grow up? ... maybe your fans should ... scum
:lol:
here ya go limpwrist..
Five rugby league spectators have been issued police trespass notices and won't be allowed back inside Mt Smart Stadium for two years after a bottle- throwing incident which marred the Warriors' remarkable 30-13 NRL play-off victory over the Sydney Roosters.
The Warriors are now just one game away from their second grand-final appearance since 2002 after a stunning second-half comeback on Friday night, witnessed by a capacity crowd approaching 26,000.
But Roosters players were left complaining after plastic beer bottles and chicken legs thrown by spectators landed inside the perimeter fence. Roosters officials complained to ground manager Ken Loza during the second half and the club's chief executive, Brian Canavan, called stadium security a "joke".
But it appears the bottles weren't aimed at players, but a group of flag-waving Roosters fans behind the northern goalposts. Security evicted five fans, and police have barred them from returning, although stadium CCTV isn't good enough to identify any further offenders.
Roosters centre Mitchell Aubusson said a full bottle that he thought looked like it was made of glass narrowly missed his head. "I was just standing there and it just missed.
"It wasn't much fun and fans shouldn't be doing stuff like that.
"Lucky I looked up or I would have copped it straight in the face," Aubusson said.
The NRL, which will review security procedures tomorrow, is willing to implement its own bans on the spectators. A recent incident at the Sydney Football Stadium saw a fan barred from all league matches for 18 months, and spokesman John Brady said the league could ban fans for life.
Warriors chief executive Wayne Scurrah said he was concerned enough to make his own investigations yesterday but considered it "friendly banter" that had gone too far because of "a few idiots". He said their record was generally excellent.
And stadium manager John Lynch said he was confident only a couple of bottles had reached the playing field.
"To be honest, the Warriors are one of the best-behaved crowds I have ever been associated with, as a spectator and as a stadium manager; they are there to watch the game and not to cause trouble."
He said Canavan was entitled to his opinion, but believed the Auckland Regional Council, the stadium owner, employed one of New Zealand's best security companies.
In April 2005, the Warriors marched a fan into referee Tony Archer's dressing room to make him apologise for throwing a bottle at him, then banned the spectator until the end of the season.
If they beat Manly next Saturday night, they will be in the grand final. They will also make history, as the first team to finish the regular season in eighth to make the decider.
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