NSW are refusing to draw a line through Jack de Belin’s name for the Blues’ State of Origin defence as he fights against a rape charge.
The NSWRL said on Wednesday they had not made a decision on the St George Illawarra lock’s eligibility and wouldn’t consider the issue until closer to the series kick-off.
De Belin on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to the aggravated sexual assault of a 19-year-old woman in a Wollongong apartment in December.
