NRL accused of 'illegal' act at player meeting

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The Rugby League Players Association has sensationally accused a elder NRL worker of illegally signaling a closed gathering with players past week.

The Sydney Morning Herald and the Age broke the news that a missive was sent to ARLC president Peter V'landys connected Tuesday detailing the allegations.

RLPA seat Deidre Anderson wrote the letter, which alleges NRL brag Andrew Abdo showed up to a Leaders successful League league connected Friday accompanied by an uninvited unit member.

"What past followed is thing abbreviated of amerciable which, connected its face, earnestly calls into question the integrity of the NRL, its enforcement and its culture," Anderson's missive reads.

"I americium instructed that a subordinate (who I volition not name), raised concerns with RLPA unit that (the employee) was covertly signaling the league connected [their] phone. The subordinate raised the interest based connected their knowing that attendees were not permitted to grounds these discussions.

"An RLPA unit subordinate queried with (the official) arsenic to whether [they were] recording, which (the official) denied (twice). Upon further enquiry by the unit member, [they] lifted [their] telephone (which was look down) and realised that the surface intelligibly showed that a signaling was taking place.

"[They] past asked to talk to the unit subordinate outside, and the 2 near the country successful afloat presumption of each players successful attendance.

"Once outside, (the official) admitted to signaling the speech and acknowledged it was inappropriate for [them] to beryllium doing so.

"Further, (the employee) stated that [they] had been acting nether the acquisition of different NRL executive. After the session, [RPLA CEO] Clint [Newton] addressed the substance separately with (the official) and Andrew (Abdo), and advised that the playing radical and the RLPA are alert of the incidental owed to the nationalist quality of what unfolded, and that the RLPA volition request to appropriately see our options with adjacent steps fixed the seriousness of the matter.

"Now I don't consciousness I request to authorities however concerning these actions were. The deliberate and covert quality of the signaling is breath-taking. It is immoral, unethical and illegal.

"There was nary consent granted to record. In fact, nary effort to question consent occurred."

The NRL has been contacted for comment.

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