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Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V’landys has revealed the governing body’s stance to the players’ union demands that were revealed on Monday.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported the game’s leading players put forward the 10 demands during talks with the NRL before they agreed to a pay cut proposal.

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Those points were put to V’landys during an interview on Fox League Live on Monday and this is what he had to say:

1. NRL is transparent over what money it retains after giving cash to clubs.

V’landys: “Totally agree with them.”

2. Ability to audit the NRL finances.

V’landys: “Absolutely. Welcome it.”

3. NRL guarantee to repay the 2018 and 2019 retirement funds.

V’landys: “That’s agreed, but it’s the timing of that repayment with the available cash that we have.”

4. Players get a minimum of 29.5 per cent of any extra revenues made by the NRL.

V’landys: “Yep, agreed.”

5. Forthcoming years of every current player contract is guaranteed.

V’landys: “I’ll have to double check that one but I don’t think there’s a problem with that.”

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6. Any changes to salary cap and pay for 2021 or after are agreed upon by the RLPA.

V’landys: “That one, again, is a negotiable point.”

7. Clubs continue to pay private medical insurance.

V’landys: “Yes, agreed.”

8. Agreement of representative fees for 2020.

V’landys: “That one, we probably can’t agree at this point.”

9. The RLPA wants direct involvement in talks with broadcasters and over how the schedule and structure of the NRL looks.

V’landys: “Agreed, we want them at the table.”

10. The RLPA wants involvement in talks about other revenue streams the game can look at.

V’landys: “Yep, agreed. Transparency is your friend. We’ll be as transparent as we can to all our participants — players and clubs — and that’s what we’ve got to do into the future.”

V’landys said he was confident the players would agree to their proposal.

“The players are looking at the deal tonight so hopefully we’ll have an answer tomorrow,” he said.

“I think they’re comfortable with what we put forward.”

One player who has been involved in talks with the NRL is Cronulla’s Wade Graham who rejected reports that negotiations had been heated.

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“All conversations I’ve been involved in have been really constructive,” Graham told Fox League Live.

“I know there are some narratives out there that it’s been confrontational but that’s not the feeling I’ve had from it.

“As long as I’ve been in the game, this is the most I’ve seen every aspect of the game.

“We’re all on the same page. There’s obviously some tough conversations, but that’s just the reality of the situation, but everyone’s doing their best to progress it and be productive.

“We all understand we need to be in this together otherwise the game isn’t going to survive.”

Graham said he had been impressed with how V’landys was handling the situation.

“I heard Peter speak before I jumped on and I couldn’t agree more with someone like that in charge, the way he operates, the way he handles himself, you can’t help but gain confidence from a man like that,” he said.

“He fronted up to all our question we had in the conference call and any answer he didn’t have the answer to he said he’d have a look at it and come back to us.

“We are progressing in the right direction.”