Cardboard fan cutouts similar to those seen in the Bundesliga last week will go through three checkpoints before being approved,the NRL says.

Cardboard fan cutouts similar to those seen in the Bundesliga last week will go through three checkpoints before being approved,the NRL says.Credit:Getty

At the end of a week where one manufacturer was even flogging red shirts hailing Australian Rugby League Commission tsar Peter V'landys,30 years on from Tina Turner's famous rugby league anthem (Simply V'Best!),why not stretch it out?

Alas,the NRL on Thursday confirmed there is someone watching.

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Maybe it's V'landys,maybe not. But every time Big Brother detects a fake or inappropriate order they're hitting the reject button and you can have your money back.

Orders which include imagery deemed inappropriate will be cancelled and not placed in the venue.

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An NRL spokesperson said all orders would go through three checkpoints.

"Orders which include imagery deemed inappropriate will be cancelled and not placed in the venue,"the spokesperson said."The customer will be refunded."

Regardless,the"Fan In The Stand"innovation won't be boring. The NRL will trial it with a few hundred cutouts at Bankwest Stadium and Central Coast Stadium this round,then ramp it up for round four.

They might not be 12,000-strong like Borussia Monchengladbach were for their German Bundesliga clash last weekend,but they'll be there.

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It will be done on the one proviso though,the images are of authentic fans and will be placed in the venues of the teams each fan nominates.

And can you imagine when Ray"Rabbits"Warren is slipped the note with the official"crowd"number,say,midway through the second half of Canberra hosting Newcastle at Campbelltown next week (strange times,we know).

"Erm,a healthy 1298 people here today ... and they've been so transfixed with this contest they haven't moved a muscle all day".

Enough to even get a laugh out of Kim Jong-un,you'd reckon.

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