Overview
- Late on Thursday night Ryles stopped on Mount Ousley Road near the New Mount Pleasant Road turn‑off and helped extract a young woman from an overturned, smoking car.
- Footage and Ryles’ own account say another bystander smashed the rear window with a bottle and Ryles then pulled the woman free; the car was reportedly fully alight about three minutes after the rescue.
- The woman, described as being in her twenties, was left in shock but otherwise reported to be fine and the bystander who broke the window sustained a cut to his hand.
- Ryles was driving home to Wollongong after Parramatta’s 32–12 loss to South Sydney earlier that night and remained at the scene until firefighters and police arrived who later teased him about his earlier on‑field outburst.
- Multiple Australian outlets published video and first‑person quotes that corroborate the rescue and coverage has framed the episode as a public Good Samaritan action that highlights the risks and value of bystander intervention.