![]() ![]() Gold Coast twice deliberately conceded penalties to halt play and use their captain’s challenge successfully, firstly to reverse a Jarrod Wallace knock-on call and, in the second instance, to pull up an interference against centre Patrick Herbert during a break. The Eels held off a fast-finishing Titans at CBUS Super Stadium to secure a 26-20 win on Saturday but only after the hosts used an apparent loophole in the captain’s challenge system to their advantage. Meanwhile, Parramatta’s Clint Gutherson said he’s unsure when and how a captain’s challenge can be used in the NRL following his side’s win over Gold Coast. Eels skipper seeking clarity on challenges “In the meantime, we’ve asked both (home teams) for a report from their security contractors to determine what exactly happened, but more importantly, how they propose to address this going forward.”Īnnesley said the NRL would support the police if they chose to take further action against the pitch invaders.It remains unclear whether the streaker was injured in the tackle, however she appeared fine as she was walked from the field. “If we can identify offenders and clearly in a couple of cases we can, we will ban them from NRL games. “Clearly what happened was not something that we would like to see happen again,” said Annesley. The female pitch invader, Javon Johnson, has already outed herself and spoken about her antics on radio. Just one day earlier a woman ran onto the field during Saturday night’s clash between the Eels and Titans.Īt his weekly press briefing on Monday, the NRL’s head of football elite competitions, Graham Annesley, said the league would take action once it could identify the pitch invaders. He’s not remorseful at all, rather his actions were deliberate and calculated.” No penalty other than prison is appropriate. ![]() “There needs to be a strong message sent to the community and to the offender. “He’s prepared to be arrested, and he expects to be punished,” Stewart said. Magistrate Phillip Stewart said hr had little choice but to give a significant sentence after noting it was not George’s first public demonstration. The organisation is a climate activist group and it is demanding the immediate rehousing of flood and bushfire survivors. Play was paused for several minutes as the intruder was tackled to the ground, while orange smoke billowed from the flare. Security guards patrolling the game were extremely slow to react as the pitch invader ran straight towards the Tigers players, who were midway through a set of six. One of the group let a flare loose and approached a group of players. On Sunday afternoon, four protesters rushed onto the field during the Sharks’ defeat of the Tigers at Shark Park. He pleaded guilty to entering enclosed land without lawful excuse and possess a bright light distress signal in a public place. Stream every game of every round of the 2022 NRL Telstra Premiership Season Live & Ad-Break Free In Play on Kayo. The NRL fan that ran onto the field carrying a lit flare in the Sharks’ clash with the Tigers has been sentenced to jail.Īndy George, 32, pleaded guilty to two offences in Sutherland Local Court on Monday and has been jailed for three months. ![]()
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