{"id":435336,"date":"2026-01-24T22:52:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T22:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/435336\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T22:52:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T22:52:39","slug":"kotoni-staggs-run-it-straight-video-brisbane-broncos-statement-reaction-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/435336\/","title":{"rendered":"Kotoni Staggs run it straight video, Brisbane Broncos statement, reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Star Broncos centre Kotoni Staggs has been captured flattening the owner of a Brisbane skincare company in a video that has since gone viral on social media. <\/p>\n<p>Watch the 2026 NRL Preason series plus the All-Start matches LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkleague-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The video shows Staggs, who has been involved in promotional content for skincare business Rood Skin along with teammates Adam Reynolds and Jesse Arthars, participating in the \u2018Run it Straight\u2019 challenge.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768365730_454_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of publication, the video had generated just under 700,000 views. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m about to fold you, bro,\u201d Ben Yong of Rood Skin said in the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s go, brother,\u201d replied Staggs, who predictably left Yong worse for wear on the ground after he ran at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m definitely concussed after that,\u201d Yong said.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge, which rose to prominence through the Australian-based RUNIT Championship League competition, made headlines last year after a New Zealand teenager died while participating in the viral game.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Satterthwaite, 19, suffered a serious head injury when tackled in what was described by Police Manawat\u016b area commander Inspector Ross Grantham as an impromptu game instead of a planned or sanctioned event.<\/p>\n<p>A Broncos spokesperson said in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codesports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-star-kotoni-staggs-filmed-in-controversial-viral-tackle-challenge-run-it-straight\/news-story\/a0b5c13fd3c5b8c7a756d9cca9d737b9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Code Sports<\/a> that the club was \u201caware of a staged video apparently promoting a range of men\u2019s skincare products\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Star Broncos centre Kotoni Staggs has been captured flattening the owner of a Brisbane skincare company in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-435336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}