I do not agree that it should count. It used to be if you were suspended due to an incident in a first grade game, you were ineligible for selection in the first place, and your suspension applied to NSWRL/ARL/NRL games. Saying rep games (for example) should be included is problematic as it is no guarantee that player x would be selected in the first place.
For example, (iirc) in 2023 JWH had his suspension for NRL games missed reduced by getting games for NZ included after he was suspended arising out of an incident in the finals. At the time, with the NZ eligible players available for those games, it was incredibly unlikely in my opinion he would have even made the squad, yet he got them included. its incredibly subjective, and it opens the NRL Judiciary process to a perception of bias. There may not be any bias, but it is a perceived bias none the less due to the subjective nature of representative selections in the first place.
My club has benefitted from it, I do not deny it. However, that doesn't make it ethically correct in my opinion. For my club, nor any other.