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Miklos Bolza and Jasper Bruce

Dragons player stood down after hammer attack verdict

Junior Amone and his father have been found guilty over a hammer attack in Wollongong. (Jason O'BRIEN/AAP PHOTOS)

Dragons player Junior Amone has been stood down from playing in the NRL after he and his dad were found guilty of arming themselves with hammers and attacking a tradie.

The 21-year-old five-eighth and his 47-year-old father Talatau Amone were arrested in November last year after two tradesmen were confronted by three men armed with hammers in Warrawong, a suburb of Wollongong.

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