Half the Manly Team Walks Out Over Gay Jumper - Daily Declaratn

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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'
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• THE MOLE: GAY MANLY PLAYER VASTATED BY PLAYERS' BOYTT OF PRI JERSEY
• MOSW CY HALL BANS GAY LGBT PARA FOR 14TH YEAR A ROW
• MOSW COURT UPHOLDS 100-YEAR BAN ON GAY PRI EVENTS

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

"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. Acrdg to reports, the seven players had hoped they uld wear Manly's tradnal jersey wh whe pipg, but the NRL said they would not allow players to take to the field an alternative rponse to the week, Ian Roberts, a Manly Sea Eagl legend and the first player to e out as gay 1995, said he would be the crowd for the game to see the pri jerseys play.

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

Wi World of Sports' Matt Bungard wrote on Twter: "I don't want to hear one sgle thg about 'rpectg other people's opns' or g relign as a ctch to hi behd while beg homophobic. "Kyle and Jackie O's newsrear Brooklyn Ross, who is gay, said: "This is jt sayg the people exist and we support you guys. "Cherry-Evans nfirmed the gay pri jerseys will be gog ahead this Thursday night.

”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. 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 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.

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(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. Four of the seven Manly Sea Eagl' players who are refg to wear a rabow-striped gay pri jersey hold stnch relig beliefs - one is Mormon, one studied chaplacy, one grew up a 'megachurch', and another has homophobic slurs on his social media Aloiai, Jason Saab, Christian Tuipulotu, Josh Schter, Hmole Olak'atu, Tolut Koula and Toafofoa Sipley cid on Monday to boytt Thursday's mt-w match agast the Sydney Roosters bee they don't want to play the 'clive' players, who have not been named, have sce joed the jersey prott on unspecified cultural or relig grounds.

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

The ntroversy, which has sent shockwav through the NRL, is siar to the furore that rocked gby unn when Israel Fol said 'Hell awas' homosexuals an Instagram post 2019.

Of the protters, Daily Mail Atralia n reveal 27-year-old Toafofoa Sipley, born Auckland, has multiple anti-homosexualy posts on his social media acunt, datg back to 2010.

MOSW CY HALL BANS GAY LGBT PARA FOR 14TH YEAR A ROW

Pictured: Players pray together followg the round three NRL match between the Manly Sea Eagl and the New Zealand Warrrs at Christchurch Stadium The jumper at the centre of the dispute featur rabow lours replacg the tradnal whe pipg on the maroon background (pictured)It is not suggted Sipley is homophobic or that he thored the posts. However, anti-gay posts on the young Kiwi's Facebook profile have been Mail Atralia is not suggtg Sipley is homophobic or that he thored the stat update om November 2010 read: 'I'm gay soo let [SIC] meh knoe if you wana hook drop me your numbers boys ilove you yo.

Sipley is among the players who refe to wear the new jersey Pictured: Anti-gay posts that appear on Sipley's Facebook page, datg back to 2010Another post was wrten 2013, by a iend after Sipley failed to log out of his acunt. 'Hey Sipley this is what happens when [SIC] u leave your page on lol yolonohomo.

MOSW COURT UPHOLDS 100-YEAR BAN ON GAY PRI EVENTS

Hmole Olak'atu (pictured) is a missnary at the Church of J Christ of Latter-Day Sats (LDS), otherwise known as the Mormon ChurchMembers who do engage acts of homosexualy n be punished if they nfs and promise never to do aga, or exmunited if they refe to repent and change their LDS ed to believe same-sex attractn was a curable ndn, but they now say 'dividuals do not choose to have such attractns' and acknowledge nversn therapy as 'uhil'. Sea Eagl ach D Hasler mt name a 22-man squad for the game by Tuday afternoonIt was a clear plea for unrstandg as he allud to his opn that the club also had lofty aims wh the jersey lnch, but had failed bee the iative was handled PR disaster started when players had an emergency meetg wh club officials to try to reach a promise, but outright refed to wear the strip, meang the club uld be forced to promote seven rerve-gra players to make up 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.

Ian Roberts, pictured 1995 playg for the Manly Sea Eagl, was regard as one of the tought forwards of his era Israel Fol was exiled by Atralia gby unn three years ago followg his homophobic remarks'I n promise you every young kid on the northern beach who is alg wh their sexualy would have heard about this.