A plot to sabotage the Blues with the leaking of an explicit sex video allegedly involving a NSW player has been slammed as a ‘‘a terrible thing to do’’ by NSWRL chief executive David Trodden.

The video, which has been seen by the Herald, went viral just as Fittler’s team boarded a plane to Brisbane on Monday for game one of the series against Queensland at Suncorp Stadium on Wednesday night.

Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, where the Blues go against the Maroons on Wednesday night. Credit:Michelle Smith

It was also sent to several media outlets and was soon in the hands of the NRL, which immediately launched an investigation. The alleged player, whom the Herald can’t name for legal reasons, is depicted in the video in a sex act with a woman while in the company of another man. A tagline describes the player as a “dirty dawg”.

The video appears to have been filmed several years ago.