- Incident occurred at match between South Sydney and Parramatta
- Opposing fans clashed in the stands and allegedly got here to blows
- At least one security guard watched state of affairs escalate
Footy fans have slammed security workers at NRL venue CommBank Stadium for allegedly ignoring escalating violence in the stands that unfolded proper in entrance of them.
The alleged preventing occurred throughout the South Sydney Rabbitohs’ 32-16 victory over the Parramatta Eels at the western Sydney venue on Thursday evening.
Fan footage shared to social media on Friday confirmed a number of female and male fans of each NRL sides showing to push, shove and punch one another whereas the close by security guard watched on.
The footage begins with a man sporting South Sydney supporter gear showing to have been knocked over a row of seats whereas a man dressed in Parramatta colors wrestled with him on the floor.
A lady sporting Parramatta gear got here in to help earlier than one other girl sporting a Rabbitohs jersey beneath a black puffer jacket stormed in.
She helped the man sporting Rabbitohs fan gear to his toes and ushered him away.
As that was occurring, individuals watching on had been screaming at the security guard to ‘come over’ and ‘do your job, you clown’.
‘Hurry the f*** up,’ a man who had not been concerned in the alleged violence yelled to security guards stationed greater up in the stands.
A security guard on the discipline at CommBank stadium watches on, however doesn’t act regardless of witnessing an alleged fight in the stands
The state of affairs then escalated, with the man in the Parramatta jersey racing again as much as the different man he had been wrestling with.
The girl sporting South Sydney supporter gear then seems to strike the Parramatta fan in the mouth, which lastly prompted the on-field security guard to stroll over.
He walked to the facet of the stands and appeared to say one thing like ‘what is going on on?’, however took no additional motion.
A man strolling with a crutch then made his approach up the stairs to get security to intervene.
When one other fan urged him to remain put, he stated: ‘It’s OK, I’m an ex copper’.
Two different security guards then got here down the stairs which is the place the footage cuts out.
Security agency National Event Services is contracted for NRL matches at Sydney venues.
A better look at the footage reveals this South Sydney Rabbitohs supporter seem to strike a Parramatta fan in the head
New South Wales Police have been contacted for remark.
CommBank Stadium administration informed Daily Mail Australia, ‘Security responded shortly to an altercation in the stands after the match.
‘Security and police had been concerned, and the two patrons have been charged with assault as properly as being banned from the venue for 12 months.’
It comes after stories that the NRL is investigating allegations a fan verbally abused two Parramatta Eels gamers at McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle on Saturday.
A video has surfaced exhibiting a fan verbally abusing Parramatta gamers Junior Paulo and Dylan Brown as they left the discipline via the tunnel after the Eels’ loss to the Knights.
The abuse was extreme sufficient to make each gamers cease and confront the fan, who was additionally challenged by close by spectators.
Several members of the crowd had been screaming for security to intervene, however their pleas for assist fell on deaf ears
The NRL has been knowledgeable of the incident, and the integrity unit is now investigating, with strategies that the abuse could have been racially motivated. Venues NSW is reviewing CCTV footage to determine the particular person accountable.
Another occasion of crowd violence this season noticed footage shared on social media that includes an NRL fan headbutting a security guard throughout a chaotic incident in the crowd at the Wests Tigers vs Brisbane recreation at Campbelltown Stadium in April.
The video reveals a man in a black shirt pushing previous a Wests fan to achieve the centre of the disturbance earlier than headbutting the security guard, who was trying to calm the state of affairs.
The fan who shared the video on social media stated: ‘Just one other day at the league the place a fan headbutts security.
‘Barely any security/police presence in comparison with an A-League match.’