Wests Tigers have been issued with a “formal warning” after a number of gamers carried out an offensive hand gesture in the direction of Bulldogs followers.
Tigers gamers together with Samuela Fainu, Latu Fainu, and Brent Naden have been caught flipping Canterbury followers a Khod throughout Sunday’s upset win at CommBank Stadium.
Naden additionally posted a video to social media, which he later deleted, performing the hand gesture once more and saying “f—ing Canines”.
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Early Wednesday morning the NRL issued a press release.
“The NRL acknowledges that these actions brought on, or had the potential to trigger, offence to members of the NRL group,” it stated.
“Individually, the NRL has issued a breach discover to Wests Tigers participant Brent Naden.
Brent Naden carried out the gesture throughout and after the sport. Twitter
“The discover alleges that Naden’s conduct following the Wests Tigers match on August 3 contravened the NRL Code of Conduct. The participant may have 5 days to answer the breach discover.”
The Tigers surprised the NRL with a 28-14 victory over the third-placed Bulldogs in moist and muddy circumstances at CommBank Stadium.
However some viewers claimed Tigers gamers went too far in celebrating their shock success in opposition to the top-four outfit.
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When Samuela Fainu scored a strive within the seventieth minute, he was joined by a number of teammates in working in the direction of a bit of the stadium the place primarily blue and white followers sat.
Plenty of Tigers gamers carried out a hand gesture which was later revealed to be a Khod.
Whereas the phrase Khod means various things in a number of languages, it’s thought-about offensive in Lebanese and in Arabic and is alleged to be much like flipping the center finger.
Wests Tigers participant Samula Fainu gestures in the direction of Bulldogs followers. Getty
It may well translate to “take that” or “right here you go” however within the wake of Sunday’s incident, others have defined it is a a lot stronger insult.
Bulldogs followers have been broadcast yelling on the gamers in an offended response.
Naden performed one season for Canterbury in 2022 earlier than becoming a member of the Tigers.
The Tigers have been utilizing a distinct hand gesture to have fun tries this season, since former Penrith gamers Jarome Luai and Sunia Turuva joined the membership.
Gamers usually have fun by making a claw image with their hand.
Canterbury requested the NRL to research the incident on Sunday.
