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Ten-Year Ban for Australian Rugby League Players Joining 'Counterfeit' R360

On Wednesday, the Australian Rugby League Commission announced a 10-year ban on any NRL player or NRL-registered player agent who negotiates or signs with unrecognised competitions, including verbal agreements.
Facing non-recognition, R360, fronted by Mike Tindall, has been refused sanction by major rugby union organisations and called `out of a Cornflakes box` by ARLC chairman Peter V'landys.
NRL stars including premiership-winning Broncos star Payne Haas, Zac Lomax and Ryan Papenhuyzen have been linked to R360, which offered contracts up to $2m a season and plans eight men's teams and four women's teams next year.
Peter V'landys, ARLC chairman, said the commission must protect rugby league's future and warned that if plans fail, it's the players who suffer most; Andrew Abdo, NRL chief executive, said the policy reflects a united stance of the commission and NRL clubs.
Facing cross-code unity, the rugby unions of New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, England, Scotland, France and Italy earlier this month questioned R360's player welfare plans, while R360 said it aims to fit the existing global rugby union calendar.

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The Saturday Paper

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ESPN

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'Fresh opportunities': R360 boss hits back at NRL

The boss of R360 has swiftly hit back at the NRL, labelling "threats" of 10-year bans for players joining the breakaway competition as "sadly" predictable as the Super League-style war continues to escalate.

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‘Restraint of trade’: Lawyer raises concerns about NRL’s 10-year ban

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The Independent

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Le Figaro

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