New Zealander Daniel King has been named as the man who shocked the sporting world when he climbed the grandstand of the Sydney Cricket Ground - and relieved himself in front of a stunned full house at the Wallabies v England test match.
Australian media named King, a bodybuilder andpersonal trainer working out of Bondi, and then tracked him down to ask him some tough questions about his behaviour.
The bodybuilder was cornered by fellow Kiwi Steve Marshall, a reporter from Australia's A Current Affair - and like King that night, he didn't hold back.
Marshall approached him inside a shopping mall and, referring to him as "piddler on the roof", asked what he was thinking when committed the gross act.
King bolted, prompting Marshall to ask: "Have you got the runs Danny? I thought it was number ones?"
"You can't put that on f****** TV," he told Marshall.
They did.
King's actions went around the world. Photo / Instagram
The Otago Daily Times reported that King is a former Queenstown man and a former 50-cap Wakatipu premier rugby player. He was approached for comment, but no response was received by the ODT.
On his website, King boasts that he was a "very skinny kid" who turned his life around in the gym and says his goal is to "help more people transform their lives".
Danny King. Photo / KingFitness.co.nz
King was charged by New South Wales Police with behaving in an offensive manner in/near a public place and climbing on a building on scheduled lands without approval.
He was also issued an initial two-year ban by the SCG, before Rugby Australia chief executive Andy Marinos went further, slamming the behaviour and issuing a lifetime ban from all Australian rugby.
"The deplorable actions of the alleged intruder that made his way to the roof of the grandstand were disgraceful and dangerous," Marinos said in a statement.
"This individual has been issued with a life ban from Rugby Australia events – and we will continue to support the authorities in their handling of the matter."
