‘Pretty scary’: Riot police escort Mitchell Moses to and from venue after death threats

NRL star Mitchell Moses was reportedly escorted to and from Commbank Stadium by police riot squad on Friday after death threats.

Parramatta Eels halfback Mitchell Moses was reportedly escorted to and from Commbank Stadium by a police riot squad on Friday evening after receiving death threats earlier in the week.

As reported the The Daily Telegraph, the Eels were made aware of multiple phone calls received by a family member ahead of Parramatta’s Round 18 clash against the Warriors.

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The 27-year-old was quickly granted additional security after the NRL notified the police, with two men seen guarding the former New South Wales representative while conducting a post-match interview on the field.

According to reports, Moses was secretly ushered in and out of the venue via a tunnel underneath the ground.

“It’s a pretty scary thing,” he told Triple M on Saturday.

“I think it was worse because contact was to my family. When people start to get into your family it’s harder. Couple of text messages and couple of phone calls. It was non stop. It didn’t come through to me. It came to my family. To see them in that situation is not good for any person let alone a footballer.”

Moses contributed 56 run metres, 20 tackles and eight points during the Eels’ 28-18 victory over the Warriors, temporarily moving Parramatta up to fifth on the NRL ladder.

Mitchell Moses of the Eels. Photo by Jason McCawley/Getty Images

The Eels were sloppy for long stretches of the game and only led 10-6 against their lowly rivals with 25 minutes left on the clock before Reed Mahoney set up Isaiah Papali’i with his second try assist of the night to give Parramatta some breathing room.

That seemed to give the hosts some confidence and they were never headed after that with Bailey Simonsson delivering a delicious offload in traffic to set up captain Clint Gutherson minutes later to blow the game open.

The points flowed after that and there was time for some Maika Sivo magic that had the home crowd chanting his name as he raced down the sideline to add to his incredible try-scoring tally at CommBank Stadium.

“He’s just starting to get some confidence,” Eels coach Brad Arthur said.

They were far from clinical, but the blue and golds are now just two competition points behind the teams coming second with five of their remaining seven games to be played at home.

The only concern is that they’ve now conceded a couple of late tries in garbage time for the second week in a row.

– with Martin Gabor, NCA NewsWire

Originally published as ‘Pretty scary’: Riot police escort Mitchell Moses to and from venue after death threats