{"id":153900,"date":"2025-09-19T07:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T07:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/153900\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T07:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T07:50:07","slug":"rlpa-raise-concerns-over-roosters-sanctions-to-victor-radley-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/153900\/","title":{"rendered":"RLPA raise concerns over Roosters sanctions to Victor Radley – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rugby League<\/a> Players Association (RLPA) have reportedly raised concerns over the sanctions put forward by the Sydney Roosters<\/a> against English international Victor Radley<\/a> on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Although Queensland police did not charge Radley after being implicated in an investigation into former teammate Brandon Smith<\/a>, the Roosters decided to impose a ten-match suspension without pay on the forward on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

While Radley agreed to the heavy sanctions put forward by the Roosters,\u00a0The Sydney Morning Herald <\/a>reports that the RLPA has since raised concerns that the club has not acted within the terms of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA).<\/p>\n

It is understood that the RLPA have begun making inquiries into the penalties and could potentially launch a complaint with the NRL<\/a>, per\u00a0News Corp.<\/a><\/p>\n

This is due to the punishment being out of the guidelines which could set a dangerous precedent heading forward into the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to sincerely apologise to the club, my teammates, our sponsors, Members and fans for the negative spotlight I have brought on the Roosters,” said Radley on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

“I accept the sanctions in full and will work hard to earn back the trust and respect of everyone who supports this great club.”<\/p>\n

As it stands, it is unclear if the Roosters are set to seek a salary cap exemption for Radley’s $150,000 (no-pay suspension) to be taken out of the salary cap, but the NRL<\/a> have confirmed to various news publications that they are within their right to do so.<\/p>\n

England<\/a> coach Shaun Wane<\/a> confirmed that Radley will be able to represent the nation in the Ashes series despite the suspension.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s available for England<\/a>. He’s been dealt with by the Sydney Rooster. So case closed for me,\u201d Wane told The Daily Telegraph.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rugby League Players Association (RLPA) have reportedly raised concerns over the sanctions put forward by the Sydney…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-153900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}