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• MANLY SEA EAGL ACH APOLOGIS FOR HANDLG OF GAY PRI JERSEYS AS SEVEN REFE TO PLAY
• MANLY SEA EAGL PRI JERSEY: GAY CLUB LEGEND IAN ROBERTS SAYS DISPUTE IS 'SAD AND UNFORTABLE'
• THE MOLE: GAY MANLY PLAYER VASTATED BY PLAYERS' BOYTT OF PRI JERSEY
• 'PRO-GAY, ANTI-MANLY' FOOTY JERSEY GO UP FOR SALE IN RPONSE TO PRI BOYTTERS

MANLY SEA EAGL ACH APOLOGIS FOR HANDLG OF GAY PRI JERSEYS AS SEVEN REFE TO PLAY

Manly Sea Eagl ach D Hasler has apologised over the club's handlg of the cln of rabow lours on the club jersey, sayg was a "signifint mistake" pots:Seven players will boytt Thursday's game over the gay pri shirtHasler says the club's executn of the iative was "poor"Manly will face the Roosters on Thursday wh a greatly dispted siSeven players are boyttg their NRL match on Thursday over their team's cisn to wear a gay pri jersey. (AAP: Dan Himbrechts and Jam Gourley)Ian Roberts, a Manly legend and the first NRL player to e out openly as gay  1995, praised the "thenticy and scery" of Hasler and Cherry-Evans's said was "wonrful" the club would still wear the pri jersey this week and that he had been nsulted about the plan several weeks ago. " Ian Roberts was the first openly gay player the NRL.

“They shouldn’t have spng on the players.”Ian Roberts, the former Manly player who 1995 as a Sea Eagle beme the first NRL player to publicly e out as gay, said he was “heartbroken” at the suatn but later weled the club’s apology.“I thought the acknowledgement and the scery and thenticy was wonrful,” Roberts told the ABC. He wasn’t the first gay man to play gby league – I’ll give the tip – he was the first to have urage to e out and pave the way for others to do so. Several Manly players are nsirg boyttg Thursday night's match wh the Sydney Roosters over the Sea Eagl' cisn to wear a gay pri jersey the pots:Manly officials are meetg wh players on Monday nightSome players are unhappy they were not nsulted by the clubClub great Ian Roberts says he is disappoted to learn of the rponse of some of the playersThe Sea Eagl announced on Sunday night that they would wear an LGBTQIA+ jersey for the match, wh a rabow sign replacg the strip's whe that cisn has ed some unrt among players who are unhappy they were not nsulted by club Foran, Rben Garrick and Sean Keppie were among those to help lnch the strip but other players claim they learned about the move over social media on Sunday ncerns relate to qutns that uld arise om wh their rpective 's management were to meet over the issue on Tuday but that was set to be shed forward to Monday great Ian Roberts, who 1995 beme the first gby league player to e out as openly gay, told The Daily Telegraph he was disappoted by the rponse of the players not willg to wear the jersey.

MANLY SEA EAGL PRI JERSEY: GAY CLUB LEGEND IAN ROBERTS SAYS DISPUTE IS 'SAD AND UNFORTABLE'

As an olr gay man, this isn't unfaiar. Three Manly players have reportedly backflipped on their cisn to boytt Thursday's cnch match agast the Sydney Roosters bee of the club's rabow-striped gay pri Sea Eagl unveiled the jumper - lled Everyone League - on Monday to promote clivy of LGBT+ people the star players Josh Aloiai, Jason Saab, Christian Tuipulotu, Josh Schter, Hmole Olak'atu, Tolut Koula and Toafofoa Sipley on Monday night said they would refe to n out wearg the 'clive' jersey on relig grounds. 'Of the seven players who are refg to wear the jersey, at least three now have had a b of a change of heart and are nsirg wearg the pri jersey for this upg round, ' reporter Michelle Bishop told legend Ian Roberts, who 1995 was the first-ever gby league player to e out as gay, said the embarrassg suatn will be felt most by the area's LGBTQI+ muny.

