Stadium stink: 'Stench' ignites blame game as source of smell revealed

Stadium stink: 'Stench' ignites blame game as source of smell revealed

Canberra Stadium smell blamed on Canberra Raiders storing equipment in inappropriate area during game.

The Canberra Times

The fallout from the foul "stench" in the bowels of Canberra Stadium reached a crescendo on Monday when Sport Minister Yvette Berry blamed the Canberra Raiders for the source of the smell.

In a curious case of "poo dunnit", Berry said at a press conference on Monday the Raiders "inadvertently" caused the odour underneath the Mal Meninga grandstand. She said the NRL team was "using a space that wasn't appropriate to store equipment" during their home clash against the Wests Tigers.

The smell, which wafted between change rooms for all teams, the post-match media room, the referees' base, and operational areas, prompted Ricky Stuart to...

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