NRL intervenes to stand down Dylan Brown under ‘no-fault’ policy following charge

Parramatta Eels player is prohibited from entering licensed premises in Sydney’s Double Bay and must report to police

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The NRL has intervened to indefinitely stand down Parramatta Eels player Dylan Brown under the league’s no-fault stand down policy, following allegations he touched a woman’s breasts multiple times.

Brown was charged by New South Wales police with five counts of sexually touching another person without consent after an incident at a pub in Sydney’s Double Bay on Saturday.

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