The NRL is reportedly refusing to register Issac Luke's new contract with South Sydney because he negotiated the deal without his manager Gavin Orr.

According to a report in Rugby League Week, the Player Agent Accreditation Scheme (PAAS) called on the NRL to reject the hooker's four-year deal brokered earlier this month.

Luke negotiated the contract on his own due to a dispute with Orr, with PAAS chairman Geoff Bellew taking aim at the Redfern-based club.

"We are certainly not happy that Souths have elected to negotiate directly with Issac Luke considering they were advised such action would, in our view, amount to assisting the player to contravene his agent agreement," Bellew said.

"The committee sees their actions as a slap in the face to the accreditation scheme and what we are trying to achieve."

Souths chief executive Shane Richardson claimed NRL boss David Gallop had cleared the club to negotiate directly with Luke.

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