The South Sydney Rabbitohs have been fined $20,000 by the NRL over an incident in Arizona which saw players John Sutton and Luke Burgess arrested, but the pair will not miss any games.

The NRL’s chief operating officer Suzanne Young announced the fine at a press conference on Monday.

Sutton and Burgess spent a night behind bars after they were ejected from a bar during the team’s trip to Arizona for a training camp in November.

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Young revealed a misdemeanour compromise payment had been made to a security guard who allegedly fought with Burgess, and that there is a confidentiality agreement between the players and the security guard.

“We looked at this matter again when we became aware a payment had been made to the security officer in question,” Young said.

“The integrity unit was not informed about the payment made to the security officer.”

Young said the club “did not follow the matter to its conclusion” but insisted the disciplinary action taken was sufficient.

Sutton was stripped of the co-captaincy, while Burgess has been released by the club, signing with Manly.

The NRL’s integrity unit was criticised for not initially investigating the incident.

When details emerged of the arrests in February, the NRL announced it would reopen investigations.

“We are looking at systems and processes that we can improve (within the integrity unit),” Young said.

— with ABC