{"id":434239,"date":"2026-05-19T01:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T01:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/434239\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T01:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T01:16:09","slug":"warriors-fan-involved-in-brawl-with-broncos-fan-in-stands-at-nrl-magic-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/434239\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors fan involved in brawl with Broncos fan in stands at NRL Magic Round"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queensland police confirmed officers removed two men from the stadium following the altercation.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Sunday, May 17, two men aged 21 and 27 were escorted from the venue following an altercation and were directed to move on,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Almost 150,000 fans attended the weekend\u2019s eight NRL matches at Suncorp Stadium, with police largely pleased by the behaviour of supporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolice thank the majority of the public for being considerate and respectful towards others.<\/p>\n

\u201cBetween May 14 and 17, there were 16 evictions, 20 move-on directions issued, and eight arrests made.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the incident may have slightly dampened the occasion, Warriors fans were otherwise praised for the atmosphere and energy<\/a> they brought to the venue. <\/p>\n

Despite the match being played at the Broncos\u2019 home ground, Brisbane were the designated away side and were met with loud boos during the team run-on, while the Warriors received strong vocal support.<\/p>\n

It is estimated that between 8000 and 10,000 Warriors supporters travelled from New Zealand for the event. The National Rugby League reported this year\u2019s Magic Round was its biggest yet in terms of attendance and engagement.<\/p>\n

More than $113,000 was also raised through the \u201cKick for a Cause\u201d initiative, with proceeds set to be distributed among 11 leading paediatric cancer centres across Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queensland police confirmed officers removed two men from the stadium following the altercation. \u201cOn Sunday, May 17, two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[74,1975,51369,222224,9689,9687,2837,13503,9517,16840,78,8454,2205,1906,111,139,577,69,18833,213,16674,23742,222225,10809,207461,8229,3006,3608,102,80],"class_list":["post-434239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-after","tag-at","tag-brawl","tag-brawling","tag-brisbane","tag-broncos","tag-during","tag-fan","tag-fans","tag-filmed","tag-in","tag-including","tag-involved","tag-magic","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nrl","tag-nz","tag-round","tag-sports","tag-stadium","tag-stands","tag-suncorp","tag-sunday","tag-supporter","tag-they","tag-warriors","tag-were","tag-with","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}