Brawl erupts between Parramatta Eels fans in crowd at NRL match

NRL fans supporting the same team traded blows in a wild brawl at ANZ Stadium on Monday afternoon.

A man wearing a Parramatta Eels jersey walked up to another man donning the famous blue and yellow strip – and coward punched him.

Watch the fight in the video below

That prompted the man to stand up and start throwing punches back at his attacker before a Wests Tigers fan joined the fracas which was quickly broken up by stadium security.

The Eels won the match 36-22 to remain unbeaten after four rounds, while Wests slumped to 13th on the ladder.

A popular NRL fan page posted the video on Instagram with the caption “you’re on the same team boys” while plenty of fans mocked the pair on social media.

Fergo has last laugh

Blake Ferguson will be haunted by Adam Doueihi’s bombs but the Parramatta winger had the last laugh on Monday.

The Eels held on against a fast-finishing Tigers side who scored two tries in six minutes to get within two points until a flurry of activity in the dying minutes.

Clint Gutherson’s try in the 78th minute put the result beyond doubt in the 11-try spectacle after a messy afternoon with the ball for the Eels.

Ferguson then plucked the ball out of the air after the siren to race down the sideline and score his second to ease the pain of a tough day at the office.

He had a wobbly afternoon in front of the biggest crowd of the NRL season at Stadium Australia, with the 29,056 fans holding their breath each time he was under the high ball.

The off-contract winger slipped and missed the opening kick-off which was then knocked on by prop Junior Paulo to start a comedy of errors for the Eels’ backs under Doueihi’s bombs.

The Tigers five-eighth revived the magic of the boot in the traditional Easter Monday clash with both Gutherson and Ferguson struggling to reign them in.

The persistence paid off for Doueihi just before halftime.

Ferguson dropped one of the thundering bombs and Moses Mbye was on the spot to clean it up, flicking it to Luke Brooks who passed to Stefano Utoikamanu who scored.

A chip kick from Gutherson in the final minute of the second half put the Eels ahead 20-10 at the break and gifted Tom Opacic his double for the day.

But after Ferguson scored his first for the afternoon just after halftime, the Tigers ran in two quick tries to Doueihi and Jacob Liddle to push the Eels all the way.