The High Cost of Frenzy: Rugby League's Discipline Problem Runs Deep The recent match between the Cronulla Sutherland Sharks and the Melbourne Storm was a microcosm for the larger issue plaguing the National Rugby League (NRL): discipline.
As the two teams clashed, the game quickly descended into chaos, with multiple players being sin binned and placed on report for high shots and other reckless tackles.
The statistics are stark: Reuben Cotter, the Cowboys' forward, has already been charged twice this season and faces a ban that could rule him out of at least the first week of the finals.