NZ-born Tim Simona deregistered by NRL over bettingCAMERON SPENCER/GETTY IMAGES Tim Simona has been deregistered for betting on games. Tim Simona has been deregistered by the NRL for a range of rule breaches, including betting against his team winning and on opposition players scoring against his team. "Based on the evidence we have identified it is very hard to imagine that Tim Simona will be registered with the NRL at any time in the future," NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg said in a statement on Friday. "As a club we pride ourselves on our standards of behaviour and after discussions with the NRL I'm 100 per cent confident that this is isolated to Tim Simona," Tigers chief executive Justin Pascoe said. "At Wests Tigers we are very proud of our position in the community.

Source: Stuff March 10, 2017 00:33 UTC