Canberra Raiders winger and Rugby League Players' Association delegate Madison Bartlett has questioned why the NRL has failed to budge on advancing their collective bargaining agreement negotiations which has left players "frustrated".
The state of play between the two organisations gets messier and uglier as the weeks roll on without agreement since negotiations began last year.
Reports of the NRL threatening to end its annual $2 million "funding" of the RLPA - which actually comes via the players' agreed revenue share - have followed the players taping over the league's logo on jerseys last week, and a media boycott for game days launched...