Spectator accused of starting wild brawl at Brisbane junior rugby league game between Logan Brothers and Browns Plains

A JUNIOR rugby league player, whose team was involved in an all-in-brawl south of Brisbane on Sunday, claims a spectator sparked the wild scenes.

Spectator behind junior footy brawl

A LOGAN Brothers under-18 rugby league player, whose team was involved in an all-in-brawl against Browns Plains on Sunday, claims a spectator attacking a player sparked a fight involving dozens.

Benjamin Kelly said an on-field fight escalated to involve the public after a spectator attacked one of three players sent from the field following a brawl in the opening minutes of the Logan Brothers-Browns Plains clash south of Brisbane.

"After three players were sent off, they proceeded to niggle and taunt each other as tensions were high,'' Kelly wrote to this paper trying to shed light on the incident.

"A stare-off for dominance turned violent quickly as a spectator, that I believe has remained unnamed, ran into the mix and punched one of the Logan Brothers sent off players in the back of the head, then proceeded to punch into him.''

Kelly said it was not long before more spectators than players were fighting.

He alleged one adult spectator hurled racial abuse at Logan Brothers in the lead-up to spectators becoming involved.

Yet Kelly said the initial on-field fight between players "was not racially motivated as both players were of Polynesian descent''.

Kelly said it was not Logan Brothers' intention to fight during the match.

"We arrived hoping to turn our season around with a victory over rivals Browns Plains,'' he said.

"No one arrived with the intent to fight or play dirty.''

He said while around six players were throwing punching during the on-field fight, most players were attempting to pull them off each other.

Kellysaid the fight started in the first minute when Browns Plains carried the football, only to be held down in a tackle by Logan Brothers.

"This is commonly seen in rugby league as the player struggling to get up thrashes about. Nothing dirty was involved from what I saw and I was a part of the tackle.

"A penalty was blown in Browns Plains favour yet the player that was tackled got up and threw the first punch which initially started the on field fight. It was broken up quite quickly as players rushed in to separate players fighting.

"I don't understand how this could of started such a heartbreaking thing to watch and experience, yet it did.''