Seibold only arrived back in Australia on Tuesday after completing his commitments with English rugby, and had hoped to add Daley to a new-look brains trust at Manly HQ.
High-profile assistants Shane Flanagan and Jim Dymock are already on staff alongside transition coach Guy Williams and Andrew May, the former physical performance manager for both the NSW and Australian cricket teams.
Daley is still hoping head office will reconsider its stance and is seeking a meeting with V’landys and NRL CEO Andrew Abdo to plead his case. The legendary former Canberra playmaker has been allowed to hold the role of the Indigenous All Stars coach up until last year, but NRL rules preclude registered participants from having ties with betting operators at club level.
“The NRL has advised Laurie Daley that he cannot be permitted to accept a role as a club official with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles while he engages in other employment with a wagering operator,” an NRL spokesperson told the
Herald.
“The NRL Code of Conduct prohibits all players, club officials, match officials and administrators from being sponsored, employed, contracted, engaged or otherwise commercially involved in any way with a gambling operator.”
It’s not the first time the NRL has blocked Daley from taking up a club role. The Wests Tigers had tried to recruit Daley to then-coach Michael Maguire’s staff in 2019, only for the head office to determine that his other job, as co-host of Sky Sports Radio’s Big Sports Breakfast, could create a potential conflict of interest.
Sky Sports Radio is owned by Tabcorp and Daley provides rugby league tips on one of the segments.
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