“The design was done in a way that the top of the ring with blue sapphires and white diamonds looks like a chequered band, which truly reflects not just the national nature of the game NRL but of course policing right across Australia,” Mr Fuller told The Daily Telegraph.
Maybe I'm missing something here, but for starters, how does a blue & white chequered pattern 'truly reflect' Australia nationally in relation to NRL, and secondly, how does its obvious police links in any way relate to the NRL (or any sport, for that matter)?
And yeah, I get the jokes about how many players get arrested, ect, every year, and about the whole 'Australia's becoming a police state' thing, but seriously, there is no direct reason why the NRL Premiers rings needs to purposely be linked to the police.