Brisbane Broncos’ sponsor NRMA Insurance is pressuring the club and the National Rugby League to ensure forward Matt Lodge takes full responsibility for his actions during a drunken rampage in New York in 2015.
NRMA Insurance pays more than one million dollars a year to sponsor the team and has told the Broncos that they expect the club to work with Lodge making sure victims receive the 1.2 million dollars in damages that was ordered by the American civil court.
NRMA said on Sunday that Lodge's past behaviour is "unacceptable", and his failure to have not paid the compensation owing to his victims is "disappointing".