All Black Jordie Barrett kicked out of MCG Boxing Day test for bad behaviour
All Black Jordie Barrett has been kicked out of the Melbourne Cricket Ground for bad behaviour during the New Zealand-Australia test, the Sunday Star-Times understands.
Victoria Police removed two men from the ground yesterday afternoon, during the third day of the Boxing Day cricket test.
The men were evicted about 2.50pm (Australian time) for behavioural issues, a Victoria Police spokeswoman said.
‘‘The 22-year-old and 23-year-old, both New Zealand nationals, have been evicted and have incurred a 24-hour ban from the MCG.’’
When asked what the behavioural issues were, the spokeswoman said she didn’t have the specifics ‘‘but it is usually some form of behaviour that has breached the peace, nothing criminal’’.
A Facebook video stream from one cricket test watcher showed Barrett with a group, enjoying the day’s play.
In a comment on social media New Zealand man Matt Montgomerie was at the test and said Barrett did nothing wrong.
‘‘[He] sat down and had a big gulp of half a beer and got kicked out .... I was sitting 10 metres from him and about 100 kiwis were pushing him on to do it and he remained calm and had a big gulp.’’
The five-day test has drawn an estimated 16,000 New Zealanders across the Tasman.
Barrett, 22, made headlines in 2018 when he apologised following an incident when police were called after he entered an unlocked Dunedin house in the early hours of the morning, thinking a friend was hosting a party there.