‘That's no good': Bulldogs star wasn't aware of Khod gesture as the blue and whites prepare for brutal five weeks before finals
Brent Naden and Samuela Fainu were some of the players involved in the heated moment 10 minutes from full-time when Fainu crashed over to put the result beyond doubt.
The players made the gesture towards Bulldogs fans at that end of the field, with Canterbury officials lodging a complaint to the NRL who are investigating the incident and considering if any penalties are warranted.
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'What did they do? I haven't seen any social media,' Curran said.
When the incident was explained to him at Bulldogs headquarters in Belmore, Curran backed the club's supporters and thanked them for supporting them during Sydney's wild weather last week.
'That's no good. All we have to do is go out there and win,' he said.
'Our fans are a big part of us and we love our fans. Our fans turn up no matter what. It was pouring down rain (on Sunday) and we still had fans out there.'
Tigers fullback Jahream Bula refused to comment on his teammates' actions when asked on Tuesday.
The loss bumped the Bulldogs out of the all-important top two ahead of a showdown with the fourth-placed Warriors who could fall to seventh if results don't go their way this week.
It's a big game for the Bulldogs who were poor in the first half last week but have the chance to silence their critics who argue they haven't beaten many of the top teams.
They produced a huge second-half comeback to win in Canberra earlier in the year but have already lost twice to the Broncos and were beaten by Penrith in the game of the season.
They finish the regular season with games against the Roosters, Storm, Panthers and Sharks, which will tell them exactly how they're travelling going into the finals.
'I don't think we have to prove anything to anyone,' Curran said.
'I feel like over the last two years that we haven't proven anything to anyone, but we've proved to ourselves each week what we can do.
'The games that we've lost, we've looked into it and we just killed ourselves, so I don't think we have to prove anything to anyone.'
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