Queensland Police Minister Judy Spence says it will take weeks to decide if any Broncos NRL players will be charged over an alleged sexual assault on a woman in a Brisbane nightclub toilet.
Meanwhile she has urged people to go to this weekend's elimination final against Melbourne Storm.
"I would encourage people not to pre-judge these players or the events surrounding this incident on the weekend, come along to the Broncos match this weekend," she said.
"It's going to be a very important match. The full team will be playing. Please don't start making judgements about what happened until the police finish their investigation," she told reporters.
Broncos and Queensland State of Origin stars Karmichael Hunt, Darius Boyd and Sam Thaiday were named in media reports today as the three players questioned by police after a 24-year-old woman alleged she was sexually assaulted in the male toilets of the Alhambra Lounge in inner-city Fortitude Valley on Saturday night.
"The police have got a lot of work to do before they conclude their investigation," Ms Spence said.
"I was talking to the Acting Commissioner (Kathy Rynders) this morning, and she is telling me it is likely that it will take another couple of weeks before they conclude their investigation.
"Until that happens I am not going to be pre-judging the actions of these players."
The Broncos have confirmed three of their players are cooperating with police.
However, neither police nor the club have named the trio.
Ms Spence does not believe the Broncos' club name has been tarnished by the controversy.
"I know the Broncos team, management and the players themselves do everything they can to promote a positive, healthy, wholesome image and they don't want to see their image tarnished," she said.
"But it is far too early to start saying that their image is tarnished - we don't know what actually took place on the weekend."
Asked if the Broncos players should be stood down from Saturday night's must-win Suncorp Stadium match against the minor premiers, Ms Spence said that was up to the club.
"But I believe at this stage that they are going to be playing this weekend and it is going to be a great game."
The NRL said today more than 13,000 tickets had been sold in the first 20 minutes of public sales.
The Broncos have a hard-line player code of conduct.
Four players have recently been sacked for drinking-related incidents.
Meanwhile, bookmakers across the country have suspended grand final betting and all betting involving the Broncos until police complete their investigations.
