The Sydney Roosters are weighing up the immediate NRL future of Jake Friend and Sandor Earl after they were charged with assault following an fight at an inner Sydney nightclub.

In the latest in a long line of atrocities to grip the NRL this year, Friend was charged with assault and Earl two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm after an altercation at the Tank nightclub at The Rocks in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The pair was granted conditional bail to appear at Downing Centre Local Court on July 20.

There was no confirmation from Roosters chief executive Steve Noyce as to whether the pair would be available to play against St George Illawarra on Friday night.

A police statement claimed a 31-year-old Queensland woman - believed to be Kristy Bradley, the niece of ABC rugby league radio commentator David Morrow - sustained concussion, bruising to her face, pain to her neck and back during the incident.

Friend and Earl - along with Roosters halfback Mitchell Pearce who was also at the nightclub at the time of the incident - attended The Rocks police station on Monday for questioning.

Friend and Earl were charged after two hours of interrogation, a day after Roosters coach Brad Fittler defended the pair over their involvement in the fight.

The trio had been at the nightclub celebrating the Roosters' 19-12 win over Cronulla on Saturday night, which snapped a six-game losing streak.

It is believed Bradley was part of a group celebrating the 21st birthday of David Morrow's daughter Emily, when she became caught up in the middle of a disagreement between the Roosters party and a 29-year-old Leichhardt man.

"Police will allege a physical altercation ensued between the two groups and as a result the man received soreness to his back and a graze to his chin," a police statement read.

"A 31-year-old Queensland woman sustained concussion, bruising to her face, pain to her neck and back.

"A 19-year-old Maroubra man was charged with assault and a 19-year-old Glebe man was charged with two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm."

The incident has left Friend's playing future in grave doubt with Monday's charge coming on the back of last week's drink driving conviction when he was fined $850 and banned from driving for 18 months.

The Roosters also dished out their own punishment with a $10,000 and two-week suspension.

Earl made his top grade debut in the seven-point win over the Sharks.

The NRL said it would await a full report from the Roosters before commenting on the incident.

It has become a familiar line from the NRL in 2009 with a spate of off-field incidents dominating headlines.

Former Cronulla star Greg Bird was earlier this month sentenced to eight months jail for glassing his girlfriend while a sexual assault case against Manly fullback Brett Stewart remains before the courts.

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