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Ivan Cleary claims he had no intention of questioning the referees' integrity after having 20 thousand Australian dollars extracted from his wallet by the NRL

Ivan Cleary claims he had no intention of questioning the referees' integrity after having 20 thousand Australian dollars extracted from his wallet by the NRL

11 August 2020 - article from www.rugbyleague.co.nz

The governing body served him with a breach notice for saying Canberra were "managed" back into Saturday's game by officials when several second-half calls went in the Raiders' favour.

The Panthers held on to win, but Cleary's comments were labelled "deplorable" by ARL Commission chairman Peter V'Landys.

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