Footy star Junior Amone cops a $500,000 blow after being found guilty of savage hammer attack that left a tradie seriously injured

St George Illawarra star Junior Amone's $500,000 contract with the Dragons will be torn up after the playmaker accepted the NRL's decision to de-register him.

The 21-year-old received a notice to cancel his registration on December 19 and was given until Wednesday to appeal.

According to reports on Thursday, Amone will not challenge the decision.

It is not certain whether he will be allowed to return to the NRL at all, and he is now expected to stay away from the game for at least 12 months before he can make his case for a return.

Junior Amone and his father Talatau Amone were found guilty in Wollongong Local Court in October of a series of charges including assault relating to an incident outside their family home in Warrawong in November 2022.

Junior Amone and his father Talatau were found guilty of the November 2022 attack in Warrawong on the NSW south coast

Talatau Amone pleaded not guilty to damaging property, intimidation, entering a building or grounds with intent to commit an indictable offence, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Magistrate Gabriel Fleming described the pair's behavior as 'appalling' as she sentenced the father and son individually for their roles during the heated confrontation.

Talatau Amone was sentenced to two and a half years behind bars, with a non-parole period of twelve months.

“There is an ongoing failure to understand the consequences of his violent actions,” Ms Fleming said of his behaviour.

“There's no insight, there's no remorse, there's no indication that the community would be safer if he served it in the community.”

Junior Amone was sentenced to a two-year Intensive Corrections Order, a prison sentence to be served in the community.

Ms Fleming said the NRL player's behavior was “appalling”.

“You armed yourself with a hammer, the victims were vulnerable, the victim was on a roof with nowhere to go,” she said.

Amone (pictured with his father) was sentenced to a two-year intensive correction order

Mrs Fleming told the court it was a 'tragedy'. The conviction affects the 21-year-old's playing career and finances as he supports his family both in Australia and abroad.

“I think it's a tragedy that this could jeopardize your entire future in the profession you love,” she said.

“It's your tragedy, not mine.”

Both men were each fined $1,000 for damaging a car and will have to pay their share of $13,481 in damages.

Ms Fleming found the pair guilty of all charges in October after the court was told tradesmen Jai King and Dean West were working on a house opposite Amone's home when they became involved in an argument with a group of men about a Nissan Navara parked in a parking lot. nature strip.

The court was told Talatau Amone had elbowed the rear view mirror into the vehicle and turned off the turn signal.

The Dragons star must now serve 300 hours of community service

Junior Amone then jumped onto the roof of the vehicle, the court was told, as his father abused and threatened the traffickers.

Mrs Fleming found Junior Amone and then climbed onto the roof of the building where the men were working, wielding a hammer. Mr King jumped to a neighboring roof to escape the pair, falling and crashing into an air conditioning unit on the way down.

He suffered serious injuries, including a broken hand.

Mr King told the court his attacker was tall, muscular and had a thin moustache.

Although the magistrate said the description alone did not positively identify Junior Amone, other evidence tied him to the crime scene and convinced her beyond a reasonable doubt that he was the man who chased Mr. King off the roof.

Ms Fleming took into account that Junior Amone was seen on CCTV at Sydney Airport earlier in the day wearing clothing matching the description given by the victim and his fingerprints were found on the vehicle.