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Jamarra Ugle-Hagan has taken a affirmative measurement successful his instrumentality to playing nonrecreational football, with the Western Bulldogs prima reportedly admitting himself to a wellness retreat.
In April, it was announced that the 23-year-old guardant would beryllium taking an indefinite permission from the nine to code idiosyncratic issues.
He has not played this play and has been seen sporadically astatine training, with determination being nary confirmed time-frame connected erstwhile the 2020 No 1 draught prime could instrumentality to the club.
But successful the latest update to the ongoing saga, Ugle-Hagan has travelled northbound to cheque himself into a wellness retreat, according to The Herald Sun.
There is anticipation that the determination tin assistance him reignite his AFL career, with Ugle-Hagan besides keen to get things backmost connected track, pursuing his stunning 2024 season, successful which helium booted 43 goals to beryllium crowned the Bulldogs' starring goalkicker for the campaign.
The outlet has besides revealed that immoderate of his team-mates are blessed that the 23-year-old, who was precocious seen watching the RUNIT Championships successful Melbourne, has travelled distant from Victoria to enactment successful the retreat.
Jamarra Ugle-Hagan (pictured) has taken a affirmative measurement successful his instrumentality to playing pro footy
The Western Bulldogs guardant (left) has reportedly travelled northbound of Victoria and has checked into an interstate wellness retreat
Ugle-Hagan is presently taking a permission of lack from the Bulldogs to woody with idiosyncratic matters and prioritise his health
'The Dogs and league officials are adamant Ugle-Hagan needs to prioritise his wellness earlier helium tin instrumentality to the club,' the outlet adds.
It is not definite erstwhile Ugle-Hagan volition instrumentality to Melbourne.
Ugle-Hagan has faced backlash successful caller months implicit his enactment connected societal media.
Some erstwhile pros had criticised his behaviour, including Nick Riewoldt, who had pointed to pictures of Ugle-Hagan posted connected societal media showing him partying retired with friends, earlier claiming the Bulldogs should determination connected without him.
'There tin beryllium existent reasons, morganatic reasons, but erstwhile you’re behaving the mode that Jamarra is you forfeit each rights,' Riewoldt said to Triple M's Mick successful the Morning, adding the 'balance of powerfulness has moved excessively acold successful the player's favour.'
He added: 'It is hard to speech astir due to the fact that determination is intelligence wellness astatine play here, but clubs should person immoderate benignant of discretion to beryllium capable to recoup immoderate of that money.
'It feels similar players tin fundamentally instrumentality the p**s.'
He went connected to explicit much sympathy to Ugle-Hagan's nine implicit the matter, but the footy prima clapped backmost astatine the St Kilda great.
Ugle-Hagan (right) shared this representation retired with friends successful the latest atrocious look for the Western Bulldogs prima who has yet to play for the nine this year
St Kilda large Nick Riewoldt said that the Bulldogs should chopped ties with Ugle-Hagan astatine the extremity of the year
No timeframe has been acceptable connected Ugle-Hagan's instrumentality (right, pictured with Tim Tszyu) but determination is anticipation among those adjacent to the concern that this is simply a affirmative measurement successful his instrumentality to action
Ugle-Hagan changed his Instagram illustration representation to an representation of Riewoldt from erstwhile the Channel 7 pundit was embroiled successful a nude photograph ungraded backmost successful 2010.
But aft confirming the 23-year-old prima could instrumentality an indefinite interruption from footy, the nine issued their afloat enactment to Ugle-Hagan.
'Jamarra’s wellness and wellbeing remains the implicit priority, and helium volition beryllium fixed immoderate clip helium needs,' Sam Power said during a nine connection astatine the extremity of April.
'We volition proceed to enactment Jamarra passim this period.'
It had been expected that the Bulldogs could look to commercialized the footy prima aboriginal this twelvemonth but that would lone instrumentality spot should they person a tenable connection of renumeration.
At the opening of May, ace cause Paul Connors had besides delivered an penetration into however Ugle-Hagan was progressing connected his instrumentality to play.
'I deliberation there's been truthful overmuch commentary astir Jamarra that unless you're successful the interior sanctum, you won't beryllium privy to everything that we're privy to,' Connors told SEN 1116.
'I'd similar to accidental that we're truly arrogant of wherever Jamarra's heading. As a institution and arsenic individuals, we've truly supported and truthful person galore people.
'I judge he's heading successful the close absorption but hopefully he'll beryllium backmost connected track, not successful the precise adjacent future, but soon.'
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