The Cowboys star is facing further sanction from his own club on top of the NRL penalty. But he will only have to pay one of the fines in a quirk of the new industrial deal.
Valentine Holmes is facing further sanction from the Cowboys over the white bag scandal, but the Test star will be the first NRL player to avoid double jeopardy under the game’s new industrial deal.
Yet Holmes will escape with paying just the one amount - the higher of the two fines - under a new condition in the collective bargaining agreement which means players can’t have penalties aggregated. North Queensland’s board is expected to reach a decision on Holmes’ case within days after being dragged into the scandal just a week after the Cowboys bowed out of the finals race with aCowboys star Valentine Holmes is preparing to accept a one-game ban and $25,000 fine from the NRL.“We have not reached a sanction,” North Queensland chief executive Jeff Reibel said on Thursday. “Val was requested to, and has appeared before the board.
The Kangaroos are facing a centre shortage with Tom Trbojevic, Latrell Mitchell, Jack Wighton and Campbell Graham all unavailable. Bradman Best and Kotoni Staggs, who represented Tonga last year, have surged into contention.
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