NRL news 2022: Gay former Manly Sea Eagl player Ian Roberts reacts to pri jersey ntroversy

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A group of Manly players are unhappy wh the club's cisn to e a gay pri jersey for the Sea Eagl' upg NRL match wh the Sydney Roosters.

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A former English gby league star has rpond to the recent LGBTQIA+ jersey saga engulfg the Manly Sea Eagl.Openly-gay ex-player Keegan Hirst says 's rather ironic that the group are boyttg wearg the pri k bee he's seen 'what go on changg rooms' and 'would be seen as beg MUCH gayer' than simply wearg a rabow jersey for a game.Cred: AlamyThe Manly Sea Eagl have ma headl across the world this week after releasg their 'Everyone League' jersey – unfortunately, though, wasn't for the right reasons.What was meant to be a posive move to drive clivy soon turned sour when several players threatened to boytt their next game after refg to wear the club’s rabow strip.Josh Aloiai, Jason Saab, Christian Tuipulotu, Josh Schter, Hmole Olak’atu, Tolut Koula and Toafofoa Sipley have been named as the players qutn and will subsequently miss their next fixture after beg stood down on relig grounds.The saga hasn't pated anyone volved a particularly pleasant light wh both the players and the club self g unr fire.A number of big-name figur have had their say on the matter, cludg the NRL's first and only openly-gay player Ian Roberts.Now Hirst, who me out as gay 2015 durg his time the UK Super League, has h out at the Sea Eagl players.“I’d be terted to hear what which relig and cultural beliefs stop you wearg a shirt wh a rabow on but not one that promot gamblg etc?” Hirst tweeted.“Hey @SeaEagl, I’d be honoured to wear your Pri shirt. And a lot of would be seen as beg MUCH ‘gayer’ than a rabow on a jersey.”Another Twter er then rpond, sayg: "To me there is no such person as a gay person.

GAY MANLY PLAYER IS LEFT 'VASTATED' BY SEVEN STARS BOYTTG GAME OVER NRL'S FIRST PRI JERSEY

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If didn’t, those players wouldn’t re.“Beg gay isn’t a belief. English gby league star Keegan Hirst - who is gay - slammed the players, while NRL 360 host Pl Kent argued gby league should be “apolil” lled for the game to support “one of the most margalised” sectns of society and the said seven players’ attu n no longer be tolerated gby league. GettySource: Getty ImagMORE NRL NEWSCOP THAT: Gay former league star slams Manly players, livers tth bombREPLACEMENTS: Bozo’s grandson, 28yo butant: The ‘feel good’ stori at ManlyJIMMY BRINGS: Latrell twist $6m act and Tigers star who Storm wanted‘I’D JUMP AT IT’: Eddie Jon reveals ‘dream’ club to ach the NRLNAME THEM: Tigers star opens up on ex mours, says he’s ‘ed to ’ by now“We celebrate so many parts of society our game, but the LGBTQI+ muny is the one group we’ve mostly left alone and they are one of the most margalised.

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“If a guy me out my team and said, ‘I’m gay’, personally I wouldn’t give a sh*t.

“If the seven players refg to play wh rabow strip on a jersey later have a child who is born gay, do they disown them? “I’ve been out and kissed many gay men, kiss many straight women and kissed many gay women.

One of his favoure lotns to party Sydney after a match is “all the gay bars” across the cy, sayg: “I love dancg wh my shirt off and gettg down Universal on Oxford St until 2am. Although he hasn’t “got ught up” the suatn, Rudolf said was “raised by que a few gay and lbian muny members”, notg that his uncle and his godmother are both gay. Openly gay former gby league player Keegan Hirst lled out the group a tweet on Wednday (27 July), sayg he had seen “gayer” thgs the changg rooms and sayg “shame on the on” who are refg to wear the jersey.

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After some fans claimed that the team was “forcg” the players to wear the jersey, sayg was ak to “non-relig people the workplace” wearg “veils and kippahs” – Hirst said: “This has nothg to do wh the shirt and everythg to do wh homophobia. NRL star Toby Rudolf opens up about his same-sex experienc followg Manly Sea Eagl pri jersey sagaCronulla Sharks prop Toby Rudolf said he will back the NRL hostg s first pri round to celebrate clivens, revealg he was raised by "que a few gay and lbian muny members" and there is "so much love that muny" star Toby Rudolf has opened up about his same-sex experienc followg the Manly Sea Eagl pri jersey Cronulla Sharks prop said he will back the NRL hostg s first pri round to celebrate clivens, revealg he was raised by "que a few gay and lbian muny members" and there is "so much love that muny" 26-year-old spoke up after seven players stepped down om Thursday night's clash agast the Sydney Roosters over their refal to don a rabow-tailed jersey, which celebrat "clivens" for the Round 20 more sports news live & on mand wh Flash.

