RADIO broadcaster Alan Jones has taken aim at the NRL after the former Balmain coach was punted from the Immortals judging panel without notice.

According to The Daily Telegraph’s Phil Rothfield, Jones met with NRL awards manager Frank Puletua earlier this year when he was told he would place his votes for the next inductees on Tuesday, July 31 ahead of the announcement on August 1.

Jones reportedly only found out he’d been dumped from the panel after his assistant called the NRL to get the details of the voting day, only to be told two days before that he wasn’t needed.

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“In relation to this Immortals selection panel, I have been given the shaft and (NRL CEO) Todd Greenberg the gold mine,” Jones posted to Twitter on Monday morning.

“No one spoke to me except to waste an hour of my time inviting me.

“But who gives a rats. The only thing immortal about the administration is its incompetence.

“Just thinking of this Immortals fiasco and the Rugby League.

“I guess it’s another case of plumbers trying to do open-heart surgery. Not up to it.”

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In relation to this Immortals selection panel, I have been given the shaft and Todd Greenberg the gold mine.



No one spoke to me except to waste an hour of my time inviting me.



But who gives a rats. The only thing immortal about the administration is its incompetence.#NRL — Alan Jones (@AlanJones) July 29, 2018

Just thinking of this Immortals fiasco and the Rugby League.



I guess it’s another case of plumbers trying to do open-heart surgery. Not up to it.#NRL — Alan Jones (@AlanJones) July 29, 2018

The Immortals concept was started by Rugby League Week in 1981, but was taken over by the NRL after the magazine closed in 2017.

The ninth and 10th inductees will be named on Wednesday night, with the shortlist including Dally Messenger, Frank Burge, Dave Brown, Brian Bevan, Duncan Hall, Ken Irvine, Norm Provan, Ron Coote, Mal Meninga and Darren Lockyer.

Among the concept’s overhaul will be the judging panel, which now includes the likes of Ray Warren, Phil Gould, Ian Heads, Bob Fulton, Steve Crawley, Andrew Johns and Wally Lewis.

Greenberg put himself on the panel which “raised a few eyebrows”, according to Rothfield.

Those axed from the panel include veteran commentator Ray Hadley, Rothfield, and bizarrely, founding RLW editor Geoff Prenter.