NRL focus on player agents

LEADING agent Gavin Orr is scrambling to save his place in the game while the spat between Isaac Moses and former Parramatta forward Tim Mannah has become an issue for the integrity unit as the NRL makes good on their promise to crack down on managers.

Orr, who along with his brother Chris manages stars Payne Haas, Valentine Holmes and Daly CherryEvans, has had his registration cancelled by the NRL over sanctions relating to knowingly aiding breaches of the salary cap rules.

Orr is planning to appeal against the decision and will be allowed to continue to act as a player agent until that appeal is heard in February.

It is understood his issues relate to former Parramatta and Melbourne centre Cheyse Blair during his time at the Eels several years ago.

While the NRL promised not to go over old ground when they seized control of the agents late last year, the issue with Blair had not been fully exhausted by the previous body charged with investigating player managers.

Moses, along with Mario Tartak, was also issued with a breach notice but will be given the chance to present his side of the story in the new year.

Moses late yesterday vowed to fight the allegations and insisted he had done nothing wrong. The NRL will have the final say, his relationship with Mannah and football whisperer Joe Wehbe at the heart of the issue.

Moses and Wehbe, who has the ear of some of the game’s biggest names, were former business partners but their relationship soured, leading to court action as they haggled over the split of their business.

The Australian