A magistrate condemned spectator violence after sentencing Mesepa Salesa for attacking players at a rugby game.
Violence inflicted by spectators at sports games "must be deterred", a magistrate said when sentencing the wife of a Canberra Raiders legend for attacking two female rugby league players on a football field.
Raiders' prop Josh Papali'i raised his middle finger towards the media outside the ACT Magistrates Court when he was driving his car away after his wife, Mesepa Salesa, was sentenced on Wednesday (18 June).
In July 2024, Salesa was watching a rugby league game at the Kippax Raiders Club in Holt when a 17-year-old was sent off the field.