Several Manly players set to boycott Roosters game over club’s pride jersey

[Rocky Rhodes]

Wow, just wow.

What was supposed to be "WOMEN IN LEAGUE" round now becomes some sort of Alphabet soup bullying round. Talk about spitting in the face of women, complete dis-respecting them...Does this woke alphabet soup brigade have any respect or decency for another....they are mostly nothing but self centered bullies....pushing and bullying their views in peoples faces. I'm not homophobic but all this group does is prove the homophobic type was right from the beginning.

Keep Politics out of football....i watch league to enjoy the game and my team....not to be brainwashed by the lunatic wokes. Sure there are nice gays and lebos out there but this cause is only division.

And finally, why the need to gay up the Manly jersey, the purple woofters already look gay enough..

[rented tracksuit]

You would think that management at Manly could have anticipated this would be an issue for some of their players. Its farking obvious really.

Clearly they don’t respect the playing group enough.

[bondi.boy]

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras,
first event date:
24 June 1978.

On 24 June 1978 a small group of gay and lesbian people operating as the Gay Solidarity Group started a day of events in Sydney.
The intention was to promote gay and lesbian culture and to encourage political activism against the discrimination they routinely experienced.

44 years ago.

In that time discrimination laws have been changed, ...and full legal equality rules the land.
Absolutely no need for a rainbow Pride Jersey. In fact, it could do more harm than good.

[rented tracksuit]

Hopefully 7 of Manly's best players will boycott the game.

Not sure how when there really is only 3 there anyway.

[Rooster1908]

NRL 2022: Several Manly Sea Eagles players set to boycott Roosters game over club’s pride jersey


Dean Ritchie and Michael Carayannis
2 min read
July 25, 2022 - 5:30PMNews Corp Australia Sports Newsroom


Manly has been plunged into chaos with a host of players considering pulling out of Thursday night’s clash against the Sydney Roosters because of the club’s inclusive jersey.

It is understood players are considering withdrawing from the game on religious grounds, with claims they were not consulted before the jersey was announced.

An emergency players meeting originally planned for Tuesday has now been moved up to Monday night in a move which could derail the ninth-placed Sea Eagles’ premierships hopes.

The Daily Telegraph can reveal up to seven players are flatly opposed to wearing the jumper on religious beliefs, including wingers Jason Saab and Christian Tuipulotu, along with star forward Josh Aloiai.
Gay former Manly player Ian Roberts will be in the crowd for the game.

Coaching staff are now facing the unthinkable prospect of allowing up to seven players to stand down from the match against the Roosters, who are currently keeping the Sea Eagles out of the top eight on for-and-against.

There is an internal fear at Manly that if the jumper is now dumped then the public will accuse the club of being “homophobic.”

It is understood some board members approved the jumper.

Manly will become the first club in rugby league’s 114-year history to wear a jersey – titled Everyone in League – celebrating diversity and inclusivity in the NRL. As revealed in Monday’s The Daily Telegraph, rainbow colours will replace the traditional white piping on Manly’s jumper for the game at Brookvale’s 4 Pines Park.

After reading The Daily Telegraph story, a number of players have contacted Manly officials to complaing about wearing the jumper.

And it would appear a compromise cannot be reached with the NRL likely to say all players must wear the same jumper in a game – ending talk some players will be given a choice to wear an alternative jersey.

Manly coach Des Hasler is aware of the situation and the resistance from some players.

Three players – Kieran Foran, Reuben Garrick and Sean Keppie — modelled the jumper this week for The Daily Telegraph.
Manly's Sean Keppie, Kieran Foran and Reuben Garrick in the Sea Eagle's Pride jersey. Picture: Manly Digital

On religious grounds, the dissenting players have told their managers they will pull out if forced to play in the one-off jumper. That’s despite Manly’s major sponsor, Pointsbet, being a gambling company, while the stadium, 4 Pines Park, is named after an alcoholic brewing company.

It shapes as an embarrassing moment at 4 Pines Park on Thursday with Sea Eagles club great Ian Roberts hoping to attend and watch the players run out wearing the jersey.

Roberts, in 1995, became the rugby league player to come out as openly gay, and on Monday threw his support behind Manly’s move.

The Daily Telegraph revealed that Manly had agreed to wear the apparel with interim Sea Eagles CEO Gary Wolman claiming his club was proud to “share such an important message that means so much to so many people in the community.”

“The Sea Eagles have such a rich and diverse history in rugby league and in the community,” Wolman said.

Former Manly forward Ian Roberts, the first player to come out as openly gay, applauded the jumper.

“LGBTIQA people have always been a part of sport but haven’t always been allowed the visibility,” said Roberts.

“Honestly I have been trying to get the NRL to have a pride round for the past three years and it still hasn’t got the traction it deserves. It saddens me because they think having a float at the Mardi Gras is enough and it’s not.”


In January, AFLW GWS player Haneen Zreika stood down from the Giants’ clash with the Western Bulldogs after deciding not to wear the club’s Pride guernsey on religious grounds.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...190067e7f1cfee

See what you gone and done now .Got them started didn't you

[rented tracksuit]

I never knew the Roosters jersey or any sporting jersey in the world is a anti alphabet group jersey. The normal jerseys don’t state gays aren’t welcome,that they’re not included etc so why do we need a special one pushing that we are inclusive. None of the clubs ban alphabets,don’t let them play etc,but basically that’s what they’re claiming by saying we must wear a special one saying that they are allowed to in fact play & support our clubs.
More crap & I’d refuse to & not on religious grounds, just because they are included anyway,so it’s all crap.

EXACTLY!

The need to keep pushing down peoples throats is the bigger problem.

When’s hetro round?

[A Country Member]

Which squeaky wheel gets the oil first?

[rented tracksuit]

That’s where I’m at on all things like that that are the flavour of the day.
The Roosters jersey isn’t anti Black, anti gay,anti female etc so why do we need another one to prove that they’re part of the club & allowed to wear the jersey like everyone is.
I want a man’s round & thetarts in the NRLW should be forced to wear & promote a mens hersey, there should be a straight round & jersey,a white mans round & jersey, hell how about an Italian one seeing as though the great Mini was of Italian decent. How about we have a tanga round,an overweight round & every other round as these other so called include rounds actually divide more & are anti everything else.

Because the rounds you want to see don’t feel the need to ‘change’ the world to their own lifestyle buy forcing their views on you.

Sally, what are your thoughts? *Asking for a friend*

[Red.]

See what you gone and done now .Got them started didn't you

You are absolutely right.

I wish I'd never started this post.

I am closing it now. If anyone starts a new one I will delete it cause this subject is clearly too controversial for reasonable discourse.