An incident involving a Dragons supporter who seemed to throw a meat pie at a group of Canterbury Bulldogs fans during Saturday’s season opener has gone viral on social media, and the NRL and St George are looking into it.
In the Round 1 match at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, the Bulldogs defeated St George 28–20.
Christian Tuipulotu scored a hat-trick of tries for the home team, but Blake Wilson, Connor Tracey, and Sitili Tupouniua (2) made a barrage of four-pointers in a 20-minute burst either side of halftime to give the visitors the victory.
A 35-second video of the alleged event went viral on social media following the game.
As the club issues a public apology, the NRL begins looking into the meat pie incident.
In that video, two fans—one of whom is wearing a St George shirt—purchase a beef pie from a stand inside the stadium and enquire of the woman serving it if it “would look good on a Bulldogs supporter?”
After that, the person wearing the Dragons shirt hurls the pie at a bunch of Bulldogs supporters in the stands, causing a stir.
As he approached the camerman, one of the Bulldogs fans who looked like he had been struck by the pie had stains on his shirt and asked, “What are you filming? Am I being struck?
Although no arrests were made at the time, police were informed about the event and were spotted speaking to a man in the stands after it had happened.
“The Dragons are aware of a video circulating on social media depicting antisocial behaviour from a Dragons fan at last night’s match against the Bulldogs at Nestrata Jubilee Stadium,” reads St George’s statement regarding the incident.
“The Dragons will support the NRL in any violations of the NRL Spectator Code of Conduct and strongly condemn any such behaviour.”
The Dragons want to express their heartfelt regret to the Bulldogs supporter who was affected by the situation. We’ll work with the Bulldogs to get in touch with the supporter and apologise directly.
“As a club, we want every fan to always feel safe at our games, whether they are at home or away.” We will take action against any behaviour that makes other people feel unsafe.
“The Dragons also want to emphasise that the actions of one person shouldn’t take away from the fact that the sellout crowd was generally very respectful and that both clubs’ supporters were enthusiastically cheering the game on.”
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