Despite pressure to adopt a "no jab, no play"
policy, the ARL Commission has revised a vaccination waiver clause to
allow NRL players to play if they refuse to get a flu shot.
However, ARLC chairman Peter V'landys has warned players who do not sign the altered waiver will be banned.
The
governing body on Thursday tinkered with the clause after it emerged
Canberra trio Josh Papalii, Sia Soliola and Joseph Tapine refused to
sign the waiver on religious grounds and Gold Coast's Bryce Cartwright
defiantly rejected vaccination.
Overall
three per cent of NRL players refused a flu shot that formed part of
strict biosecurity measures that will allow the league's resumption on
May 28.
