'Counterfeiting a code': NRL announces 10-year ban for players who engage with R360

• Agents who take players to unregistered competitions also face ban

• Rules will 'protect future of the game', ARLC chair Peter V'landys says

The NRL has vowed to ban any player who leaves the code for R360 for 10 years, as it fights to fend off the threat of the breakaway rugby competition.

In a statement on Wednesday, the NRL also threatened to ban any agent if they take a player to the rebel competition.