2026 NRL General Discussion Thread

More like bald, its taken almost as long as George Costanza's age in the Seinfeld pilot.
 
That paragraph is like they were trying to make a word count for an essay.
 
• Chris Orr suspended for six months and fined $10,000. Orr’s stable includes the likes of Brown, Mitch Barnett, Ryan Matterson, and Jason Taumalolo. The NRL said Orr breached the code of conduct “following a physical altercation with agent Nash Dawson following the Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League Championships in 2024. It was also alleged Orr failed to co-operate with the NRL Integrity Unit.”

• Nash Dawson suspended for nine months and fined $15,000. Dawson looks after the likes of Walsh, Xavier Coates, Isaiah Iongi, Rob Toia and Ezra Mam. The NRL said Dawson was banned “following a physical altercation with agent Chris Orr following the Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League Championships in 2024. It was also alleged Dawson failed to co-operate with the NRL Integrity Unit.”

• Mario Tartak suspended for 12 months and fined $25,000. Tartak’s stable includes Damien Cook, Haumole Olakau’atu, Josh Addo-Carr and Tallyn Da Silva. The NRL said Tartak “communicated with an underage player without a parent and/or legal guardian being present. It was also alleged that Tartak entered into a commercial arrangement with two NRL Clubs, in breach of the NRL Accredited Agent Scheme Rules.”

• Matt Desira suspended for 6 months and fined $10,000. Desira looks after Jayden Campbell, Greg Marzhew and Bronson Xerri. He is also Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall’s agent. The NRL said his ban was because of “non-reporting and dishonesty following police charges and court proceedings which were brought against Desira.”

Fighting at a school carnival in Port Macquarie- the sort of classy work you'd want representing your son or daughter.
 
Pretty poor for the last one, that should probably be a de-registration.
 
Sproj said:
Pretty poor for the last one, that should probably be a de-registration.
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The Tartak one is seriously dodgy, but no doubt managers are doing it everywhere (Uncle Nick).

Player managers are meant to be about the player, but entering into commercial arrangements with clubs means they will push their players to those clubs whether it's a good deal for the player or not.
 
The NRL has fined the Sydney Roosters over salary cap breaches from the 2025 season, while the Melbourne Storm have been fined for breaking team selection protocols.

The Roosters fine relates to their supplementary list

I believe the Storm relates to selection of Train and Trial players before round 11 (without the required NRL approval)
 
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