Gay Manly player is left 'vastated' by seven stars boyttg game over NRL's first pri jersey | Daily Mail Onle

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• MANLY SEA EAGL ACH APOLOGIS FOR HANDLG OF GAY PRI JERSEYS AS SEVEN REFE TO PLAY
• GAY EX-SEA EAGLE IAN ROBERTS WANTS TO SPEAK WH BOYTTERS, REVEALS TAILS OF CLUB’S PRI JERSEY PLAN
• MANLY SEA EAGL PLAYER SAYS HIS GAY SISTER 'TOTALLY UNRSTOOD' HIS CISN TO NOT WEAR CLUB'S RABOW PRI JERSEY
• GAY RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER SAYS HE'S SEEN MUCH 'GAYER' THGS IN SPORTS CHANGG ROOMS
• GAY MANLY PLAYER IS LEFT 'VASTATED' BY SEVEN STARS BOYTTG GAME OVER NRL'S FIRST PRI JERSEY

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. The first openly gay gby league player has shared his gut-wrenchg reactn to seven Manly Sea Eagl stars refg to don a rabow-loured pri jersey.

”Beg a longstandg member of the LGBTQIA muny, Roberts said the ntroversy was eply personal to him bee he had “lost iends to suici and [seen] the nsequenc of what homophobia and transphobia – all the phobias – n do to people”. Roberts me out as gay while playg for the Manly Sea News Corp Atralia“This poor mismanagement has ed signifint nfn, disfort and pa for many people. Abbie Chatfield has lled for Manly Sea Eagl players who refe to wear the club’s new gay pri jersey to be ‘stood down’ players have been removed om Thursday’s cnch match agast the Sydney Roosters due to the rabow-striped jersey, sayg that wearg would be agast their ‘relig beliefs’.

GAY EX-SEA EAGLE IAN ROBERTS WANTS TO SPEAK WH BOYTTERS, REVEALS TAILS OF CLUB’S PRI JERSEY PLAN

Chatfield, who intifi as queer, slammed the players on her Hot Nights wh Abbie Chatfield rad show on Monday night, brandg them ‘homophobic’ and ‘weak’. Outspoken rad host Abbie Chatfield, 27, (pictured) has lled for Manly Sea Eagl players who refe to wear the club’s new gay-pri jersey to be ‘stood down’‘It’s jt embarrassg for them. Sorry that you’re so homophobic, so homophobic, ’ she ntued.

‘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 players had an emergency meetg wh club officials on Monday night to try to reach a promise, but outright refed to wear the strip, meang the club will need to promote seven rerve-gra players to make up players Sean Keppie (left), Kieran Foran (middle) and Rben Garrick posed wh the club’s Everyone League jersey, which was unveiled on MondayClub 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. As an olr gay man, this isn’t unfaiar. That’s why I thk the NRL have never had a Pri 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‘I n promise you every young kid on the northern beach who is alg wh their sexualy would have heard about this.

MANLY SEA EAGL PLAYER SAYS HIS GAY SISTER 'TOTALLY UNRSTOOD' HIS CISN TO NOT WEAR CLUB'S RABOW PRI JERSEY

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. Israel Fol was exiled by Atralia three years ago followg his homophobic remarksSource: |.

Manly star Josh Aloiai has revealed that his gay sister ‘totally unrstood’ his cisn to not wear the club’s ntroversial pri Sea Eagl player was one of seven teammat who refed to wear a uniform ntag rabow strip support of the LGBTQIA+ cisn Round 20 agast the Sydney Roosters led to a downturn the club’s form as mours persisted of a divi the drsg room and ultimately led to ach D Hasler’s sackg. However, Aloiai has now broken his silence, sistg his openly-gay sister pletely unrstood the reasong behd his NRL/Supplied.

GAY RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER SAYS HE'S SEEN MUCH 'GAYER' THGS IN SPORTS CHANGG ROOMS

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.

Seven players om Atralian Natnal Rugby League team Manly Sea Eagl will boytt a champnship match this week prott at beg ma to wear an "clivens" jersey, triggerg cricism om the club's first openly gay player. Twter Due to your nsent preferenc, you’re not able to view this Privacy Optns Former Manly great Ian Roberts, the first profsnal gby league player to e out as gay, said the players' opposn to the jersey was "sad and unfortable. Please e Chrome browser for a more accsible vio player Former Manly player Ian Roberts was the first openly gay NRL player - he hop their ntroversy around their pri short sparks more discsn about LGBTQ reprentatn the sport.

Former Manly player Ian Roberts was the first openly gay NRL player - he hop their ntroversy around their pri short sparks more discsn about LGBTQ reprentatn the sport. Please e Chrome browser for a more accsible vio player Former Manly player Ian Roberts was the first openly gay NRL player - he hop the ntroversy around their pri shirt sparks more discsn about LGBTQ+ reprentatn the sport Former Manly player Ian Roberts was the first openly gay NRL player - he hop the ntroversy around their pri shirt sparks more discsn about LGBTQ+ reprentatn the sport "I always see the opportuny thgs and I thk this n be an opportuny for to e together and unrstand a b about each other and learn om , and move on. A former English gby league star has rpond to the recent LGBTQIA+ jersey saga engulfg the Manly Sea 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 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 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 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 saga hasn't pated anyone volved a particularly pleasant light wh both the players and the club self g unr fire.

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

A number of big-name figur have had their say on the matter, cludg the NRL's first and only openly-gay player Ian Hirst, who me out as gay 2015 durg his time the UK Super League, has h out at the Sea Eagl players.