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Bronson Xerri has revealed he hasn't watched a minute of rugby league since he was handed a four-year ban in September 2020 for testing positive to steroids four months earlier.
The former Cronulla Sharks prodigy has begun his journey back into first-grade footy after signing a two-year deal with Canterbury and will be allowed back in the NRL from the 2024 season.
And Xerri told News Corp he hasn't exactly kept a close eye on rugby league over the past three years, choosing not to watch any games and 'not even Origin'.
Bronson Xerri has returned to training with the Bulldogs after being handed a four-year ban back in September 2020 for testing positive to steroids four months earlier
That is bound to change with the lightning-quick centre now back in training with the Bulldogs, after Canterbury supremo Phil Gould personally intervened to convince him to sign a two-year deal shortly before Christmas.
The contract, however, will not be officially registered unless Xerri passes every drug test between now and November.
The 22-year-old appealed the four-year ban which was subsequently upheld by the NRL Appeals Tribunal, but had largely remained tight-lipped over the doping scandal up until now.
Speaking to News Corp, however, the former Shark conceded the ban had taken a major toll on his mental
