A medical expert is advising NRL players to get vaccinated after the AFL made the jab mandatory.

The NRL is reportedly planning on targeting players’ families to convince their husbands to get vaccinated.

Medical Journal of Australia Editor Professor Nick Talley told Ben Fordham he would advise the NRL to have everyone vaccinated.

“The difficult part about this is we live in a democracy, is that the most appropriate thing to do?”

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