Jul 17th, 2017

Jul 17th, 2017

NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg has taken a thinly-veiled swipe at the NRL players who wore player’s union hats during the lead up to the deciding State of Origin clash.

With a new pay deal for players approaching, the Rugby League Players’ Association used the biggest game of the year to get the message across that the players were united in their push for better conditions.

However, the decision to wear caps with the letter RLPA on them didn’t set will with head office.

Maroons forward Tim Glasby wearing his RLPA hat during the State of Origin series. (AAP)

''My personal opinion of that is that wasn’t a good look for the players, or the game,’’ Greenberg said.

''But again, they’re decisions that players will make.’’

The issue of dispute between Australia’s elite sportspeople and their governing bodies has been brought into sharp focus by the ongoing divide between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association.

Australia’s domestic and international cricketers haven’t been paid since July 1 after the two bodies failed to agree to a new Memorandum of Understanding.

League fans will be hoping the tension that exists between the NRL and the RLPA doesn’t end up in the same dark place that cricket now finds itself in.