{"id":444521,"date":"2025-03-23T19:46:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T20:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=444521"},"modified":"2025-03-23T22:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T22:12:21","slug":"bunnies-mascot-accused-of-pushing-child-at-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=444521","title":{"rendered":"Bunnies mascot accused of pushing child at match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cronulla and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/south-sydney-rabbitohs\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"South Sydney\">South Sydney<\/a> are investigating an incident involving South Sydney&#x27;s mascot after allegations a nine-year-old was pushed in the face at Shark Park.<\/p>\n<p>The club&#x27;s official mascot Charlie Gallico, or &quot;Reggie The Rabbit&quot; as he&#x27;s known, was accused of pushing the boy on Saturday, when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2025-sharks-v-rabbitohs-results-nicho-hynes-disappointing-win-comments-reaction-20250322-p5llo8.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Rabbitohs lost to the Sharks\">Rabbitohs lost to the Sharks<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/beloved-rabbitohs-mascot-accused-of-punching-child-investigation-launched-20250323-p5llty.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"The Sydney Morning Herald\"><em>The Sydney Morning Herald<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sharks and Rabbitohs officials both confirmed they were aware of the incident.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2025-taniela-paseka-injury-manly-raiders-result-video-highlights-20250323-p5llus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Manly&#x27;s big win soured as prop suffers season-ending blow<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2025-bulldogs-eels-stephen-crichton-shaun-lane-penalty-billy-slater-andrew-johns-reaction-20250323-p5llts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Slater, Joey stunned by &#x27;ridiculous&#x27; Crichton penalty<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE\ufeff:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/basketball\/national-basketball-league\/nbl-news-2025-illawarra-hawks-melbourne-united-finals-result-matthew-dellavedova-mvp-20250323-p5lltw.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Delly&#x27;s classy act as Hawks end 24-year title drought<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"a11cd17a-59c7-4ebd-aa97-cd9cdae5e10f\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/a11cd17a-59c7-4ebd-aa97-cd9cdae5e10f\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"412\" data-height=\"232\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A video posted on TikTok captured an incident where the mascot approaches a young Sharks fan.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff&quot;We are investigating what happened and will have no further comment to make until our investigation is complete,&quot; the Rabbitohs said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We have reached out to the boy&#x27;s mother to let her know we will be investigating the incident.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"6034d1b0-01dc-4e00-b7a5-f0465b97a120\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/6034d1b0-01dc-4e00-b7a5-f0465b97a120-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"3000\" data-height=\"1688\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The investigation reportedly started after a social media post from the child&#x27;s mother accused Gallico of the assault.<\/p>\n<p>Cronulla were contacted before information was passed on to the Rabbitohs and NRL.<\/p>\n<p>The NRL is making further inquiries. \ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Cronulla and South Sydney are investigating an incident involving South Sydney&#x27;s mascot after allegations a nine-year-old was pushed in the face at Shark Park. 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