{"id":814801,"date":"2026-07-21T17:33:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/814801\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:33:18","slug":"spectator-hospitalised-after-brawl-breaks-out-at-under-18s-rugby-league-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/814801\/","title":{"rendered":"Spectator hospitalised after brawl breaks out at under-18s rugby league game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A wild brawl that erupted at an under-18s rugby league match in Sydney\u2019s south west left a 72-year-old man in intensive care.<\/p>\n<p>The man was one of several injured after a violent fight involving players and spectators broke out at the end of a local game between the Campbelltown Collegians and The Oaks Tigers on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The 72-year-old sustained broken ribs and facial injuries which will require surgery. He was treated in the ICU after being taken to hospital and is now in a stable condition. <\/p>\n<p>Video from the Dudley Chesen Sports Ground in The Oaks appears to show an all-out brawl breaking out among multiple spectators near the carpark.<\/p>\n<p>Punches then spill onto the field as a number of players appear to get involved in the fighting.<\/p>\n<p>The brawl, which was described by one witness as \u201cinhumane and vile\u201d, is being investigated by NSW police. <\/p>\n<p>Officers attended the scene and spoke to several people before dispersing the group.<\/p>\n<p>NSW Rugby League are also reviewing the incident with a spokesperson saying that the two teams involved \u201chave been stood down while the investigations take place\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Originally published as <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/sport\/rugby\/spectator-hospitalised-after-brawl-breaks-out-at-under18s-rugby-league-game\/news-story\/e7d5ae759bcb1e92a3175de4f7ed3d75\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spectator hospitalised after brawl breaks out at under-18s rugby league game<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A wild brawl that erupted at an under-18s rugby league match in Sydney\u2019s south west left a 72-year-old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[389898,389889,389886,389893,389892,389905,376490,381288,381995,389884,389882,389888,389903,64,63,22809,74786,33680,4082,47736,58801,11554,389891,4277,44166,389902,5948,7820,389899,760,150468,178543,85,389895,1369,670,389906,389890,389883,215379,377453,389894,389907,389887,377724,389897,378658,389904,389901,376817,389900,389885,389896,446],"class_list":["post-814801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-s-south-west","tag-inhumane-and-vile","tag-a-72-year-old-man","tag-a-72-year-old-spectator","tag-a-local-game","tag-a-local-under-18s-rugby-game","tag-a-number","tag-a-spokesperson","tag-a-stable-condition","tag-a-violent-fight","tag-a-wild-brawl","tag-an-all-out-brawl","tag-an-under-18s-rugby-league-match","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brawl","tag-broken-ribs","tag-facial-injuries","tag-hospital","tag-icu","tag-intensive-care","tag-man","tag-multiple-spectators","tag-nsw-police","tag-officers","tag-one-witness","tag-place","tag-players","tag-players-and-spectators","tag-rugby","tag-several-people","tag-spectator","tag-sports","tag-sunday-the-72-year-old-sustained-broken-ribs","tag-surgery","tag-sydney","tag-the-campbelltown-collegians","tag-the-carpark-punches","tag-the-dudley-chesen-sports-ground","tag-the-end","tag-the-field","tag-the-fighting-the-brawl","tag-the-group-nsw-rugby-league","tag-the-icu","tag-the-incident","tag-the-investigations","tag-the-man","tag-the-oaks","tag-the-oaks-tigers","tag-the-scene","tag-the-two-teams","tag-under-18s-game","tag-under-18s-rugby-league-game","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814801","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=814801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}