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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Sport
Liam Llewellyn

Rugby fans fall head first into concrete as stand collapses in terrifying moment

Some rugby fans were involved in a very shocking scenario as they fell head first after a stand collapsed at a match in Australia. The terrifying incident took place during the closing stages of a schoolboy game between St Joseph’s College and Riverview in Sydney.

It was towards the end of the match when part of the terrace railing at the Leichhardt Oval tumbled down. Over 15,000 supporters were in attendance and thankfully the ambulance quickly arrived on the scene and nobody was seriously harmed.

Local mayor Darcy Byrne said on Twitter : "The collapse of grandstand seating at Leichhardt Oval today during a school boy rugby match was incredibly dangerous. The footage is shocking. We are gathering information but thankfully it seems no one was seriously hurt.

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