Canberra guardant Corey Horsburgh mocked rival Royce Hunt connected societal media aft the second labelled the Raiders subordinate a "weak-gutted dog".
Sharks prop, Hunt, told a property league connected Wednesday, helium can't hold to play Canberra aboriginal successful the play to get payback connected Horsburgh aft their on-field stoush successful the Raiders' triumph connected Sunday.
Hunt accused Horsburgh of hiding down teammate Jack Wighton aft pushing him to the crushed during a a scrum and was sin-binned aft helium landed a punch.
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Horsburgh, deed backmost connected Instagram, posting a meme of a doctored photograph of him holding a babe with Hunt's caput superimposed implicit the top.
Shark slams 'weak gutted dog' Raider
"Really blessed for my small lad watching Daddy people 2 tries," the caption read.
Hunt and Horsburgh were teammates astatine Mt Pritchard successful NSW Cup successful 2018 and spent clip playing successful the little grades astatine Canberra.
"We'll spot if helium fronts up," Hunt said. "I person ne'er seen a front-rower fell down a halfback.
"You can't conscionable clasp maine successful and propulsion maine implicit and not expect anything. I was a spot upset astir that. It is what it is, it's rugby league. We get connected with it and bash him adjacent game."
Hunt's sin-binning proved important successful the match, with Horsburgh scoring moments aft the altercation, and the Raiders crossing again portion helium was disconnected the tract successful the 24-20 win.
"I was a spot upset we lost," Hunt said. "I got sent for 10 and enactment the boys nether pressure. I was upset astatine myself for getting sent for 10 and letting him get nether my skin."
When asked astir the altercation that yet outgo his broadside the game, Sharks manager Craig Fitzgibbon said some players were successful the wrong.
"You can't conscionable clasp onto idiosyncratic from the backmost of a scrum and propulsion them over," Fitzgibbon said.
"But you can't bash what Royce did. It should person been picked up by idiosyncratic earlier Royce retaliated, Royce shouldn't person retaliated similar that. Especially not portion we were defending our extremity line."
The Sharks adjacent look the Raiders successful circular 27, connected September 3.
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