In response to Sinclair's stance, sports reporter Mark Gottlieb said: "I agree with this for the most part but also we expect security guards to produce a proportional response in many other aspects of life. "Remember when Sam Kerr absolutely hammered that male pitch invader and everyone loved it? Let's hold the same standard here." If you don't want to get tackled then stay in your seat like a normal person & don't run onto the field directly at a player. Former Penrith Panthers cheerleader Nat Sinclair on Sunday tweeted: "The security guard who took out the streaker last night deserves nothing other than a bloody pat on the back for doing his job well. Plenty of punters on social media had their say about the incident. "It did seem over the top and it put the intruder at real physical risk." In the normal scheme of things, the standard security report would have been with the NRL in Australia almost before the victorious Broncos had returned to Brisbane, which was itself a prompt arrangement with the team going direct to Hawke’s Bay Airport to fly out a few hours after the game."You heard this collective intake of breath around the ground. “It’s just not good enough for a professional organisation like the NRL.” “I’ve been a big advocate for having as much rugby league in NZ as we can going forward, with big games all around the country, but the way that crowd behaved last night, it’s going to be impossible - the NRL can’t let more games go there. NRL On Nine commentator and league legend Paul Gallen did not hold back either, saying the behaviour of the McLean Park crowd had been awful. On a Twitter account he described it as “appalling”, and added: “People encouraging these streakers should be embarrassed!! Don’t applaud them!! Boo them!!” Photo / Ian CooperĪnother who condemned the errant spectator antics was former All Black and Hawke’s Bay Magpies idol Israel Dagg, whose own bottom was a victim when patted by a naked female streaker during a Rugby Championship match against Argentina at McLean Park in 2014. Warriors replacement Tom Ale in the frantic moments of trying to save the game as the clock ticked down. The 12 were booed and condemned as they entered the field in the final quarter of the game, but they were also applauded by parts of the crowd as a ground announcer pleaded for spectators not to encourage them.Įventually they were nabbed by the more than 40 Red Badge security staff in the arena and could have also been fined up to $5000 under the Major Events Management Act, which was enacted mainly to target offences at more global events such as the Rugby World Cup.īut police media staff said the groups, darting from various points around the ground but none of meeting the requirement of nudity to qualify as a “streaker”, were handed over to police, given warnings, trespassed from McLean Park, and released. The Napier City Council events manager behind getting Saturday night’s NRL blockbuster to Napier is calling for a legislative big-hit for pitch invasion, after revelations the 12 miscreants caught in the last quarter of the game were let go with nothing more than trespass notices telling them not to come back to the park. The red and lemon tackle of the security man all but stopped one pitch invader in his goal of a Centennial Stand end touchdown.
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