NRL 2023: Parramatta Eels hand Dylan Brown further $20k fine after pleading guilty to sexual touching charges

Eels star Dylan Brown has accepted his NRL ban after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual touching, but has been whacked with an extra punishment from Parramatta.

Brent Read and Phil Rothfield

Parramatta five-eighth Dylan Brown has accepted his seven-match ban and fine from the NRL but is set to be slapped with an additional sanction by the Eels on Tuesday as the club looks to send a message about the behaviour and standards they expect of their players.

This masthead understands that Brown will be fined at least $20,000 by the Eels, having pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual touching in a Sydney court last week.

Brown had already been handed a long ban and a $40,000 fine – half of which was suspended – by the NRL after being charged by police following a boozy night out in Sydney’s eastern suburbs last month.

Dylan Brown has accepted his punishment from the NRL, but has been handed an extra fine by the Parramatta Eels. Picture: Adam Yip.

The Eels No.6 is due to return to the field in the run up to the finals but in the short term will be expected to undergo education as part of his rehabilitation.

Brown had five business days to respond to the NRL sanctions and it is understood the deadline passed on Monday afternoon, with the Kiwi international accepting the penalties from head office.

Brown is due to make his comeback for the Eels in their round 23 game against St George Illawarra, having already served three games on the sidelines when the NRL handed down their sanctions.

"The way they have used him has shown they have no clue what to do with him. They cannot offer him full-time FG earlier in the year, so to keep him happy they rearrange things or put him in a position he has not played in a while and he fails due to…"

"Well in 2022, there were claims of nepotism happening within the pathways, not involving BA with Jake. Can still happen with his Rouse Hill boys. But remember he has little say in recruitment."

Replies

ParraTrooper47 July 10, 2023 at 9:18pm

So now it's a 60k fine all up and 7 weeks on the sidelines plus 18 months community service plus some rehab?
- iamnot > ParraTrooper47 July 11, 2023 at 9:32am
  
  $60k fine with $20k suspended.
Cʜɪᴇғ - 😘 July 10, 2023 at 9:30pm

Good on the club for this. A professional athlete on the piss with 20 drinks in his system , its just not on, especially when the group was told to lay low.
- Wile E. Coyote > Cʜɪᴇғ - 😘 July 11, 2023 at 8:07am
  
  Agree - club needs to do what it can to support DB not doing things that will stuff up his performance on the field
- iamnot > Cʜɪᴇғ - 😘 July 11, 2023 at 9:33am
  
  I seriously don't get how dumb NRL playes are. If he wanted to have a bender, do it at home. Like the whole Jarryd Hayne debacle. Why go to some rando's place for a quick root when he could easily afford a high end escort?
  - Coryn Hughes > iamnot July 11, 2023 at 12:16pm
    
    It's not just NRL players it's not an outlier this.You see this in a lot of professional sport worldwide.
- Susan Doyle > Cʜɪᴇғ - 😘 July 11, 2023 at 9:41am
  
  I agree Chief, it was disgusting behaviour, as a woman I think he should have got me and as an eels supporter I still think he deserved a bigger fine and suspension had it been me or one of my daughters I would have been pushing with the police for sterner action, hopefully this will help him to see the light and not head any further down the Jared Hayne path.
  - Susan Doyle > Susan Doyle July 11, 2023 at 9:43am
    
    Got me no, i typed more what a spell check error that was.
    - Grunta the great > Susan Doyle July 11, 2023 at 11:28am
      
      My daughters would have just kicked him in the Gagai's and told him to fuck off.
Torps July 10, 2023 at 9:32pm

Was footage of the alleged incident confirmed? or He said she said?