TAKAPUNA TOUCH MATCH STOPPED BY SIDELINE DAD'S VAPE CLOUD
The dad reckons it was pineapple ice. The ref says she couldn't see the try line.
A social touch match at Onepoto Domain was halted on Wednesday evening after a sideline parent's vape cloud rolled across the field. The referee could no longer see the try line.
The vape belonged to Damo Whitfield, 41, of Forrest Hill, who'd been standing two metres from the dead-ball line in a Hurricanes jersey he had no business wearing. "Mate, it's pineapple ice, it's not mustard gas," Whitfield told The Daily Yarn, before producing another cloud. "They're carrying on like a pork chop."
The referee, a 19-year-old AUT student named Te Aroha, stopped play in the fourth minute of the second half. "Someone got touched and I couldn't tell who," she said. "Also I got a contact buzz off it. I've got a tutorial at nine."
A mum from the opposing team, Janine, walked the sideline to inform Damo he was "a fucking munter" and that her son had asthma. Damo replied that his son "also probably has asthma, statistically". A second dad tried to mediate and was told to get fucked by both parties inside eight seconds.
A spokesperson for the touch module said vaping on the sideline was "discouraged but not technically prohibited". They confirmed Damo had been asked to stand "over by the bins". The code is reviewing whether to add vapes to the list alongside dogs and glass bottles.
Play resumed twelve minutes later once the cloud had drifted toward Lake Pupuke. Damo has since been added to a WhatsApp group he doesn't know about.
The vape belonged to Damo Whitfield, 41, of Forrest Hill, who'd been standing two metres from the dead-ball line in a Hurricanes jersey he had no business wearing. "Mate, it's pineapple ice, it's not mustard gas," Whitfield told The Daily Yarn, before producing another cloud. "They're carrying on like a pork chop."
The referee, a 19-year-old AUT student named Te Aroha, stopped play in the fourth minute of the second half. "Someone got touched and I couldn't tell who," she said. "Also I got a contact buzz off it. I've got a tutorial at nine."
A mum from the opposing team, Janine, walked the sideline to inform Damo he was "a fucking munter" and that her son had asthma. Damo replied that his son "also probably has asthma, statistically". A second dad tried to mediate and was told to get fucked by both parties inside eight seconds.
A spokesperson for the touch module said vaping on the sideline was "discouraged but not technically prohibited". They confirmed Damo had been asked to stand "over by the bins". The code is reviewing whether to add vapes to the list alongside dogs and glass bottles.
Play resumed twelve minutes later once the cloud had drifted toward Lake Pupuke. Damo has since been added to a WhatsApp group he doesn't know about.