GRUBBY Queensland fans stooped to a new low on Wednesday night by unveiling an unsavoury banner that dredged up the dark past of Blues playmaker Greg Bird. After throwing cups of beer on several photographer's laptops at full time, then hurling foul-mouthed abuse at NSW coach Ricky Stuart and his players - not to mention Dave Taylor's one-fingered salute - one fan at Suncorp Stadium carried the banner. The message scribbled on white cardboard was picked up on Channel 9's live footage and accidentally seen by a record national average audience of 4.041 million people. It was a reference to the much-publicised 2008 police investigation involving Bird and his then girlfriend. He was cleared of...
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