What was going on at Channel Nine News in Sydney last night? They supposedly led their Sydney bulletin with a live cross to a reporter at a soccer brawl in the city’s west. He was strategically placed in front of a tree – with nothing else to speak of.

Flick over to Seven and they too were crossing to the brawl – but their reporter was surrounded by police and spectators. Funny thing is – people at the scene only saw a Channel Seven link truck. No sign of the Nine lad or his tree.

Nothing like crossing to your own backyard for the latest on a breaking story…