Social media messages between Jayden Okunbor and a schoolgirl reveal how the Bulldogs star engaged with a Port Macquarie teenager during a pre-season trip that ended in scandal.

The following exchange illustrates why the NRL and the Bulldogs have issued two Bulldogs players — Jayden Okunbor and Corey Harawira-Naera — with show causes notices as to why they should not have their registrations suspended or cancelled.

Using Instagram, Okunbor responds to a direct message from the girl he met on a school visit.

Using Instagram, the teenage girl asks Okunbor: “Having a good stalk?

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The Bulldogs winger replies: “Yeah had to have a good look, what are we doing tonight?

The teenage girl replies: “You ;)”.

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Jayden Okunbor text message thread with schoolgirl. Source: Instagram

Jayden Okunbor plays on the wing for the Bulldogs. Source: Getty Images

The Bulldogs winger then responds: “Okay, okay, we’re you at the school today?

The teenager replies: “Sure was.”

The girl in question then posts a photograph of her with the Bulldogs winger and another Bulldogs player either side of her.

Okunbor then responds: “Okay” with smiley faces and love heart emoji eyes.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports the screenshot was taken from the schoolgirl’s phone and has been seen by both the Bulldogs and the NRL.

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The leaked message thread comes as it was revealed one of the two players stood down is revealed to have also had a sexual encounter with a teacher from one of the local Port Macquarie schools during the same pre-season trip.

The teacher involved is not believed to have been from the same high school as the students, but it is understood she met the player on a separate school visit.

The pair face “heavy penalties” after the club stood them breaching the NRL’s code of conduct and did not name them in the Bulldogs’ team to play the Eels in Thursday night’s season opener.

Channel 9’s Danny Weidler gave further details on Wednesday morning, saying that “heavy penalties” were looming for the players.

Weidler told the Big Sports Breakfast about how the players came into contact with the girls.

“The two players’ circumstances are different. I’ve been told only one of the players met the girl on a school visit – that’s Jayden Okunbor,” Weidler said.

“Corey Harawira-Naera met a schoolgirl independently of the situation.”

The Bulldogs gave a press conference featuring chief executive Andrew Hill and coach Dean Pay on Wednesday, but refused to answer questions due to the ongoing investigation by the NRL’s Integrity Unit.

Harawira-Naera and Okunbor have both been issued with show-cause notices by the NRL after Canterbury-Bankstown self-reported the incident to the game’s governing body.

Club CEO Andrew Hill confirmed Wednesday morning the two players did take the girls back to the team hotel.

“First, the matters that are the subject of the ongoing NRL disciplinary process occurred during the recent visit to Port Macquarie,” Hill said during a press conference.

“Second, I can confirm that the breaches do relate to players bringing young females of a consensual age back to the team hotel. The club wishes to reiterate that while neither player is the subject of a current police investigation, these are very concerning matters that the club has treated very seriously.”