The NRL and NSW Police are investigating around a dozen St George Illawarra players who broke stay-at-home orders to attend a party at forward Paul Vaughan’s house.
The Dragons confirmed that some players were under investigation, with the number who attended the party in Shellharbour on Saturday believed to be between 10 and 15.
The NRL and Police were speaking to those in attendance on Sunday morning.
Any party would have been a clear breach of not only NSW law, but also the game’s bubble.
Key in the NRL’s investigation is whether any visitors to the house were not part of the Dragons’ bubble, given that would make for a NRL biosecurity issue and force a two-week isolation period.
At this stage it is believed that was not the case, but the players may still face fines and bans.
The incident is particularly badly timed, as the NRL is in negotiations with state governments, seeking access across closed borders to allow the competition to continue.
“The integrity unit is speaking with the club and the players involved,” an NRL spokesman said.
“The NRL will follow the advice of the game’s biosecurity experts.”
Cronulla veteran Josh Dugan was last week hit with a $25,000 fine and two weeks isolation for attending a Sydney restaurant after the NRL’s bubble was put in place.
It marks the second time Vaughan has found himself under investigation for a biosecurity breach, after missing two games for visiting a cafe last year.
“St George Illawarra are aware of a NSW state government stay-at-home order and NRL biosecurity breach involving a number of players,” the club said in a statement.
“The Dragons will not make comment at this time, while the investigation into the matter with the NRL Integrity Unit and NSW Police continues.”
Marko
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:silly:
Robert Marciniak
Guest
Great :thumbup:
danish habib mughal
Guest
:silly:
Sousou Somia
Roar Rookie
:thumbup:
Mausam Saini
Guest
Nice :happy:
Abdelhadi
Guest
Très bien dit
Sukhmanee
Guest
Nice
zaki
Guest
hi
DP Schaefer
Roar Rookie
True, Roosters wouldn't have it. similar Melbourne. And no wonder they are consistently up near the top.
Rossi
Roar Rookie
Uncle Nick would have sent a paper bag to Pete, who would've said "we've given them an exemption as they've had soany concussions they didn't know what they were doing". In all fairness though Roosters wouldn't do this rubbish (with the exception of Radley maybe)
Rossi
Roar Rookie
More proof he is paid far too much
Tony
Roar Guru
:crying:
Paul
Roar Guru
The doctor from Indonesia summed it up as " herd stupidity, no-one cares nor has a sense of crisis". That sounds about right for these people assuming this story is accurate.
c
Roar Rookie
fair to say these people have little intelligence
Tim Carter
Roar Pro
Lead Lemming?
DP Schaefer
Roar Rookie
yeah, wouldn't hurt to have of the 'influence' the chooks have.
Tony
Roar Guru
:laughing:
no one in particular
Roar Guru
there were people other then the players and police in attendance, which means they can't be in the same house as it broke NRL bubble restrictions
DP Schaefer
Roar Rookie
I'll take dummy half, I'm there already...
Rabbitz
Roar Guru
Actually, yes. The neighbours called the police, who attended and gave move on orders (and further investigations resulting in PINS) which means there were people from outside the NRL bubble in attendance on the night i.e. the police officers.