SPECULATION surrounding the playing future of Nene Macdonald is over with the star winger released by St George Illawarra from the final year of his contract to take up a more lucrative one with North Queensland. Macdonald, who was born in Port Moresby and raised in Cairns, approached the Dragons about a release on compassionate grounds to be closer to his family. The PNG international will be at the Cowboys until at least the end of 2021.
Macdonald was a standout performer for the Red V in 2018, scoring 10 tries in 23 games. “Nene has been an important player over the last two seasons at our club, and although he has one year left on his contract, his management and himself approached the club on compassionate reasons for a release,” Dragons recruitment boss Ian Millward said. “We thought it was in the best interests welfare-wise for Nene to grant him the release, so unfortunately he won’t be with us in 2019.”
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