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

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'SIGNIFINT MISTAK': MANLY ACH APOLOGIS, ACKNOWLEDG PRI JERSEY EXECUTN WAS 'POOR'D HASLER SAID HE IS NCERNED FOR THE WELFARE OF THE SEVEN GBY LEAGUE PLAYERS WHO STOOD DOWN OM THURSDAY'S MATCH BEE THEY DO NOT WANT TO WEAR THE PRI JERSEY, DUE TO RELIG AND CULTURAL REASONS.MANLY SEA EAGL ACH D HASLER HAS APOLOGISED FOR THE CLUB'S FAILURE TO EXECUTE THE PRI JERSEY WHOUT NSULTG WH THE TEAM'S PLAYERS. SOURCE: AAPKEY POTSSEVEN MANLY SEA EAGL GBY LEAGUE PLAYERS WILL MISS OUT ON THURSDAY'S MATCH AGAST THE SYDNEY ROOSTERS.THEY ARE REFG TO WEAR THE CLIVY JERSEY THAT'S SIGNED TO SHOW SOLIDARY WH THE LGBTIQ+ MUNY.MANLY SEA EAGL ACH D HASLER HAS APOLOGISED TO PLAYERS AND THE WIR MUNY FOR THE ROLLOUT OF A PRI JERSEY THAT HAS LAND THE CLUB NTROVERSY. THE SEA EAGL LNCHED THE FIRST-EVER GBY LEAGUE PRI JERSEY ON MONDAY TO REPRENT THE LGBTIQ+ MUNY FOR THURSDAY'S NRL MATCH AGAST THE SYDNEY ROOSTERS. THE JERSEY FEATUR A RABOW SIGN, GENERALLY KNOWN AS A SYMBOL OF LGBTIQ+ PRI.BUT THE SIGNIFINCE OF THE MOVE HAS BEEN SHROUD DRAMA AFTER SEVEN PLAYERS TOLD THE SYDNEY-BASED CLUB'S MANAGEMENT THEY WILL MISS THE IMPORTANT GAME THAT ULD IMPACT THE TEAM'S CHANC OF MAKG THE FALS. IN A PERSONAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO REPORTERS, HASLER SAID PLAYERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN NSULTED BEFORE THE JERSEY WAS LNCHED, WHICH OVERSHADOWED A SIGNIFINT TONE FOR THE CLUB.HE REVEALED NO ACHG STAFF OR PLAYERS HAD PRR KNOWLEDGE OF THE JERSEY BEFORE WAS LNCHED. "THE JERSEY'S TENT WAS TO SUPPORT THE ADVOCY AND HUMAN RIGHTS PERTAG TO GENR, RACE, CULTURE, ABILY AND LGBTQ RIGHTS. SADLY, THE EXECUTN OF WHAT WAS TEND TO BE AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IATIVE WAS POOR," HASLER SAID. "OUR TENT WAS TO BE RG AND PASSNATE TOWARDS ALL DIVERSE GROUPS WHO FACE CLN ISSU DAILY. HOWEVER, STEAD OF ENHANCG TOLERANCE, AND ACCEPTANCE, WE MAY HAVE HRED THIS. THIS WAS THE OPPOSE OF OUR TENT."WE WISH TO SCERELY APOLOGISE FOR SIGNIFINT MISTAK WE HAVE MA."HASLER AIRED HIS NCERNS FOR THE WELLBEG OF THE SEVEN PLAYERS WHO ARE FACG CRICISM FOR THEIR RELIG CISN TO DISTANCE THEMSELV OM THE PRI JUMPER. "THEY ARE NOT WEARG THE JERSEY AS NFLICTS WH THEIR CULTURAL AND RELIG BELIEFS AND I AM NCERNED FOR THEIR WELFARE. THEIR SPIRUALY IS A CENTRAL PART OF THEIR WELLBEG ... THE YOUNG MEN ARE STRONG THEIR BELIEFS AND NVICTNS AND WE WILL GIVE THEM THE SPACE AND SUPPORT THEY REQUIRE." ALBANE WEIGHS ON NTROVERSYAHEAD OF THE FIRST STG DAY OF THE 47TH PARLIAMENT, PRIME MISTER ANTHONY ALBANE SAID WAS IMPORTANT THAT ALL