It is not a conspiracy theory.I think the conspiracy theory that clubs are tweaking their player height and weight stats is peak NRL fan jibber.
Why? From a club perspective (or even the NRL), what reason is there to say a player is taller or heavier than they actually are?
Chris Sandow is no taller than 165cm he is listed as 175cm same with Issac Luke and Matty Bowen. I have been face to face with all 3 and I @ 173cm am taller than all of them. Luke is close but Matty and Sandow are way off.
Jai Gray listed as 170cm would be closer to Sandow @ 165cm. Kodi Nikorama another at 174cm. All padding the height stats. I don’t know if they are embarrassed or what but they do it.