The NSWRL is reportedly investigating a Harold Matthews Cup game after a player from the St George Dragons accused an Illawarra Steelers player of calling him a ‘coconut’.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported the incident allegedly occurred after a clash between the two clubs at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium in Kogarah in which the Steelers defeated the Dragons 28-4.
It is unknown who the players involved are because they are under the age of 18, and the publication has not named them, but it is understood that the NSWRL has been made aware of the matter.
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Along with the accusation of a player calling another player a ‘coconut’, another player was sin-binned over a separate striking incident in the match during the second half.
The incident comes a week after Spencer Leniu was suspended for eight games after he called Ezra Mam a ‘monkey’ in the Round 1 clash between the Roosters and the Broncos in Las Vegas.
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Manly Sea Eagles forward Haumole Olakau’atu recently revealed that he has been called a ‘coconut’ multiple times throughout his rugby league career.
“I’ve been called everything on the field, but it’s just words to me – I’ve been called ‘coconut’ many times in the NRL,” Olakau’atu said, via The Herald.
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“It’s part of the game, it’s the heat of the moment, and at the end of the day they don’t really mean it. It’s just words to me.
“It will happen when you have a scuffle … I got called that growing up in school. You get used to it. It’s just words.”
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