Parramatta Eels crisis shows NRL will use state government to keep clubs in line

By Roy Masters
Updated July 30 2016 - 8:08pm, first published 8:00pm

When Denis Fitzgerald was asked to leave the foyer of Rugby League Central where he was poised to conduct a one-man vindictive press conference, gloating over the sanctions imposed on five Parramatta officials for salary cap cheating, it symbolised the end of the code's ancient regime.

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