Overview
- The Sydney Roosters said their marketing department labeled South Sydney as "visitors" on the Allianz Stadium scoreboard and confirmed they will stop the practice.
- NRL rules require scoreboards to display team names, and while the league sought an explanation, it confirmed to AAP that no breach notice will be issued.
- Rabbitohs chairman Nicholas Pappas called the move thoroughly discourteous and sought an apology, and CEO Blake Solly questioned consistent enforcement of the operations manual.
- The Roosters, as hirer of the venue, accepted responsibility for match-day presentation and noted Souths later returned the "visitors" label in a NSW Cup game at Redfern Oval.
- The incident occurred on the night Alex Johnston surpassed Ken Irvine’s try record, when thousands of fans and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese entered the field during celebrations.