A snap, seven-day lockdown might delay it, but the Canberra Raiders board has asked Curtis Scott to appear before them after he was charged with assault for a Canberra nightclub fight.
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Initially that was due to occur next week, but that might now have to be pushed back until after the ACT government's lockdown ends - unless it can go ahead via Zoom.
Scott's already been sanctioned by the NRL, who fined him $15,000 and suspended for three games, but could face further punishment from the club as well.
That could include anything from no further action to having the rest of his contract torn up, which runs until the end of the 2023 season.
The Raiders board have been tough on off-field behaviour in the past, having sacked Todd Carney and Josh Dugan for indiscretions.
Scott was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm last week for an incident at Kokomo's in Civic on May 30.
The Canberra Times revealed CCTV footage of incident where the 23-year-old allegedly punched another man just before midnight.
Scott's due to appear in the ACT Magistrates Court on August 30.
He's on the outer with the Green Machine and there were no plans for him to join the team's Queensland bubble, which was looking increasingly likely to continue until the end of the 2021 season.
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The centre was linked with a switch to the Wests Tigers, but their interest cooled almost as soon as it began.
Canberra initially stood down Scott, who returned to Sydney to spend time with family.
But after completing two weeks of home isolation he was back training at Raiders HQ in Braddon - although that has now been suspended due to the ACT government's seven-day lockdown, which began on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the Raiders will look to honour their Mal Meninga Medallist and other award winners with a function in Canberra later in the year once the Green Machine have returned to the capital.
They cancelled their function this week - due to take place on September 13 - because the team could still be in Queensland if they hold onto their place in the top eight.
They're currently locked in a bottle with at least four other clubs for the final two play-off spots.
The Raiders face a tough run home, including games against top-six sides Manly and the Sydney Roosters, but went into round 22 in eighth spot.
Raiders chief executive Don Furner said they would look to honour their award winners in some way if they could.
Raiders enforcer Josh Papalii's a chance to win his fourth Mal Meninga Medal in a row after sharing last year's gong with Dally M Medallist Jack Wighton.
"We don't know if we're still going to be up there. You can't really book a venue and we can't even get MCs or talent," Furner said.
"They'll probably do what they did last year - do an internal awards up there - then we'll try to acknowledge it somehow in some other type of function."
It's looking increasingly likely the Raiders will play out all of their remaining games in Queensland after initially moving to the Gold Coast for four weeks - which ended after their 20-12 victory over St George Illawarra last week.
Furner said they were planning to be there until their season ended.
"I assume they will be, but I haven't got any more info on that," he said.
"We're going week-to-week. We're getting told where the venue is week-to-week."