ATRALIANS WERE RPECTED, AND ENURAGED THE CLUB'S ATTEMPT TO PROMOTE CLIVY. "I CERTALY HOPE THIS IS ROLVED - ’S A GOOD THG SPORT IS MORE CLIVE," HE TOLD REPORTERS. THE PRIME MISTER PRAISED HIS IEND AND FORMER SEA EAGL PLAYER, IAN ROBERTS, WHO 1995 BEME THE FIRST TOP-LEVEL GBY LEAGUE PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY. "[IAN ROBERTS] SHOWED CREDIBLE URAGE - 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 THAT PAVE THE WAY FOR OTHERS TO DO SO," HE SAID. READ MORETHE HARRY POTTER-SPIRED TERNATNAL SPORT QUIDDCH IS REBRANDG TO ‘QUADBALL’. HERE’S WHY"IT’S IMPORTANT THAT ATRALIAN SOCIETY WE RPECT EVERYONE FOR WHO THEY ARE."SPORT MISTER ANIKA WELLS HAS ALSO DITED HER SUPPORT FOR THE JERSEY WH A TONGUE--CHEEK TWEET REFERENCG A HIP-HOP SONG HAILED FOR PROMOTG MARRIAGE EQUALY. "AS MISTER FOR SPORT I’VE BEEN ASKED TO MENT ON THE MANLY SEA EAGL, CLUB UNIFORMS ARE A MATTER FOR CLUBS BUT I THK MACKLEMORE SAID BT ALREADY - ’S ALL THE SAME LOVE," MS WELLS TWEETED. WHY ARE THE PLAYERS BOYTTG THE JERSEY?THE SEVEN PLAYERS - JOSH ALOIAI, JASON SAAB, CHRISTIAN TUIPULOTU, JOSH SCHTER, HMOLE OLAK’ATU, TOLU KOULA AND TOAFOFOA SIPLEY - ARE UNABLE TO WEAR THE JERSEY DUE TO RELIG AND CULTURAL BELIEFS. THE ISSUE PROMPTED A LENGTHY MEETG OF SEA EAGL MANAGEMENT ON MONDAY NIGHT, WHERE WAS AGA REQUTED THAT PLAYERS WEAR THE "EVERYONE LEAGUE" SIGN.SIX OF THE SEVEN PLAYERS ARE OF PASIFIKA HERAGE, A MUNY WH STRONG TI TO THEIR CHRISTIAN FAH. JJI RAVULO, CHAIR OF SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL STUDI AT THE UNIVERSY OF SYDNEY, SAID THAT MANY PASIFIKA PEOPL' VOLVEMENT THEIR CHURCH HAD AN "IMPACT ON THE WAY THEY VIEW THE WORLD AROUND THEM". HAVG STUDIED PASIFIKA MUNI WH THE NRL, HE SAID MORE CLIVE, OPEN DISCSNS AROUND CULTURAL AWARENS AND GENR DIVERSY WERE CRIL EXPANDG THE GAME'S CLIVY. READ MOREATRALIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY NRL PLAYER ON WHAT GOT HIM THROUGH HIS DARKT MOMENTTHE PLAYERS HAVE ALSO E UNR FIRE FOR WEARG A JERSEY THAT PROMOT ALHOL AND BETTG SERVIC BUT THEY REFE TO WEAR A RABOW. BUT PROFSOR RAVULO SAID THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT TENSNS AROUND SEXUALY THE PASIFIKA MUNY ARE NOT DISCSED."PRR TO LONISATN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, MANY OF AS, AS SEXUAL BEGS, OUR SEXUALY WAS FLUID. