He may have poured millions of dollars into rugby league and love the game with a passion but that didn't do Russell Crowe any favours at his local suburban footy grounds.
The Oscar winning actor was brought to heel at Mascot Oval when hearrived to watch a Souths Juniors game last weekend accompanied by his dog.
The Blue Heeler pup was down visiting the big smoke from his normal home on Crowe's Coffs Harbour farm.
A stern female official turned away Crowe and trusty companion QueBlue at the Mascot Oval entrance.
He was unaware the oval is a dog free zone, though the South Sydney Rabbitohs saviour and co-owner, and Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind leading man, was bemused when another dog owner walking straight in, telling the same official her poodle was a team mascot.
A friend saw what had happened and came to his rescue, looking after the dog while he went onto the grounds to watch.
"The pup is just a bit young to leave by himself in a car," Crowe, 53, said.
