The NRL has cleared Gold Coast participant AJ Brimson of any wrongdoing after investigating a photograph of a suspicious wager slip.
The Titans confirmed the information on Thursday.
“The Titans can affirm following all related enquiries regarding a social media publish on AJ Brimson’s Instagram account, the NRL has discovered no proof to point Brimson has breached the playing provisions of the NRL code of conduct,” the membership mentioned.
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The Titans utility posted to Instagram following final week’s Melbourne Cup with a screenshot of a Sportsbet account.
Brimson, 26, wrote “see you at Pav” and boasted about profitable massive on the Melbourne Cup.
In line with the photograph the bettor had put $100 on Knight’s Option to win the Cup at $101, netting a $10,100 payout.
AJ Brimson could possibly be in hassle over this wager slip. Twitter
However Brimson deleted the photograph quickly after when folks identified the 2 bets that have been pictured beneath.
Somebody had tried to wipe out the 2 bets however sufficient of the textual content was exhibiting to recommend the account had been betting on both rugby or rugby league video games.
From the seen textual content it appeared he had been betting on first tryscorers.
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Brimson’s supervisor Jim Banaghan mentioned the wager was positioned by a member of the family however couldn’t clarify why his consumer had posted the photograph to his social media.
“A member of the family despatched it to him, he copied it and posted it,” Banaghan instructed the Sydney Morning Herald.
“I’ve the entire [text] conversations [with the family member], they are going to be despatched to the [NRL] integrity unit and it’ll all be hit on the top immediately.
“I’ve given it to the CEO of the membership and he has given it to the integrity fee.
“There’s nothing to it … it was all a little bit of a wind-up and it has simply backfired.”
Folks registered with the NRL – together with gamers – aren’t allowed to wager on rugby league video games.
The final NRL participant to be banned for betting on video games was Tim Simona of the Wests Tigers in 2017.
