‘a Shithouse Stadium’: Nrl Coach Left Needing Stitches To Hand After Glass Shatters At Canberra Stadium

Canterbury coach Cameron Ciraldo has joined increasing calls for Canberra’s GIO Stadium to acquisition a look assistance aft revealing he would request stitches aft solid shattered connected him successful nan ageing arena.

While nan visiting coach was near pinch a heavy gash successful his hand, Raiders leader Ricky Stuart besides weighed in, calling his side’s location arena a “shithouse stadium” and claiming authorities didn’t attraction astir nan authorities of nan 1970s-built venue.

Drama erupted successful nan dying minutes of nan Bulldogs’ gritty 14-10 triumph against Canberra connected Thursday night, erstwhile Ciraldo thrust his manus against nan solid of his coaching box.

“The container was rather foggy, truthful we couldn’t spot what was happening,” he said. “We tried to unfastened nan model and nan full model smashed connected us. There was solid each complete us, and I’ll request a mates of stitches. It’s a awesome atmosphere, but it deserves an upgrade.”

When informed of his counterpart’s injury, Stuart lambasted nan authorities of nan arena connected what had been a bedewed nighttime successful Canberra.

“I’m coming to nan alteration room and I thought it was raining successful there. There’s nary bully whingeing astir it because nan group you’ve sewage to whinge to don’t springiness a shit,” said Stuart.

“The group that make decisions astir our stadium don’t attraction astir nan stadium. They don’t attraction astir nan nation’s superior having nan shithouse stadium that we have. So that’s why I don’t whinge astir it. I don’t care. We conscionable dress up and we’ll conscionable do what we sewage to do, because they don’t care.”

Ciraldo’s wounded is nan latest rumor to plague nan venue arsenic unit has been mounting for nan capital’s main stadium to beryllium transformed contempt ACT main curate Andrew Barr saying it won’t beryllium for different decade.

Former Wallaby and now legislator David Pocock says it is “clearly past its owed date”, adding aggregate reports complete 17 years person recovered that nan infrastructure needs to beryllium either updated aliases replaced.

He acknowledged nan ACT authorities was successful a reliable spot budget-wise, but said Canberrans expect astatine slightest a plan.

“It’s conscionable seen arsenic a costs alternatively than an finance successful community, an finance successful well-being, and arsenic a state that is grappling pinch ballooning wellness budgets, we should beryllium doubling down connected ways to get group out, progressive and connected to their community,” Pocock told AAP.

“We cognize that 1 of nan challenges successful bringing a men’s [football] squad to Canberra is nan authorities of nan stadium.”

Canberra has besides missed retired connected hosting tournaments specified arsenic adjacent year’s Rugby World Cup, partially because of nan stadium, contempt having 1 of Australia’s astir successful rugby teams, nan ACT Brumbies.