NRL club delegates and players have today agreed that clubs need to take responsibility and be answerable for maintaining the strongest standards in terms of the behaviour of both players and officials.
At the same time they have acknowledged that the NRL should step in where clubs have failed to instigate appropriate preventative measures or where penalties handed down by clubs are found to be grossly inadequate.
Today’s meeting of a committee to discuss player behaviour guidelines brought together the NRL, the Rugby League Players Association and Chief Executives Steve Noyce, Shane Richardson and Todd Greenberg (Bruno Cullen provided input prior to the meeting).
“Everyone is committed to working on the issue of player behaviour as a game-wide issue,” NRL Chief Executive, Mr David Gallop, said today.
“The disappointing thing remains that most players are worthy ambassadors for the game and it is clear that they are disappointed in the actions of a small handful.
“Everyone accepts that we should keep working to a consistent approach in terms of penalties but it is equally important to recognise that we are dealing with a very inconsistent range of circumstances.
“There was clear agreement that the responsibility and indeed the ability to deal with issues in the first instance rests with the club and that an independent tribunal would be impractical.
“The NRL wishes to be involved only when the penalty of the club is manifestly inadequate and there is a need to protect the reputation of the game.
“We discussed a number of options today that may assist clubs and players in better understanding the sort of penalties and codes that are being enforced.
“It is an area that we will discuss further in the weeks ahead at club Chief Executive and Board level.”
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