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Ugle-Hagan, amid dealing with personal issues away from the game, has been on a “flexible” training itinerary for multiple months.
Herald Sun journalist Lauren Wood reported the 22-year-old missed a pair of planned sessions this week but stressed the Bulldogs were accepting of his absence.
“He has missed scheduled sessions on both Monday and Tuesday,” Wood told Fox Footy’s Midweek Tackle on Tuesday.
“Now, the big thing here is that he has been in communication with the club over the last couple of days as to why he missed those sessions. The club is saying they’re OK with it, but I think at the heart of this is that they were scheduled sessions.
“Things have been going really well for the better part of three or four weeks now. He’d been back at training, turning up regularly since that Indigenous All Stars camp in Perth, but has missed scheduled sessions over the last 48 hours.”
Fellow Herald Sun journalist Jon Ralph added: “The problem here is the lack of trust, and it goes both ways. So, maybe he just woke up, didn’t feel great, got out of bed and said ‘I’m not coming into training’.
“But on that Monday morning, his coach (Luke Beveridge) had been, not critical of him, but suggested that it’s going to be a long, long way back for him, and he has to win the trust back.
“In their heart of hearts, they don’t quite trust him yet.”
Wood added: “I think that is what is at the heart of this; there is that trust issue that comes with it … missing those scheduled sessions, it is the communication that is the big thing that the club is hanging this on, talking to them late today.”
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