AND you thought Etihad Stadium’s surface was bad.

A NEAFL game between Sydney University and the Canberra Demons was abandoned on Saturday due to a sinkhole forming in the middle of the ground at Henson Park.

The halftime score of 8.6 (54) to 1.8 (14) in favour of the Students was upheld “due to unsuitable ground conditions” according to the league, which is the second-tier competition for New South Wales, Queensland, ACT and Northern Territory.

One attendee tweeted that the sinkhole formed due to the umpire bouncing the ball “too hard”.

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“Well, this is awkward,” tweeted Sydney University at the time of the incident.

Reports suggest that umpires found a “spongy spot” in the centre square and on contact, the hole formed. It was then filled with sand but due to concerns the game was called off.

Drama at Henson Park. Umps found spongey spot & upon contact became pretty big hole. Now filled but concerns remain pic.twitter.com/C01dWoEfwe — Will Davies (@WillDaviesNEAFL) July 16, 2016

A lower league game between Sydney University and North Shore was then played at the ground but, as if things couldn’t get worse for the ground, the lights then went out.

A rugby league game is scheduled to be played at the ground on Sunday.

1/2 the @suanfc v @CanberraDemons match has been called off at half-time due to unsuitable ground conditions. — NEAFL (@neaflofficial) July 16, 2016