Rugby league: Port City Breakers and Port Macquarie Sharks weigh in on the NRL's domestic violence debate

But there is one thing they do agree on - domestic violence is never acceptable and any player found guilty of it should have their contract ripped up.

It comes after a week where the National Rugby League prohibited St George Illawarra's Jack de Belin from playing and stood Manly centre Dylan Walker down until the completion of his court case.

Sharks president Dave Smith confirmed the Group 3 club had a zero tolerance policy.

 "If it was one of my players that was involved in domestic violence towards a woman, they wouldn't be playing football for the Port Macquarie Sharks, I can assure you of that," he said.

"If that upsets people that's just the way it is; it's zero tolerance as far as I'm concerned."

Smith's son Mitch spent a couple of years in the nation's capital with the Canberra Raiders.

During his time down there, the first thing new players completed was a course that covered domestic violence against women.

"Now we're in a position where we have to start acting on it," Smith said.

"If you were at work and had a female colleague file a sexual harassment case against you, you virtually don't have a job."

Playing rugby league - no matter at what level - should be no different.

Breakers counterpart Geoff Kelly said each club was governed by the Country Rugby League and its code of conduct.

He admitted he wasn't aware of any specific clauses in contracts that covered domestic violence or violence against women.

But Port City had three meetings throughout the season with their players.

"We have meetings with players at the start of the year, halfway through the year and at the end of the year about their code of conduct in all settings whether that is on or off the field," Kelly said.

"We have in the past dealt with certain issues - not domestic violence related - and have stood players down based on factual information for breaching a code of conduct we believed was not suitable.

Kelly said the Breakers make it clear at their games which behaviour is and is not accepted.

"There have been incidents where supporters have carried on on the sideline whether inebriated or not and we've stepped in and said that's not tolerable," he said.

"At no time do we tolerate that sort of attitude towards women and nor should we.

"It's something the Breakers take very seriously because there is no place for this in rugby league whether that is at our level or at the NRL level."

The Breakers president also admitted the club had a strict zero tolerance for players misbehaving towards women.

"We have ladies playing in our league tag side and have more people on our committees than ever and if it wasn't for the women being around, some clubs may not exist," he said.

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