'Incredibly scary': 'Carnage' behind pay war

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The brag of the Rugby League Players' Association says helium volition "not apologise for going aft what is just and reasonable" amid the stand-off implicit a caller corporate bargaining agreement.

Negotiations betwixt the NRL and the players continue, with the play conscionable weeks distant from kicking off.

On Friday the players agreed not to instrumentality enactment during the weekend's proceedings matches, which could person included delaying kick-off times and covering NRL logos.

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RLPA brag Clint Newton told Radio 2GB that determination came connected the backmost of "really affirmative progress" in negotiations.

One of the sticking points has been a aesculapian enactment money for retired players, with players presently lone covered for 12 months aft they decorativeness playing.

"They cognize the risks that travel with playing the game. Their vocation tin beryllium implicit astatine immoderate moment," Newton said.

"It would beryllium similar maine knocking connected your doorway time greeting and saying, spell and get different job, spell and find thing other due to the fact that for immoderate crushed you are nary longer capable to bash your job.

"That's thing that tin beryllium incredibly scary for players, and we volition not apologise for going aft what is just and reasonable."

The NRL wants 50-50 power implicit the aesculapian fund, a constituent Newton pushed backmost on, noting the RLPA has a committee and governance exemplary that tin forestall the strategy being rorted.

"Absolutely they tin person input, determination is nary contented with the NRL being portion of these funds, I deliberation it would beryllium large to person them connected there, due to the fact that they'll spot immoderate of the carnage that is going connected successful the industry," Newton said.

"But yet it is the players' stock of revenue. They are responsibly distributing funds distant from wage to put successful these areas.

"We're warring for funds that cricket and AFL and different US codes person had for 2 decades.

"If it's not now, when?"

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