{"id":295241,"date":"2025-11-19T17:05:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/295241\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T17:05:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:05:16","slug":"leading-nrl-player-agent-stepping-away-following-r360-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/295241\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading NRL player agent \u2018stepping away\u2019 following R360 threats"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems ARL Commission boss Peter V\u2019landys has put the fear of god not just through the NRL\u2019s playing ranks, but also its player agents as rumours continue to swirl around rebel rugby union competition R360.<\/p>\n

According to reports in the\u00a0Sydney Morning Herald\u00a0one of Australian rugby league\u2019s leading player managers\u00a0Clinton Schifcofske<\/a>\u00a0has declared he will not negotiate with R360 on behalf of players through concerns of being slapped with a career-threatening NRL ban.<\/p>\n

Schifcofske is a co-director of GS Sports Management alongside fellow director Steve Gillis, one of rugby league\u2019s most experienced and respected player agents.<\/p>\n

GS Sports currently has many of the game\u2019s biggest names on its books – significantly these include two stars who have been heavily linked to the rebel rugby union competition, Ryan Papenhuyzen and Zac Lomax.<\/p>\n

Both players have gained releases from their NRL clubs since the conclusion of the 2025 season, allowing the pair to explore other opportunities \u2018away from rugby league\u2019.<\/p>\n

Schifcofske\u2019s decision comes after repeated warnings from the NRL, threatening 10-year bans for agents and players who negotiate with R360.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m stepping away,\u201d Schifcofske confirmed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rules have changed so I have to play by the rules.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m still doing all their (Papenhuyzen\u2019s and Lomax\u2019s) NRL stuff if they choose to play in the NRL and I will do all their rugby for every other sanctioned competition around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201c(But for R360) they can get another agent or my advice was to get a lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other NRL stars currently managed by GS Sports include Adam Reynolds, Harry Grant, Ben Hunt, Cam Murray, Sam Walker and Jye Gray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It seems ARL Commission boss Peter V\u2019landys has put the fear of god not just through the NRL\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-295241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295241","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=295241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}