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Peter V’landys insists NRL protects players, but that ‘naturally players can defend themselves’
ARL Commission chairman Peter V’landys has refuted players’ claims that the NRL is not doing enough to protect them, adamant it’s an overreach to say they will end up in hospital after being too scared to defend themselves.
Key points:
- Peter V’landys said 99 per cent of players were “fantastic” but the other 1 per cent did the wrong thing
- The Rugby League Players Association is seeking advice over the NRL’s plan to increase fines for off-field incidents
- V’landys said players were allowed to defend themselves and that any talk of players being put at risk was “scaremongering”
Corey Norman’s two-game ban with one suspended and a $20,000 fine for a street brawl shapes as a sticking point for the NRL and the players’ union, with Norman adamant…
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