The NRL integrity unit is investigating after Wests Tigers players appeared to make obscene gestures at Canterbury supporters during Sunday’s upset win.<\/p>\n
After the final try of their side’s shock 28-14 victory, several Tigers players appeared to taunt Bulldogs fans with the “khod” gesture, known as an equivalent to “flipping the bird” in the Arabic community.<\/p>\n
Tigers players Samuela Fainu, Sunia Turuva, Brent Naden and Latu Fainu all made the hand gesture towards the southern grandstand, where a large contingent of Bulldogs fans were sitting.<\/p>\n
Tigers centre and former Bulldogs player Naden later uploaded a video to TikTok where he made the gesture and yelled “f***ing dogs” to the camera.<\/p>\n
Naden has since deleted the video.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs have a passionate Middle Eastern fan base and reached out to the NRL integrity unit, which is now investigating the matter.<\/p>\n
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Ex-Tiger Lachlan Galvin copped it from the Wests fans throughout the game. (Getty Images: Mark Evans)<\/p>\n
It came after star Bulldogs signing Lachlan Galvin was verbally abused by a fan on-field before kick-off of Sunday’s game.<\/p>\n
Tigers members and fans formed a long guard of honour for their players on the field before kick-off, with the large crowd taking time to disperse.<\/p>\n
Amid the commotion, according to AAP, one fan stood only metres from former Tiger Galvin and yelled at the star, who controversially left the club to join the Bulldogs mid-season.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs privately question why security was not on hand, particularly given that tensions were always expected to run high, with Galvin facing his old side for the first time.<\/p>\n
Galvin was booed with every touch of the ball on Sunday afternoon, but coach Cameron Ciraldo said at full-time that the 20-year-old had taken the jeering in his stride.<\/p>\n
“Nothing much flusters him. I thought he went out there, he did his job today. I don’t think it rattled him that much. It’s just we got beaten as a team,” Ciraldo said.<\/p>\n
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