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NRL to ban clubs publicly courting contracted stars

New NRL rules will attempt to stop clubs publicly declaring an interest in under-contract players. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

The NRL is set to threaten potential salary-cap penalties against any club attempting to publicly court rival players before they become a free agent, in a shake up to the game's anti-tampering laws.

In what looms as a significant change to the NRL's contracting rules, clubs and their officials will be banned from making comment about pursuing players not yet on the market.

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