.

Former Kiwi skipper Roy Asotasi has joined the Canterbury unit connected a part-time basis.

In a crippled that has galore Islander players, determination are fewer coaches oregon administrators of Islander extraction - and Asotasi volition assistance close that imbalance.

The galore young Polynesian players astatine the Bulldogs worship the erstwhile Test prop.

Asotasi played for some the Kiwis and Samoa and had a distinguished 12-year vocation successful the NRL with the Bulldogs and Rabbitohs, playing implicit 200 games successful the motor room, earlier finishing his vocation with Warrington successful England.

"He made a impermanent quality this week and the young guys were successful raptures implicit him," Bulldogs brag Gould told Wide World of Sports.

"He said he'd similar to assistance mentor kids successful our Academy program.

"The much the merrier. You tin ne'er person excessively galore bully radical successful your shot nine and it's large to person him connected board."

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