NRL boss says he’ll meet with Carney

boss Todd Greenberg says Todd Carney will have to prove what work he’s done, and why he won’t reoffend again, for them to sanction his return to the game.

Four years after being sacked by Cronulla for his infamous “bubbler” incident, Greenberg yesterday confirmed the governing body had received a contract for Carney to play this season.

It is believed North Queensland are set to offer Carney a one-year deal as back-up in the halves to Johnathan

“We used to clash all the time because when I got to Parramatta, he was the king around then,’’ said Peats, who was a teammate of Hayne’s at Parramatta and the Gold Coast.

“I sort of had the attitude of ‘I really don’t care who you Thurston, Michael Morgan and Te Maire Martin.

“We’ll treat it (the application) on its merits,” Greenberg said yesterday. “We’ll go are’. We used to clash …”

The Titans hooker also questioned Hayne’s attitude during his time on the Gold Coast.

“I just wish he’d played a little bit better footy up here and enjoyed it a bit more because it didn’t look like he was too through the process like we have with lots of other players who’ve come back to the game. But it’s a process we’re going to have to satisfy ourselves.

“I’ve always said we’ve never said ‘no’ to Todd Carney.”

It has been speculated that the NRL could deny Carney for at least another year, however Greenberg played that down, reiterating that the application will be based solely on merit.

Part of the process will include personally interviewing the 31-year-old, who played for the Cowboys’ feeder club, happy here last year,’’ Peats said.

But Peats said times had changed and he now liked and respected Hayne.

“When he came up here he had his little daughter and we got along really well,” Peats told the In My Own Words on sports Northern Pride, in a loss on Saturday night. It was his first game in Australia following a threeyear stint in the Super League.

“As part of the process, we always have a face-to-face meeting with the player and we’ll need to satisfy ourselves of two things,” Greenberg said.

“One, that he’s done the work to get to this point in time; and two, what the work looks like in the future to ensure that there’s no repeat.”

Cowboys captain Matt Scott said Carney would be a welcome addition.

“If it does happen we have a social platform 20 FOUR.

Peats left Parramatta in May, 2016, a victim of the club’s salary cap breach.

“At the time I was filthy. Now looking back … They had to get under the salary cap for that season.” really good club culture here at the moment, I am sure he will be able to fit into that nicely,” Scott said.

Former teammate Boyd Cordner said Carney has done his time for his misbehaviour, which included being sacked at Canberra and released by the Sydney Roosters.

“Being close with him, I know how much it’s killed him being away from the NRL,” he said.

“I know how much this means to him ... hopefully it can all get put through and he can start training and living out his dream.”

WE’LL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS LIKE WE HAVE WITH LOTS OF OTHER PLAYERS WHO’VE COME BACK … BUT IT’S A PROCESS WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO SATISFY OURSELVES.