đ Share this article R360 Competition Players Face 10-Season Exclusion from NRL Roger Tuivasa-Sheck won 20 caps for the All Blacks before transferring allegiance to the Samoan team. Australian rugby league's authority has declared that athletes who enter the âbreakawayâ R360 competition will be prohibited for a decade. R360, set to start in 2026, is seeking to lure players from union and league with hefty contracts and a reduced fixture list. Leading rugby league athletes have allegedly been contacted by the new league, which will involve multiple men's teams and four women's sides based in key urban centers around the world. The Samoan Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, who is with his NRL club in the competition, has said he has had negotiations involving R360. Ryan Papenhuyzen, Lomax, Haas and Gray are also believed to be thinking about signing R360. A group of union nations, among them Australia, earlier announced a restriction on R360 recruits playing international matches. âWe have consulted our franchises and we've acted decisively,â stated the league's chief the official. âRegrettably, there will always be organizations that try to exploit our code for economic benefit. âThey avoid funding in talent pipelines or the development of athletes. They only leverage the hard work of other organizations, jeopardizing careers of monetary damage while profiting themselves. âEssentially, they are, copying the game.â The league is launched by former England World Cup winner Mike Tindall and funded by private investors. Subsequent to the prospective rugby union sanctions were revealed earlier, it commented: âWe seek to cooperate in partnership as part of the global rugby calendar. âThe event is arranged with customized calendars for men's and women's teams and the organization will release all players for global fixtures, as included in their agreements.â The new league will seek approval for its initiatives from rugby union's governing body, the sport's administrative organization, at its board session in the coming year.