The NRL have handed Sam Burgess with a $10,000 suspended fine after the South Sydney skipper issued a public apology for describing the judiciary as a “kangaroo court”.

Burgess expressed remorse after meeting with NRL CEO Todd Greenberg after the Rabbitohs star was issued a “please explain” for venting his frustration over a one-week ban for a hair pull during week one of the finals.

“The chairman and members of the panel are of the highest integrity and it was never my intention to cast any doubt over their character – the point of my comments was to simply express concerns and frustrations I had about the processes,” Burgess said in a statement on Monday night.