Harbour View Hotel issued first strike after Bulldogs Mad Monday nudity

The Sydney hotel at the centre of the Bulldogs debauched Mad Monday celebrations has been issued a “first strike” by authorities, meaning it now faces stricter conditions.

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What’s wrong with a few drunk footballers dancing naked on the tables when there are no women, no children and no complaints?

That’s the argument from the Sydney pub trying to escape punishment for hosting the Canterbury Bulldog’s infamous Mad Monday celebrations in September last year.

During the events at the Harbour View Hotel in The Rocks, players stripped naked, danced on tables, fell off stools, “performed sex acts on themselves and other patrons”, and poured alcohol over their genitalia.

Canterbury Bulldogs players Adam Elliott strips off, while dancing to Neil Diamond, Sweet Caroline, at the Harbour View Hotel, The Rocks, during their Mad Monday celebrations. Picture: Justin Lloyd

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One player was also seen vomiting outside before being helped by the hotel’s duty manager.

The NRL fined the club $250,000. Players Adam Elliott and Asipeli Fine pleaded guilty to police charges of wilful and obscene exposure.

They were given a conditional release order with no conviction recorded.

Canterbury Bulldogs player Adam Elliot escaped a conviction for wilful and obscene exposure. Picture: Toby Zerna

On Friday the NSW independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA) issued the hotel with a “first strike”, proposing tough new conditions on CCTV, crime scene preservation and the number of staff required to enforce responsible service of alcohol rules.

The hotel has one month to respond.

The authority’s compliance manager, John Coady, said it was observed that the “duty manager is reported to be seen clapping and cheering with the crowd”.

He has since been sacked.

Police at Harbour View Hotel, The Rocks, after the Canterbury Bulldogs Mad Monday drunken party. Picture: Dylan Robinson

“The Authority has considered the licensee’s submission that there were a number of ameliorating circumstances, including the fact that there were no members of the public, minors, or women at the function (either as guests or staff); no violence or injury occurred; no complaints were received; and the hotel has co-operated fully with police,” Mr Coady said in an ILGA statement.

Despite these submission, Mr Coady hinted that conditions could get even tougher licensee John Watt and owner Brian Perry.

Players on the balcony of Sydney’s Harbour View Hotel in The Rocks. Picture: Justin Lloyd.

“Given the seriousness of harm, in the form of multiple cases of intoxication and acts of indecency as a result of the prescribed offence, the Authority considers that it may be in the public interest, subject to consideration of any final submissions, to take further remedial action against the licence of Harbour View Hotel,” he said.

Owner Brian Perry, who said he has run the venue for more than 22 years, declined to comment when contacted by The Sunday Telegraph.