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Manly Pride Debacle

My personal opinion on all this is that the game should be left alone and all other issues should be left for other platforms to be addressed. I want headlines to be about players,teams and everything that's rugby league related . Religion, politics and woke can piss off right away from our game.
 
bundyrabbit said:
My personal opinion on all this is that the game should be left alone and all other issues should be left for other platforms to be addressed. I want headlines to be about players,teams and everything that's rugby league related . Religion, politics and woke can piss off right away from our game.
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Well, you're not alone in that sentiment but the reality is otherwise so it's wishful thinking. My two bob's worth is that it's 2022 and just as things that are society-related affect the players and clubs, so too should the players and clubs interact with and affect society. The boys on the box are massive role models whether they like it, realise it or not. ;)
 
bundyrabbit said:
Weren't both the players and Folao opposing the same point. I'm not on either side ,so please enlighten me.
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The Manly boys are simply boycotting this game due to the jersey and have made no comments about it although their boycott does make a loud and impactful statement. Folau went much further and posted unprovoked, egregious hate speech off his own bat using his profile as a famous football player and role model to reach a huge audience.

Chalk and cheese.
 
MegaRabbitoh said:
The Manly boys are simply boycotting this game due to the jersey and have made no comments about it although their boycott does make a loud and impactful statement. Folau went much further and posted unprovoked, egregious hate speech off his own bat using his profile as a famous football player and role model to reach a huge audience.

Chalk and cheese.
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OK . Fair enough.
 
southsport said:
Maria Folau has lashed out. Photo: The Australian and Manly Digital

‘What a joke’: Folau unloads over pride jersey​

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She is right.

NRL is a dead set clown show.

Speaking of hypocrisy, how about the Roosters carrying on about how they would be happy to support a pride round and be inclusive. What was it, 6 months ago, their captain, James Squidesco, racially abused a young girl for no reason whatsoever. Roosters are a shining beacon of inclusiveness! 🤮
 
I was really impressed with what DCE had to say in the post-match press conference last night:

“It’s really important for us to understand where everyone comes from,” Cherry-Evans said in the post-match press conference.

“For us to play in this jersey, how can we not go in there and understand and accept what people have done, if we’re trying to represent inclusiveness and diversity. It’s not easy.

“As Des [Hasler] said, there’s human emotion attached to this, so it’s not going to be perfect. It could bring us together like never before. I always see the opportunity in things, and I think this can be a chance for us to come together and learn a bit more about each other and learn from it and move on.

“As a player, I think we need to be careful about how much we push onto the players to commercialise the game. If you look at a dressing room as an NRL squad, it is very diverse and it is very inclusive. I just wonder how much we need to do as athletes to push out there.

“We already are a lot of things of what we try to represent and what the club tries to make you represent.

“At some stage we have to understand sport is pretty inclusive, it’s not perfect, it does have boundaries, but from my time in the game it does represent a lot of the things we’re talking about tonight.”
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www.foxsports.com.au

Cherry-Evans’ warning to NRL over pride jersey saga as Hasler delivers telling response

Manly skipper’s warning to NRL over jersey saga as Hasler gives telling response
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“think we need to be careful about how much we push onto the players to commercialise the game.”

Well said DCE, making it clear what this crap has been about
 
captainsutto said:
oh dear, Penn was missing for the week then spun his lies when he finally found the balls to put his head up😆😆
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I don’t get why he would lie about something like that. It’s not like he was going to get away with it. He was better off not saying anything about the other players. When he did say it you could see that there was a bit more to it.
 
Pretty sure Hasler said the players will sit down with Roberts as well. I somehow doubt that little convo will go down well if it does indeed eventuate.
 
Given there’s a gay gene I wonder what’s the genetic make up of young Toby Rudolph after his “no one stop shop” revelation during the week 🤪
 
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