The National Rugby League (NRL) has been left reeling, as sacked Canterbury duo Corey Harawira-Naera and Jayden Okunbor have both had their life-time bans overturned on appeal. The Bulldogs stars will both be eligible to return to the NRL in 2020.

The Canterbury duo were banned from the game earlier this season for their involvement in a Port Macquarie school sex scandal. Okunbar had received an indefinite band from the game after being found guilty of acting inappropriately during the visit to Port Macquarie. Harawira-Naera received a two-year ban for code of conduct breaches.

The NRL Appeals Committee has reduced the deregistrations handed down to Canterbury duo Corey Harawira-Naera and Jayden Okunbor.https://t.co/or8uV9zr9S

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