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Origin streaker escorted off grounds
- Published_at:2013-07-17
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- description: The man who streaked across the field in the crucial final minutes of the Origin decider is escorted away by police. "He's not cooperating with police at all, he's being very difficult," inspector Hill said. "He's refusing to identify himself or answer questions so we're going to have to fingerprint him and go through identity checks before we can work out the charging. "It's going to take a good few hours." It is understood Holmwood was heavily intoxicated. He is also a repeat offender and now faces a $5500 fine and a lifetime ban from ANZ Stadium. The rotund streaker turned State of Origin III into an embarrassing farce as Queensland secured an historic eighth successive series. With three minutes remaining and the Maroons ahead 12-10, the man ran 120m from the western end of the arena to interrupt play, where Queensland was attacking the NSW tryline at the northern end. He was tackled by security as play went on around them. It was utterly bizarre watching players running past security on the field of play during rugby league's showpiece. The Maroons actually crossed through prop Matt Scott at that moment but the try was disallowed because of the impact the streaker had on play. Play was suspended while up to six security guards held the streaker down. He was eventually escorted from the field with a blanket wrapped around him. Queensland coach Mal Meninga could afford to laugh off the incident, but it would have been very different had his side been trailing at the time. "It was disruptive, it cost us a try,'' Meninga said. "You just handle it. We didn't get the decision we wanted but we got another set of six on their tryline that helped us. "it's silly, it's ridiculous that it does happen in modern sport.'' The NSW camp was angered because the Maroons were given another set after the drama as time ran down. "It was silly behaviour," NSW coach Laurie Daley said. Origin streaker escorted off grounds watched by Mrtodayvideos4.
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