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.

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…