How 'ambush' sparked ugly player boycott threat

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The NRL trials adjacent period are successful jeopardy of being boycotted by a lightning onslaught from players.

Players and the RLPA are fuming with the NRL implicit the mode declaration negotiations person been handled successful caller months.

The players won't spell arsenic acold arsenic striking during the regular play - but spot boycotting the 2 rounds of meaningless trials arsenic an perfect mode of hurting the NRL.

"They won't perceive to america and person driven america to this point," an aggravated subordinate told Wide World of Sports.

"They ambushed america by announcing the wage headdress without adjacent informing oregon consulting us.

"Now they are trying to overgarment america retired arsenic greedy and money-hungry.

"Most of our claims are for helping retired players, the women successful the crippled and grassroots footy.

"We support hitting ceramic walls and request to amusement them that we mean business."

TEEN STAR WANTS OUT OF BRONCOS

Australian Schoolboys skipper Karl Oloapu has met with rival clubs aft being fixed support to negociate by the Broncos.

Oloapu is successful the mediate of a bitter conflict with Brisbane, refusing to bid with the nine aft claiming conditions successful his declaration were not met.

The Broncos stuck to their guns erstwhile Wide World of Sports revealed the quality a fewer months backmost but present realise the youngster is simply a mislaid origin for them aft helium declared "I volition ne'er play for Brisbane arsenic agelong arsenic I live".

Brisbane volition reluctantly fto him go, but privation a hefty transportation interest for his services.

Wayne Bennett and the Dolphins stay favourites to motion the 18-year-old sensation, but helium besides met with Bulldogs brag Phil Gould this week.

BIG DOG SUFFERS SETBACK

Marquee Bulldogs enlistee Viliame Kikau has had a insignificant setback to his mentation for his commencement successful the bluish and white.

Kikau wounded his quad astatine grooming past week and couldn't implicit the session, instantly putting the wounded connected ice.

It's a repetition wounded and caused the aesculapian unit immoderate concern, but erstwhile helium cooled down, it was deemed lone a insignificant strain.

The large feline volition instrumentality it casual astatine grooming for the adjacent mates of weeks and is simply a certainty to get a fewer minutes successful astatine slightest 1 of the Bulldogs' trials earlier the commencement of the play successful March.

FORMER NRL STAR EYES RETURN

Could erstwhile Warriors subordinate David Fusitu'a beryllium heading backmost to the NRL?

After 8 seasons with the Warriors, Fusitu'a moved to Super League past play but his clip with the Leeds nine hasn't been happy.

Still lone 28, Fusitu'a played conscionable 14 games for the nine successful 2022, scoring 5 tries.

Rumours persist that helium is not blessed successful England and helium was fixed an extended permission implicit the Christmas interruption to instrumentality location to New Zealand.

He was named to play successful a proceedings against Leigh past play but past mysteriously pulled retired astatine the past minute, allegedly due to the fact that of illness.

Word is helium is looking to person different ace astatine the NRL - depending connected whether Leeds volition fto him go.

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