NRL to introduce fines and suspensions for players who waste time when sin-binned

Players who deliberately waste time leaving the field after being sent to the sin bin are facing fines and suspensions from next year.

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Players who deliberately waste time leaving the field after being sent to the sin bin are facing fines and suspensions from next year.

The NRL Competition committee was scathing last week of the practice which saw some players take more than a minute to leave the field in 2018.

It has proposed that a new time limit of 25 seconds be set to leave the field.

It will be discussed at the upcoming meeting of coaches and the ARL Commission.

Taking an age to leave the field has become ubiquitous for sin-binned players. Photo by Matt King/Getty Images.

A shot clock would be displayed on the scoreboard from the moment the player is sent to the bin.

Anyone arguing with the referee would risk going over the limit.

The competition committee said players who take too long to leave the field should be hit with a grade one contrary conduct charge which carries a fine of $1500.

Any player who receives a third contrary conduct for any offence during the season cannot be fined and would be suspended instead.

Three contrary conduct charges can result in a suspension. AAP Image/Darren Pateman.

The competition committee comprises of the likes of Mal Meninga, Darren Lockyer, Ivan Cleary, Paul Green, and Greg Inglis.

There talk of additional for players who argue with the referees and then dawdle off the field.

If, for example, a player took 40 seconds to leave the field of play, and extra 15 seconds would be added to their 10 minutes in the sin-bin.

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