{"id":453935,"date":"2025-06-19T20:57:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T20:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=453935"},"modified":"2025-06-20T00:14:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T00:14:00","slug":"woods-comes-good-on-origin-bet-despite-legal-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=453935","title":{"rendered":"Woods comes good on Origin bet despite legal threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former NSW Blues prop Aaron Woods has come good on his bet to do a nudie run at Bondi Beach despite legal threats from the state premier.<\/p>\n<p>Woods had a bet with Nine&#x27;s <em>Today <\/em>host Karl Stefanovic &#8211; who is a proud Queenslander &#8211; ahead of State of Origin II in Perth on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>With the Maroons winning, Woods went on live TV on Friday morning to strip naked and run into the pre-dawn surf.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/state-of-origin\/under-19s-recap-results-2025-nsw-blues-queensland-maroons-standout-players-jacob-halangahu-coby-black-oliva-smith-mitchell-woods-analysis-20250619-p5m8xo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>The two enforcers knocking on door of NRL stardom<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2025-under-19s-nsw-blues-queensland-maroons-luke-laulilii-penalty-captains-challenge-phil-gould-reaction-20250619-p5m8xn.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#x27;Absolutely ludicrous&#x27; call that had Gus calling for action<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: \ufeff<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/state-of-origin\/news-2025-under-19s-fight-melee-video-jordan-uta-tackle-nsw-blues-queensland-maroons-brad-fittler-comments-20250619-p5m8x5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Origin clash &#x27;boils over&#x27; as wild shot sparks all-in melee<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;There are more people appearing by the second,&quot; he laughed nervously as he stood on the beach in a robe.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff&quot;Thanks Karl.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><em>Today <\/em>sports presenter Danika Mason had the unfortunate position of standing on the beach as Woods ran into the water.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"acec6142-0bd1-474e-bda5-a35b9c6e4e1d\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/acec6142-0bd1-474e-bda5-a35b9c6e4e1d\" alt=\"Aaron Woods strips off at Bondi as Karl Stefanovic is left in tears.\" data-width=\"624\" data-height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I hope I get a Logie for this,&quot; Mason said.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>A while later Woods appeared on <em>Today <\/em>again, this time fully clothed.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;m feeling good, it was good fun,&quot; Woods said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It was a long run, it was like &#x27;when is this water going to get closer&#x27;.\ufeff&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Woods made good on the bet despite NSW premier Chris Minns warning the act was illegal.<\/p>\n<p>During a segment on <em>Triple M Breakfast with Beau, Cat and Woodsy,<\/em> the former NRL player asked if Minns wanted to join him in the nudie run.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"6f2e9813-b0ed-4fbd-b730-6c31d7ee3db2\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6f2e9813-b0ed-4fbd-b730-6c31d7ee3db2\" alt=\"Aaron Woods pictured in action for the Manly Sea Eagles during the 2023 season\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;No &#8211; it&#x27;s highly illegal,&quot; came the blunt reply.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Why is this news to you guys? It&#x27;s been illegal forever,&quot; Minns said with tongue in cheek.<\/p>\n<p>Former Sharks player Beau Ryan said Woods was &quot;genuinely shocked&quot; when they told him nudie runs were illegal when the idea was originally floated.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He goes, &#x27;What&#x27;s illegal?&#x27; I go; &#x27;You can&#x27;t be nude in public&#x27;. And he&#x27;s like, &#x27;But at the beach!&#x27; I said; &#x27;it&#x27;s still public. It&#x27;s &#8230; you could get arrested&#x27;.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch the 2025 State of Origin series exclusively live and free on Nine and<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/stream.9now.com.au\/SKOGPDX2ITb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><em><strong>9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>.<\/strong><\/em><em>\ufeff<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6374520141112\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pickerimage-23.jpg\" alt=\"2025 State of Origin Highlights: QLD v NSW - Game II\" data-vms-id=\"ref:cmc1xetxs000v0gqy71f7hh18\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The premier pointed out there are several nude beaches in Sydney where Woods could complete his bet without fear of a public arrest and a trip to the slammer.<\/p>\n<p>Woods could also cop a fine over the act.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Minns himself has a series-long bet with his Queensland counterpart \ufeffDavid Crisafulli, in which the loser will appear in an advertising campaign for the other state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Former NSW Blues prop Aaron Woods has come good on his bet to do a nudie run at Bondi Beach despite legal threats from the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=453935\" title=\"Woods comes good on Origin bet despite legal threat\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":453937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453935"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=453935"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":453940,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453935\/revisions\/453940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/453937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=453935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=453935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=453935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}