Shannon Cox AFL: Brawl erupts at Great Northern Football League preliminary final in Geraldton, WA

Shocking moment AFL star gets into a vicious brawl at a local footy match as young children and families watch on in horror

  • Shannon Cox, former Collingwood player, was filmed in a wild fight on Saturday 
  • Cox and the man viciously hit each other outside Geraldton’s Recreation Ground
  • The two men were outside the Great Northern Football League preliminary final
  • Cox represented the Rovers in the final, helping to win their 24-point victory 

A former AFL player has been caught starting a brawl in the carpark of a country Great Northern Football League game.

Wild footage shows 36-year-old Shannon Cox, who played for Collingwood from 2007 to 2009, punching another man outside Geraldton’s Recreation Ground in Western Australia on Saturday.

Cox was at the grounds playing in the GNFL preliminary final with the Rovers in a 24-point victory.

Former Collingwood player Shannon Cox was filmed in a wild carpark fight outside the Great Northern Football League preliminary final

The footage shows the men viciously hitting each other as they moved from the carpark to the ground’s field, full of families and children.

A dog then ran over to them and lunged while onlookers jeered and encouraged the fight.

One person yelled out to Cox to ‘nail that c**t’ while another climbed on top of a car and pulled his pants down.

Footage shows 36-year-old Cox punching a man in the ground's carpark before they move to a field full of families and children

Footage shows 36-year-old Cox punching a man in the ground’s carpark before they move to a field full of families and children

The violent outburst is the latest in a series of GNFL incidents, including an all-out brawl that saw Brigades coach Jayden Schofield banned for 10 weeks.

Maurice Brand, a father of a Brigades player, has also been barred from games for 18 months for striking.

A number of players, eight from Mullewa and five from Brigades, have been suspended from one to four games.

Cox was playing in the GNFL preliminary final and helped the Rovers win a 24-point victory that secured them a place in Saturday's grand final

Cox was playing in the GNFL preliminary final and helped the Rovers win a 24-point victory that secured them a place in Saturday’s grand final

Five other players have been reprimanded.

GNFL umpires have threatened to strike until the West Australian Football Commission has completed an investigation into Saturday’s incident.

The Rovers will play against the Brigades in Saturday’s grand final at the Country Builders Stadium.

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