I couldn't find anything regarding punishment for NRLW player Tazmin Rapana flipping the bird to NSW supporters last year during Origin. There may have been some sort of penalty, but I couldn't find anything. I don't care whether she was or wasn't punished, but surely a number of young kids and women would have seen it and I'm sure it wouldn't have damaged the brand as the NRL keeps telling us how much the womens game is growing.I agree with you broadly, in that I don't mind it personally, but your end comment is silly and out of touch with reality. Any player who makes a rude gesture to the crowd, in any Aussie sport, will get in trouble, because the game needs to protect their brand as they try to expand viewership and participation to immigrants, women and kids.
NRL already has the boofhead bloke market cornered.
It's the same as you can't use a racial sledge, even though far worse is said and has been said on weekends and nobody was physically injured, but you can't do it as a professional footballer.
Having said all that I expect nothing less than monetry fines for every player that did it yesterday because.....it's the NRL and consistency aint the name of the game.

