Overview

• Viral footage showed Sea Eagles fans skolling beer then charging head-on into each other behind the main hill at Brookvale Oval in the ‘Run It Straight’ craze.
• CEO Tony Mestrov declared that anyone caught engaging in the stunt will be banned from future home games and that patrols will be stepped up after full-time.
• Match-day operations currently include about 70 security officers and 70 event staff, with plainclothes personnel specifically assigned to monitor the hill.
• Concussion specialist Dr. Alan Pearce warned that repeated high-impact collisions can trigger second impact syndrome and long-term brain damage, especially when alcohol is involved.
• The crackdown follows last week’s death of a New Zealand teenager in a backyard ‘Run It Straight’ incident, underscoring the life-threatening risks.