NRL confident diving scourge won't follow sin-bins

An increase in high hits has raised concerns about league players potentially taking dives. (HANDOUT/NRL PHOTOS)

Andrew Abdo has played down concerns that the NRL's high-tackle epidemic could lead to plague of diving, confident players won't ruin Magic Round by trying to game the system.

Four years after the NRL's most controversial crackdown overshadowed Magic Round in 2021, the game finds itself in an all-too-similar position this weekend.