NRL news: infamous pandemic party pad of prop Paul Vaughan – the home of BBQ gate – for rent
NRL fans can relive one of the code’s most controversial Covid dramas, with the pandemic party pad of former Dragons star Paul Vaughan – the home of BBQ gate – up for lease.
The infamous pandemic party house of former St George Dragon prop Paul Vaughan has been put up for lease, given his relocation to the UK.
It’s the Shellharbour home where Vaughan hosted 12 teammates in July last year for a barbecue in contravention of health rules.
After breaking the biosecurity rules of the NRL and NSW government, Vaughan was banned for eight games and fined $50,000, then having his contract terminated, just five games off playing 100 games for the club.
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His St George teammates, some of whom scampered away into the night to evade the police, incurred fines totalling $305,000 under Covid lockdown laws that have now been pretty much scrapped.
Vaughan, who went on to play 24 games for the Canterbury Bulldogs this year, has signed on at the Super League club Warrington.
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He’s seeking $1395 a week for the home, with the listing advising it will be available in November.
Signalling the 31-year-old prop’s plans overseas, the home was advertised for a six-month minimum, but with up to two years available.
Located just one street back from the ocean, the five-bedroom home features a central family room, dining and kitchen, which opens through bi-fold doors to an alfresco overlooking the pool, recently retiled with sandstone-look pavers.
It adjoins a cabana, spa, and cubby house on the 675sq m block.
Vaughan paid $1.382m for the renovated 1960s-built home.
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Originally published as NRL news: infamous pandemic party pad of prop Paul Vaughan – the home of BBQ gate – for rent
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