Origin streaker
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 7:51 pm
They should have left it to the players to sort him out, or the Japanese.Matt Scott crashed over for what should have been the deciding play with two minutes and 10 seconds left on the clock, and it was almost time for the fat lady to sing. Instead, it was a fat streaker who almost decided proceedings.
After hurdling the fence, the advertising hoardings and evading numerous security guards and the players, he ran 95 metres upfield. He fell flat on his face, a result of exhaustion and, presumably alcohol.
It is understood that the trespasser greased his body with vaseline-like substance making it difficult for him to be tackled by authorities.
He had done it before at a qualifying final between the Wests Tigers and New Zealand Warriors in 2011 at Allianz Stadium. On Wednesday night ANZ Stadium and NRL officials confirmed that a man was being questioned by police and faces a lifetime ban from both the venue and rugby league matches.
It is understood that the man did not co-operate with police during the interview.
On Wednesday night, the streaker landed splat in the middle of play and, NSW defenders claimed, prevented them from stopping a rampaging Scott. Seven years of Origin football could have come to this.
The decision was referred upstairs. The video referees decided that, with a fat, naked man on the field and numerous security guards in tow, it was an obstruction call no one could complain about.
Mercifully, it didn't decide the game. Should the Blues have scored in those final, frenetic minutes, some nude fool may have done what countless Blues players couldn't – stop the, ahem, Bananabenders.
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