The West Tigers have launched an investigation into the player at the centre of an explicit video scandal.

On Tuesday evening it emerged that a lewd video, allegedly of a Wests Tigers’ National Youth Championship player, had appeared on blogging site Tumblr, according to sportingnews.com.

The player allegedly exposed himself during the video while standing in front of West Tigers sponsor logos.

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“Wests Tigers have been made aware of an incident involving a Holden Cup squad member,” the club said in a statement.

“The club is currently investigating the incident internally with those involved to ensure the matter is dealt with correctly.

“The club will make no further comment at this time.”

No information has been released about the identity of the player in question.

The New Daily contacted the Wests Tigers for more information but was instead referred to its statement.

It isn’t the first time that an NRL player has been caught up in a scandal of a lewd nature.

Todd Greenberg said he is committed to dealing with the game’s controversies properly. Photo: Getty

Only recently, controversy erupted when a video of Mitchell Pearce behaving inappropriately with a dog was leaked to the media.

Pearce was fined $125,000 and suspended for eight matches following the incident that occurred on Australia Day 2016.

Previous to this, Australian representative Todd Carney brought controversy to the NRL following a series of misdemeanors.

His final sacking from the NRL occurred in June 2014 when a photo of Carney urinating into his own mouth surfaced.

It was the third time he had been sacked by a club for poor behaviour.

At the end of the 2010 season Canberra Raiders player Joel Monaghan requested he be released from his contract when a photo of him simulating a sexual act with a dog became public.

When he was appointed in March 2016, NRL CEO Todd Greenberg told the ABC he was determined to address the on-field and off-field controversies that had plagued the game.

“There are always going to be issues in this game. I have been around long enough to know that we will be dealing with issues throughout,” Mr Greenberg said.

“The fans want to know that we’re handling those issues appropriately.

“They won’t judge you on the issue itself but they will judge you on how you handle it.”