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If a NRL player is banned for negotiating with R360, would it withstand legal scrutiny?

Darren Kane Sports Columnist October 24, 2025 — 3.30pm

If I were a director of the Australian Rugby League Commission and responsible for protecting its myriad interests and charting its destiny, I too would harbour a rampaging appetite for yanking every lever within reach to thwart a heist from Rugby 360 .

And I’d like to reckon I’d succeed in that quest and be the polar opposite of the security guards stationed inside The Louvre .

The ARLC has warned of 10-year bans for players who sign with – or even negotiate with – R360 . Whatever the finesse is in all this, the ARLC must proceed in a manner structured to withstand inevitable legal scrutiny. Otherwise, wha

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