The NSWRL code of conduct states that registered participants are precluded from gambling on league matches.
“No club, team or person bound by this rule shall participate or be involved in any way, in gambling in relation to a match (whether, in each case, as to its outcome, its course or otherwise) or the progress of a team in the NRL competition, the National Youth competition, the NSW Cup competition, the Ron Massey Cup competition, the Sydney Shield Competition, the SG Ball competition, the Harold Matthews competition, their respective counterpart competitions in the QRL, or any of either the NRL or NSWRL representative matches or Queensland representative matches,” the code of conduct states.
The North Sydney Bears, a feeder club to the Melbourne Storm, are attempting to return to the top flight via a partnership with a prospective Perth-based franchise. They were sitting three points clear of their rivals at the time this masthead broke news of the Weisner incident, but have now slipped into second behind Canberra on for-and-against.
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Weisner, who spent time in the English Super League before going into coaching, replaced Jason Taylor as Bears coach this season. The 42-year-old had previously made headlines when he claimed, after being sacked as Blacktown Workers coach, that players were given “cash payments in envelopes”, potentially leading to players being improperly taxed or forgoing superannuation entitlements.
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