Canberra centre Joey Leilua said he felt like “I had a rock in my eye” when he was trying to dislodge a piece of material that had flown into his face as he ran out on to AAMI Park at the start of the qualifying final against Storm on Saturday night.
Several large sparkler-style fireworks were detonated to enhance the top-four showdown as part of the pre-game entertainment.
But due to the mishap, the NRL said they were unlikely to use the sparklers again during the current finals campaign and would start an investigation of the incident.
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Topic: Fireworks mishap: 'I thought I wasn’t going to be able to play'
