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<p class="first">Former New South Wales and Australian rugby league great Benny Elias has questioned the National Rugby League's consistency in dealing with off-field incidents.</p><p>Manly Sea Eagles full-back Brett Stewart was charged yesterday over the alleged sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl after the club's alcohol-fuelled launch party at the weekend.</p><p>The NRL has penalised Stewart and the club for breaching the game's code of conduct - banning Stewart from playing four matches and fining the Sea Eagles $100,000.</p><p>NRL chief executive David Gallop has made it clear that Stewart's ban is to do with his alcohol consumption at the launch party, not the charges against him.</p><p>Speaking to triple j's Hack program, Elias says it was a "big call" for the NRL to stand Stewart down.</p>
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