- A rugby league reporter was caught in an awkward moment at the Brookval Oval
- It came following Manly’s victory against Parramatta last weekend
A footy reporter was ‘busted’ in an awkward moment with a group of cheerleaders last weekend at the Brookvale Oval.
Ahead of Manly’s 26-12 victory against Parramatta, Jake Duke was pictured preparing to go live for a pitchside segment, ahead of the match.
But he was roasted by footy great Bryan Fletcher on Fox League after he had appeared to be seen looking in the direction of a group of cheerleaders who were dancing in the middle of the footy pitch.
The cheerleaders were dressed in scantily clad outfits that had appeared to have a large wreath of feathers on their backs, with each dancer being dressed in a different colour.
In the clip, which was posted on Fox Footy’s Instagram account, Fox Sports’ presenter Duke is then seen turning around to realise he’s been busted on camera.
Duke laughs off the moment on camera before Fletcher roasted him live on Fox Footy’s Late Show.
Jake Duke was roasted by Fox League presenter Bryan Fletcher after he was seen staring a group of cheerleaders
Fletcher joked at the moment on the Late Show, stating: ‘He gets caught!’ While Fox League captioned the Instagram vieo: ‘Busted’
‘So he’s there having a look and he gets caught! He gets caught!’ Fletcher said.
The Instagram caption on the post from Fox League read: ‘Busted’.
It comes following Duke’s high-profile split with Channel 7 presenter Grace Fitzgibbon last February.
Duke, who is in his 30s, is understood to have spent some time away from the network following their split.
Daily Mail Australia understands that it was a late-night phone call from freelance reporter Tiffany Salmond to Duke had initiated the breakup.
This outlet understands that the call which came in the ‘wee hours’ of one morning back in February 2024, caused a rift between Duke and Fitzgibbon.
The pair had been dating for over three years, but the news became apparent that they were parting ways after she published an image on social media of a load of cardboard boxes.
Salmond, meanwhile, informed her friends that she did not know Duke had a long-term partner.
Duke was seen spinning around and upon noticing he’d been filmed, he began to laugh
Duke and Grace Fitzgibbon’s relationship ended after he received a late night phone call from a New Zealand-based colleague
It is reported that a late night phone Tiffany Salmond, an aspiring sports presenter based in Auckland. Above, together with Duke on the sidelines
She had also taken to Instagram to publish a picture of herself wearing a bikini and posing on a balcony with the caption: ‘Stay with you gf, I’m not that bored.’
The caption appeared to be a reference to Ariana Grande’s 2019 hit song ‘Break up with your girlfriend, I’m bored.’ That post was subsequently deleted.
Fitzgibbon was understood to be left heartbroken by the reported early morning call.
Last year it was also reported that she had found romance again after sharing several pictures on her social media of her and a man known as Az.
Their relationship came after Fitzgibbon’s brother, Jack, a Special Forces operative, tragically died in a parachuting accident last year.
A source close to their relationship told Daily Mail Australia: ”(Grace and Az) have known each other forever – he was a good friend of Jack’s and one of the pallbearers at his funeral.
‘They’ve bonded in grief but he makes her really, really happy and it’s nice to see Grace smile again.’
