{"id":52422,"date":"2021-04-01T04:53:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T04:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=52422"},"modified":"2021-04-01T05:57:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T05:57:08","slug":"tszyu-fight-lands-tigers-star-in-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=52422","title":{"rendered":"Tszyu fight lands Tigers star in trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wests Tigers<\/a> centre James Roberts<\/a> could be in hot water after attending the Tim Tszyu v Dennis Hogan fight in Newcastle last night,<\/a> possibly breaching the NRL's biosecurity rules.<\/p>\n

NRL.com reports Roberts attended the bout, as did Parramatta's Will Smith, despite an email to all clubs on Wednesday that advised players were not permitted to be present.<\/p>\n

It's reported that Souths players Cody Walker and Latrell Mitchell were granted special dispensation to attend, as long as they wore masks and socially distanced.<\/p>\n

Roberts is not believed to have sought an exemption, and reportedly did not wear a mask.<\/p>\n

NRL protocols have been ramped up this week following the COVID-19 outbreak in Brisbane, with level-two restrictions in place.<\/p>\n

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That means players are required to wear a mask while indoors at public venues, while catching public transport is banned.<\/p>\n

The outbreak has already forced the NRL to relocate two of this weekend's matches,<\/a> with the Sharks-Cowboys and Titans-Raiders matches moved to Kogarah, while the Broncos relocated to Sydney earlier this week.<\/p>\n

The Broncos fly to Melbourne for tomorrow night's match,<\/a> before returning to Sydney for at least another week.<\/p>\n

The NRL has asked the Tigers to explain Roberts' actions. He has been named in the Tigers' squad to face Parramatta on Monday.<\/p>\n

The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a> reports a number of Newcastle players, along with coach Adam O'Brien, had been planning to attend the fight, but cancelled when the restrictions were introduced.<\/p>\n

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Exactly what sanction Roberts might face, if any, is not immediately clear. Last season Nathan Cleary was banned for two weeks<\/a> for failing to co-operate with the NRL's Integrity Unit's investigation into whether or not he broke social-distancing rules after a TikTok video emerged of the Penrith star with a group of women.<\/p>\n

Latrell Mitchell and Josh Addo-Carr were each fined $20,000, with a further $30,000 suspended, for an Easter camping trip to Mitchell's property at the height of the COVID-19 lockdown.<\/p>\n

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