Ricky Stuart maintains the RLPA used NRL players in their game-day media boycott as tensions continue to rise around collective bargaining agreement talks.
NRL players will shun media commitments on match days with the union demanding the game's administrators meet with them and an industrial relations mediator.
More money is not the issue, the RLPA says, but there are concerns over specific areas of the pay deal including managing its own funds and the NRL's ability to lengthen the season without approval.