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Australia: serial killer among cardboard supporters during rugby match

2020-06-02T11:34:12.047Z


To fill the stadiums despite the closed doors decided in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Australian federation had an idea that pleases


The Australian Rugby Federation (NRL) had a good idea to fill the stadiums despite the closed doors decided in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic: ask the supporters to send their effigy and print it on boxes, placed in the stands . But it turned into a fiasco ... Some jokers took the opportunity to make a bad prank, by transmitting the photo of a famous serial killer, who therefore appeared, full size, in the stands of a match of XIII rugby.

The NRL wanted to mark the blow when it resumed last weekend behind closed doors after several weeks of suspension of matches due to new coronavirus. Inspired by an idea already applied for football matches in Germany, she offers fans to pay 22 Australian dollars (13.5 euros) to print a cardboard effigy of them, placed in the stands.

"Dr Death", Dominic Cummings…

Pranksters have hijacked the device by sending photos ... unusual. For example, that of Harold Shipman, nicknamed "Dr Death", an English doctor convicted in 2000 of having killed 15 of his patients. We saw his portrait on Sunday in the stands of the match between the Penrith Panthers and the Newcastle Knights… when he committed suicide in detention over 15 years ago.

Lighter, Australian viewers were also able to distinguish in the stands the portrait of Dominic Cummings, adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who found himself at the heart of a controversy for having circumvented compulsory confinement.

The more or less tasteful jokes that prompted the NRL to announce a reform of the system. “We are reviewing the Fans control process in the Grandstands . The weekend was a test and tests are done to fix the problems, "the League said in a statement.

Source: leparis

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