Liam Jurrah is facing court action in both SA and the Northern Territory. Picture: Derrick Den Hollander Source: Herald Sun
PORT Adelaide is ready to walk away from Liam Jurrah after the troubled former AFL star had a warrant issued for his arrest because he failed to attend court.
The high-flying former Melbourne footballer could not be contacted by his lawyer after he failed to attend Elizabeth Magistrates Court this morning.
Magistrate Joanne Tracey issued a warrant for Jurrah's arrest and ordered that he be refused police bail and be brought to court to face the charges for the first time.
Jurrah, who has been living in Adelaide since being delisted by Melbourne last year, was to have faced court today on separate charges of drink driving and aggravated assault.
Jurrah was pulled over by police and charged with driving with excess blood alcohol at Para Hills on January 14, when he allegedly recorded a blood alcohol level of 0.269 percent.
Police further charged Jurrah with the assault of a woman following an incident at Elizabeth North on January 29.
The gifted but wayward footballer was overlooked for a spot in Port Adelaide's AFL team and has failed to take up an offer to begin training with the Magpies' SANFL squad.
Port football operations manager Peter Rohde said Jurrah's latest indiscretion had dampened Port's interest.
"It's probably got to the stage where we're getting less and less comfortable about getting involved with him," Rohde said.
"Obviously he's got a lot going on outside of football, he has a lot to deal with.
"We made the offer for him to come and get on board with the Port Magpies program but he hasn't taken it up and we've been chasing him trying to find out where he's at.
"We will continue to offer what support we can but believe playing football cannot be a primary consideration for him at this time."
Rohde said that without football, Jurrah - from Yuendumu, 300km northwest of Alice Springs - could find life tough.
"In December he was with us for a few weeks and we spent a lot of time working with him," Rohde explained.
"We knew he had a lot of issues going on with his life but while he was with us we thought he was getting back on a decent keel and might settle down a bit.
"But our concern always was that if he wasn't in a footy program and didn't have good people around him his life could become embroiled in turmoil, which is the way things look at the moment."
On Australia Day, Jurrah was part of a group in which one person was arrested during celebrations at Elder Park but he was not charged with any offences.
Jurrah is also listed to stand trial in Alice Springs next month on serious assault charges stemming from an incident involving feuding families at the Yuendumu community in March last year.
Prosecutors allege Jurrah used weapons to strike his cousin Basil in the head with a machete and to assault another woman in the fight.
Jurrah's lawyer has previously claimed the footballer was the victim of "tall poppy syndrome" and that his client would fight and be acquitted of the charges.
Jurrah, who is an initiated member of the Walpiri people, became the first Aboriginal player from a remote central Australian community to play AFL, when he made his debut for the Demons in 2009.
He played 36 games for Melbourne and was awarded the Mark of the Year in 2010 for a spectacular leap against Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium.
When arrested by police, Jurrah will be brought to the Elizabeth court to face the latest charges and will be forced to make an application for release on bail.
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