' Club legend Ian Roberts, who 1995 was the first-ever gby league player to e out as gay, said the embarrassg suatn will be felt most by the area's LGBTQI+ muny Manly players Sean Keppie (left), Kieran Foran (middle) and Rben Garrick posed wh the club's Everyone League jersey, which was unveiled on MondayManly were preparg to hold an emergency meetg on Tuday an attempt to try and rolve the ugly rift, which has left them a prer posn ahead of the Round 20 clash at Brookvale Oval, also known as 4 P wh a media storm brewg players and officials brought the meetg forward to Monday 90-mute s down end wh ach D Hasler tellg the players he unrstood they were put a difficult posn and that he supported their cisn not to jumper at the centre of the dispute featur rabow lours replacg the tradnal whe pipg on the maroon background, makg Manly the first NRL club to wear a pri jersey gby league's 134-year history. Israel Fol was exiled by Atralia three years ago followg his homophobic remarksManly mt name a 22-man squad for the game by Tuday afternoon. Former Wallabi star Israel Fol famoly had his Atralia ntract torn up 2019 after he posted a meme on social media which said 'hell' awas homosexuals and other groups he nsired as 'sners' evangelil Christian, Fol returned to gby league France 2020 and tried to revive his reer the sport Atralia but was blocked by lol officials.

"It has been reported the players ncerned won't be attendg the match for fear of vlent NRL's cln policy, perhaps more than any other sport, lists the many aspects and labels that n divi muni:"The NRL is mted to beg an clive anisatn that is open to all members of the Atralian muny regardls of age, race, relign, lour, scent, natnaly, ethnic orig, genr, sexualy, maral stat, stat as a parent, disabily or HIV/AIDS stat or other attribut that n lead to people feelg exclud or isolated" league is the sport, and Manly is the club, where Atralia's first profsnal male footballer me out as a gay man back 1995.

THE MOLE: GAY MANLY PLAYER VASTATED BY PLAYERS' BOYTT OF PRI JERSEY

Ian Roberts was the first openly gay player the NRL when he me out 1995. In 1995, Ian Roberts beme the first gby league player to e out as gay. As an olr gay man, this isn’t unfaiar.

'PRO-GAY, ANTI-MANLY' FOOTY JERSEY GO UP FOR SALE IN RPONSE TO PRI BOYTTERS

The Pri jersey arriv almost 30 years after Manly great Ian Roberts famoly me out as gay while playg for the club 1995, makg him the first and only man to ever publicly reveal his sexualy while still on an active roster. I’d wear the jersey jt for me, for beg the only player brave enough 1995 to e out and say you know what, I’m gay. Jt three years sce Wallaby Israel Falou was famoly dumped for his homophobic views, social media fds self once aga eptg wh divid opns.

Jul 26th, 2022Jul 26th, 2022A young gay Manly player has been vastated by the stance taken by seven of his club-mat to stand down this weekend rather than wear the club's pri players on Monday cid to boytt the clash wh the Roosters, refg to wear the jersey, which supports the LGBTQ players, believed to be Josh Aloiai, Jason Saab, Josh Schter, Hmole Olak'atu, Tolut Koula, Christian Tuipulotu and Toafofoa Sipley, are refg to play the jersey on relig MORE: Gallen rips Manly over fotten victims of jersey sagaREAD MORE: New twist Wts Tigers refereeg furoreREAD MORE: Richmond urged to nsir unthkable moveBut their stance has left a promisg young homosexual Sea Eagle, who has not yet e out publicly, vastated. But when to homosexualy, they have a problem. "Gallen's passnate msage amid Manly's pri jersey fiasFormer Manly hard man Ian Roberts ma world headl as the first footballer to openly clare he was gay the Monday he told The Sydney Morng Herald he was upset but not surprised by the Manly players' stance on the one-off jersey.

As an olr gay man, I'm ed to this. Pic: Manly DigalSource: SuppliedMORE NRL NEWSBLOG WITH HOOPS: NRL nng out of sp after Tigers shamblEXPLAINED: The NRL’s exce for Tigers robbery and why no one is buyg TALKING POINTS: Legend won’t ‘sugar-at’ Knights ms; Walsh ‘BS’ torchedFormer NRL star Israel Fol was sacked by Rugby Atralia 2019 after he put a homophobic post on social Kent said this ntroversy suatn has arisen by no flt of the players.