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Miklos Bolza

Hammer attacker 'crushed' as court delays NRL return

Junior Amone faces a long wait for an NRL return after he and his father appealed their sentences. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

A former St George Illawarra player who hoped to have his sentence halved after being involved in a violent hammer attack has been left disappointed and waiting for his return to professional rugby league.

Junior Amone had been sentenced to a 24-month intensive correction order after he and his father confronted a tradesman who had parked on a neighbouring property in Warrawong, a suburb of Wollongong, in November 2022.

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