The RLPA, like the Broncos, is now taking advice from BHQ. Following the mass outcry from one unnamed BHQ member, the RLPA is asking the NRL to BTFO with the massive fines being handed out to players. Apparently fines went up 500% last season and they've had a complete and utter gutful of it.
And no wonder.
They've also urged the NRL not to bring in any more stupid fucking rules, but to keep the six-again, and to revert to penalties for deliberate infringements inside the defending team’s 20m zone, on tackle one or tackle two.
Cherry-Evans even suggested bringing back the scrum when the ball goes into touch. He reckons when they switched to the play-the-balls, it fucked up their chance to put on a show in broken play.
RLPA player operations manager Tom Symonds:
“It was a positive meeting. I think it was an open forum to put our views on the table so in that sense it was pretty positive. It is pretty much a consensus that not too much more change is needed on the rules. If you ask the coaches and even the NRL, you get a sense that they are thinking enough has gone on and we need to give it a chance to breathe.”
McHunt