Keegan Hipgrave explains bizarre encounter with Payne Haas

“A little hip thrust” is how Hipgrave described the now viral video. A pair of almighty pelvic thrusts into a Broncos star’s rear-end would be more accurate.

An awkward encounter between Titan Keegan Hipgrave and Bronco Payne Haas

Titans forward Keegan Hipgrave knew something was up when his phone began exploding with notifications after beating the Brisbane Broncos on Saturday night.

He’d barely sat down in the sheds when a teammate pulled up a video that offered some clue as to why.

The clip, taken 50 seconds before full-time, had captured his awkward attempt to wrestle Broncos colossus Payne Haas.

“A little hip thrust” is how Hipgrave described the video, which has been shared more than 10,000 times.

A pair of almighty pelvic thrusts into the Broncos star’s rear-end would be more accurate.

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“I didn’t think it would go viral,” the Titan admitted.

“You can’t help but laugh – it’s never not going to be funny.”

But what could have inspired him to run around dry-humping one of the NRL’s most fearsome attacking talents?

“It’s actually something we practice at training,” he explained.

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“If you can bump their hips with your hips it props them up a bit and gives you some space (to wrestle them).

“He’s such a big boy that one pump didn’t do it, he needed another.

“If it works it works, and we got him on the ground.”

The hilarious scene was the cherry on top for a dominant Titans performance that left the Broncos humiliated on home turf.

An awkward encounter between Titan Keegan Hipgrave and Bronco Payne Haas

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Hipgrave said years of being labelled the Broncos’ little brother club had added emotional energy to the Titans cause.

“Our whole focus that week was to collectively come out with energy,” the 23-year-old said.

“I knew from the very first set when we kept them in the red zone (inside 20) that we were in for a good time.

“We know that’s the winning formula going forward so we can’t just do it against the Broncos, we need it every week from now on.”

The Titans play the Sharks at CBUS Super Stadium on Saturday at 3pm.