Clarification following column about NRL's HIA interchange allowance

On 18 May 2020, an article was published on the Wide World of Sports website entitled "The HIA cheat creating NRL's biggest problem". A link to this article was also posted on the NRL on Nine Facebook page.

The article and Facebook post included an image in which a trainer, Mr Craig Catterick, was visible.

The article was not about Mr Catterick and the headline was a general reference to the potential for exploitation of the HIA rule in the NRL by allowing teams to get two additional interchanges. 

The article and the Facebook post did not suggest and did not intend to suggest any inappropriate conduct on the part of Mr Catterick.

Nine apologises for any confusion which may have been caused by the article or the Facebook post.