The NRL appeared to take a cheeky dig at Aussie pop act Tones and I after the singer cancelled her Grand Final performance days before the big game. After Francis Manuleleua scored the first try of the match for the Newcastle Knights against the Sydney Roosters on during Sunday’s Grand Final, the Tones and I hit song Dance Monkey was blasted across the stadium. It follows reports that Tones and I had pulled out after refusing to perform her biggest hit, despite the NRL’s insistence she do so – claims she has since denied. But that didn’t stop the NRL taking what many saw as a ‘petty’ shot at Tones and I, with many delighted viewers sharing their amusement over the song choice. ‘Dance Monkey after the first try the level of pettiness is iconic, haha,’ wrote one person on X. Another said: ‘The stadium DJ dropping Dance Monkey in the #NRLGF didn’t go unnoticed.’ The NRL appeared to take a cheeky dig at Aussie pop act Tones and I (pictured) after the singer cancelled her Grand Final performance days before the big game’Someone clearly trolling by playing Dance Monkey over the PA system,’ another person said. ‘Haha. No way they’re playing Dance Monkey during the break,’ wrote another viewer. ‘NRL playing Dance Monkey over the speakers after the Knights’ first try. Incredible,’ said someone else. Someone else joked that the order to play Dance Monkey must have come directly from NRL chairman Peter V’landys.’The ground playing Dance Monkey… you just know that order came down from PVL,’ they wrote. ‘AHAHA they’re playing Dance Monkey!’ posted another viewer, who added a crying-laughing emoji. Someone else chimed in: ‘Stadium playing Dance Monkey after the first try over the speakers is diabolical.’ After Francis Manuleleua (pictured) scored the first try of the match for the Newcastle Knights against the Sydney Roosters on during Sunday’s Grand Final, the Tones and I hit song Dance Monkey was blasted across the stadium Amy Shark (pictured) proudly took the spot left vacant by the departure of Tones and I during Sunday’s NRL Grand Final pre-game entertainmentTones and I dropped out of the pre-game entertainment just days away from the match. At the time, reports were rife that she’d refused to perform her biggest hit, Dance Monkey, despite the NRL’s insistence she do so. Tones, whose real name is Toni Watson, released a statement indicating that the cancellation was over a clash with a gig date in the USA with rapper Macklemore, rather than a dispute with the NRL over the setlist. Amy Shark proudly took the spot left vacant by the departure of Tones and I during Sunday’s NRL Grand Final pre-game entertainment. The Aussie singer was joined by Screaming Jets frontman Dave Gleeson and Grinspoon singer Phil Jamieson for a tribute to former South Sydney Rabbitohs player Jai Arrow, who is fighting motor neurone disease.NRL chairman Peter V’landys announced last month that spending ‘$100,000 per minute’ for A-list performers is a waste of money, and instead would donate the $1 million offered to Watson to kids in need.