Paul Gallen and all suspended Cronulla Sharks players banned by NRL from Dally M awards
EXCLUSIVE: The NRL has banned Origin skipper Paul Gallen and all of the suspended Cronulla Sharks players from the Dally M awards.
The NRL has banned Origin skipper Paul Gallen and all of the suspended Cronulla Sharks players from the Dally M awards.
Gallen was in line to win the representative players of the year before the NRL ruled he was ineligible.
The ban is expected to apply to the Brad Fittler Medal which Gallen was also favourite to win.
Fittler told The Sunday Telegraph last weekend Gallen should not get the award named in his honour.
“In my opinion, given the circumstances that he is suspended, he should be ineligible to win the medal,” he said.
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The Dally M rules state: “The game acknowledges that a player found guilty of a doping offence may be stripped of any award or be ruled ineligible to receive any award subject to the determination of the NRL.”
NRL CEO Dave Smith consulted Daily Telegraph editor Paul Whittaker before the decision was made.
The NRL will confirm the decision in a media release shortly.
Originally published as Paul Gallen and all suspended Cronulla Sharks players banned by NRL from Dally M awards
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