Star NRL ball boys warned 'they need to comply'

NRL Head of Football Graham Annesley has urged players acting arsenic shot boys to "not get excessively exuberant" and commencement "barracking oregon cheering" for their teammates.

Last weekend's fixtures saw a fig of high-profile players, including prima Manly duo Jake and Tom Trbojevic, enactment arsenic shot boys.

It's a relation progressively being handed to players owed to the tightened COVID-19 protocols that forestall radical from extracurricular the 'bubble' coming into the cleanable portion connected lucifer days.

And owed to immoderate of the biggest names successful the crippled being rested successful Round 18 pursuing State of Origin III, the spotlight was connected the likes of the Trbojevic brothers arsenic they carried retired an uncharacteristic role, which typically falls to children who person nary overt nine affiliations.

Taane Milne's opening effort for South Sydney during their triumph against the Bulldogs saw rested Blues prima Latrell Mitchell, acting arsenic a shot boy, observe with the winger aft his scoring effort.

Annesley said helium understood the concern players are successful with the Queensland relocation and unit brought connected by the COVID-19 outbreaks impacting Australia, but said it was important players complied with the "high-level protocols."

Brothers Jake and Tom Trbojevic enactment arsenic shot boys during Manly's clash connected the weekend. (Getty)

"I recognize however antithetic the circumstances are astatine the moment, we're successful a concern wherever clubs are distant from their mean location, they're efficaciously successful quarantine," Annesley said.

"There are precise high-level protocols they request to comply with and that includes connected lucifer day.

"We person players who would usually beryllium sitting successful the players' enclosure watching games who haven't been chosen successful the starting lineup, who are acting arsenic shot boys and assorted different roles that they mightiness beryllium utilised to assistance during the people connected lucifer day.

"When you're successful the role, peculiarly arsenic shot boy... successful presumption of what you tin and can't bash erstwhile you're successful that role, you request to stay rather controlled, not get excessively exuberant, not commencement barracking oregon cheering, oregon encouraging oregon directing, issuing instructions.

"You surely can't get progressive successful immoderate celebrations aft tries person been scored. You surely can't get progressive successful immoderate altercations that mightiness instrumentality place. You've got to stay constrained and bash the occupation you've been asked to."

Graham Annesley (Getty)

Annesley confirmed the NRL would beryllium sending retired a reminder to clubs aboriginal contiguous regarding the matter.

"I cognize it's not their mean occupation and I cognize we're asking a batch of them, and they're nether a batch of duress being distant from home, but it is thing they request to support successful the backmost of their minds that the relation they're undertaking, truthful they don't find themselves successful immoderate trouble. That's the past happening immoderate of america want," helium said.

"We volition beryllium taking that up with the clubs aboriginal today."

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