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY LEARNED A LOT OF THE LABELS AND WE'VE LEARNED A LOT OF THE RIGID VIEWS ON SEXUALY OM WHE WTERN PERSPECTIV," HE TOLD SBS NEWS.ATRALIAN RUGBY LEAGUE COMMISSN CHAIR PETER V'LANDYS TOLD 2GB THAT MANLY HAD ERRED NOT NSULTG THE PLAYERS AND WORKG WH THEM LLABORATIVELY AND WAS NOW ALG WH THE REPERCSNS. BUT HE SAID THE NRL WAS OPEN TO LNCHG A PRI ROUND THE FUTURE AND SUPPORTED MANLY'S STANCE, EVEN IF HAS MASSIVE IMPLITNS FOR THE CLUB THAT IS AT RISK OF NOT MAKG THE TOP EIGHT FALS IF DO NOT PERFORM THIS ROUND."WE HAVE EEDOMS BUT WE HAVE POLICI. AND EVERY PLAYER THAT PLAYS THE GAME IS AWARE OF OUR POLICI. IF THEY WANT TO TAKE THAT STANCE, SO BE , BUT WE'RE NOT EVER GOG TO TAKE A BACKWARDS STEP THE CLIVY POLICY WE HAVE," HE TOLD REPORTERS. HE SAID NRL IS THE "GREATT GAME FOR ALL, NOT JT FOR A SELECT FEW", DRAWG ON HIS EXPERIENC OF FEELG CLUD THE GAME AS A YOUNG BOY. "I HAD A DIFFICULTY BEG ACCEPTED AS A MIGRANT AND GBY LEAGUE ACCEPTED ME. IT WAS CLIVE BACK THEN AND 'S CLIVE NOW." PROFSOR RAVULO SAID TN WAS A CRIL PONENT ENSURG ALL VOIC WERE HEARD, CLUDG BOTH PASIFIKA AND MEMBERS OF THE LGBTIQ+ MUNY. "IF WE'RE EXPECTG THE GAME TO BE CLIVE OF OUR PACIFIC PERSPECTIV AND EXPRSNS, PART OF OUR RPONSIBILY AS CIZENS WH THE GAME AND THE BROAR MUNY TO ALSO LEAN TO OTHER AREAS OF DIVERSY," HE SAID. IAN ROBERTS WAS THE FIRST GBY LEAGUE PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY. SOURCE: SBS NEWS / INSIGHT'BREAKS MY HEART'ROBERTS, WHO HAS BEEN RALLYG THE LEAGUE FOR THREE YEARS TO RPORATE PRI CLIVY THE GAME, SAID THE PLAYER REVOLT "BREAKS MY HEART".THE FORMER KANGAROO AND SEA EAGL STAR REMAS THE ONLY ATRALIAN MALE PROFSNAL GBY LEAGUE PLAYER TO HAVE E OUT.HE TOLD SYDNEY'S DAILY TELEGRAPH NEWSPAPER: "IT'S SAD AND UNFORTABLE. AS AN OLR GAY MAN, THIS ISN'T UNFAIAR."HE SPECTED THAT RELIG PHBACK WAS THE REASON WHY NRL HAS NOT RPORATED A PRI ROUND - A NCEPT THAT THE AFL AND AFLW CELEBRATE EVERY YEAR. "I N PROMISE YOU EVERY YOUNG KID ON THE NORTHERN BEACH WHO IS ALG WH THEIR SEXUALY WOULD HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS."SPEAKG TO REPORTERS ON TUDAY, HE ADD: "I'M ALL ABOUT TN ... I WOULD LOVE, GIVEN THE OPPORTUNY, TO BE ABLE TO S DOWN AT A TABLE WH THOSE GUYS AND JT HAVE AN OPEN NVERSATN WH THEM, TO TRY TO EXPLA WHAT A PRI ROUND MEANS, PARTICULARLY FOR THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY, WHAT MEANS TO ."THE PRI JERSEYS WERE SOLD OUT ONLE LS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER LNCH ALL MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SIZ, WH ONLY JUNR VERSNS OF THE STRIP AVAILABLE.EARLIER THIS YEAR, AFLW PLAYER HANEEN ZREIKA CHOSE TO MISS PRI ROUND RATHER THAN WEAR GREATER WTERN SYDNEY'S PRI GUERNSEY, CG RELIG BELIEFS.WH AAP.SHARE7 M READPUBLISHED 26 JULY 2022 7:25AMUPDATED 26 JULY 2022 3:11PMBY RAYANE TAMERSOURCE: SBS NEWSTAGSSPORTSYDNEYSHARE THIS WH FAY AND IENDSCOPY LKSHAREREMEND FOR YOU

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