The NRL pitch invader who bear-hugged Dragons player Zac Lomax has copped a serving while learning his punishment in court.
The Maroubra teenager told 9News he “made a fool of himself” and has to live with the consequences.
Kurtis Quealey thought he was man of the match in the Anzac Day blockbuster at Allianz Stadium – but with that kind of fame comes the walk of shame at court.
Asked if his 15 minutes of fame was worth it, Quealey said no.
“Not really to be honest,” he told 9News.
“I made a fool of myself and (I’ve) just got to take it on the chin now.”
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Quealey admitted he’d had too much to drink when he jumped the fence and hugged Lomax in the final minutes of the game against the Roosters.
Quealey pleaded guilty to two charges, including common assault and today faced a magistrate’s wrath.
“There’s no glory about it, there’s no honour about it,” Magistrate Michael Barko said.
The 19-year-old scaffolder escaped a conviction and a $5500 fine but he won’t be returning to the stands to watch his beloved Roosters anytime soon – he’s been banned from stadiums for the next two years.
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