Haumole Olakau’atu’s frustrations got the better of him a second time last Thursday in a moment not seen on live TV coverage.
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Olakau’atu was being sent to the sin bin early in the second half of Manly’s loss to Wests Tigers at Leichhardt Oval when he reacted angrily to being goaded by Tigers fans in the main grandstand, beckoning them to come down to the playing field.
Cameras then captured him storming into the away sheds and launching a white plastic chair across the room into a wall.
The 25-year-old had vowed to improve his behaviour after being hit with a two-match ban for entering a sideline melee in the State of Origin decider at Suncorp Stadium earlier this season. Olakau’atu was NSW’s 19th man and dressed in chinos and a blazer, but got involved when Blues teammate Brian To’o was roughed up by more than half a dozen Maroons.
Emotions are sure to be running high inside Accor Stadium on Friday evening when Manly meet Canterbury in front of a parochial crowd of some 40,000 fans.
