Keary was fined by the Rugby Football League (RFL) for bringing the sport into disrepute after a interview he gave with Wide World of Sports last month where he described the state of Super League as “horrendous” and slammed the product, the news and coverage of the competition.
“The interview that I did wasn’t about Super League at all, it was a tiny snippet, a loose discussion at the end and that was what got printed,” he said.
“It was more a personal opinion and an emotional observation at the time. Some of the stuff that was presented in that article I stand by, but the way it came across was not my intention.
The Aussie star was fined after describing the state of Super League as ‘horrendous’ (Photo: Getty)
Keary insists his words did not come from a place of hate of Super League.
“There are a lot of great players over here in Super League, and I feel as a game we can all do a better job of uplifting and showcasing different players, teams and coaches.
“Some people took it as an attack on the players and the quality of players over here, but it wasn’t. It was more an observation of what I’d experienced in my first few months of being here.
“Rugby league as a product, we saw it in Las Vegas when the two English teams went over there, is so good to watch when it’s free-flowing and it’s on. Even these games over here in summer they’re really good to watch, they’re free-flowing and a lot of attacking footy.
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“I’ve seen in Australia the media is just saturated, flooded in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne is starting to get a bit like that, flooded with footy.
“It’s a massive part of the whole of rugby league becoming a global sport and there’s no way you can do it without the presence here in the UK, in Europe, in France.”
“I stand by saying that I hope something comes to fruition with an investment from the NRL because I’ve first-hand witnessed what they’ve done to our game in the past five, six years,” he said.
“How big it has grown and how popular it is, how ambitious they are and what their aspirations are so I know it will be a positive for the game.
“I hope one day something does happen and it is a positive for the Super League.”
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