Manly Inclusive Pride jersey backlash

[stryker 69]

My only point is that religion is not an excuse for bigoted viewpoints.

Thats not your only point, but then you do have many alter egos on here so can’t blame you for losing track.
You have also used this issue to abuse and label members in a bigoted way, and not for the first time.

 

[The SHADOW]

remember Ron Casey fight on TV, be honest you do, i can’t remember the other persons name or why they were fighting for , I just remember it was funny.

 

[tig_prmz]

The way it has been handled by everyone is pretty poor. They've made it Polynesians vs LGBTQ community.

 

[jadtiger]

remember Ron Casey fight on TV, be honest you do, i can’t remember the other persons name or why they were fighting for , I just remember it was funny.

I am fairly sure it was Normie Rowe and it was about Vietnam War.I am happy to be corrected

 

[426Tlgerland]

and the woman in league are forgotten due to this inept bunch who run the game .
thanks to all the ladies , mums , aunts , Grannies who help out our great game without you there is no game , this was your weekend and still is

 

[jirskyr]

He has a funny way of talking and I suspect he started boring himself by the end of it lol…
Des is a great man and should not have been the spokesperson for this ridiculous mess up.

Tom Keneally called it one of the all-time great rugby league speeches. Although Tom is a Manly tragic.

 

[BZN]

This threads gonna get out of hand

Iv'e read thru 9 pages of really interesting and respectful posts and I've now got the same feeling @trentrunciman, but I hope we are both wrong.

 

[Tim Sheens]

remember Ron Casey fight on TV, be honest you do, i can’t remember the other persons name or why they were fighting for , I just remember it was funny.

Normie Rowe and possibly something to do with Vietnam comes to mind?

Edit; I see @jadtiger was on the ball and had the same thoughts. He would probably agree that Casey was a dick as well.

 

[Tim Sheens]

and the woman in league are forgotten due to this inept bunch who run the game .
thanks to all the ladies , mums , aunts , Grannies who help out our great game without you there is no game , this was your weekend and still is

And the vast majority of those great women that give so much to the game, are not happy that the seven players sitting out this match are doing both the game and community a disservice, whilst also letting their team-mates down.

Like Hopoate in previous years, no play, no pay.

 

[Cobarcats]

remember Ron Casey fight on TV, be honest you do, i can’t remember the other persons name or why they were fighting for , I just remember it was funny.

Ron Casey struck a nerve with singer, Vietnam veteran and proud Monarchist Normie Rowe. While Rowe was expressing his personal point of view, Casey sarcastically responded and insulted his honour as a soldier, upsetting Rowe immensely.
They walked towards each other and Casey got the first punch in.
I remember old Casey saying in another interview that he was glad they were restrained, " I would've had a heart attack if I had to throw another punch. Rowe would've killed me". 🤣

 

[trentrunciman]

Lov

Iv'e read thru 9 pages of really interesting and respectful posts and I've now got the same feeling @trentrunciman, but I hope we are both wrong.

Love your comments mate! As always!
Hope you have a great week champion

 

[The SHADOW]

Normy Rowe

You legend, had me all day, did it bring a smile on your face when the moment took you back. 🤣

 

[tiger_one]

Normy Rowe

That's when daytime TV was proper reality TV.

 

[BZN]

Lov

Love your comments mate! As always!
Hope you have a great week champion

Thanks TR.....always love reading your posts 🙂

 

[Newtown]

It's ironic that just days ago so, so many on this forum were abusing the NRL for doing what ever they like. Yet the NRL organised this without advising the players beforehand. Yes, the NRL do whatever they like and they care for anything else except the Million $s they rake in.

 

[Newtown]

The way it has been handled by everyone is pretty poor. They've made it Polynesians vs LGBTQ community.

What respect does the NRL have at all, to the Polynesians or even the Wests tigers.

 

[earl]

Yet the NRL organised this without advising the players beforehand

It's not the NRL. It's Manly. It's also a jersey supporting gay people who are a minority in society.

I don't get the argument against it at all.

This guy here is blaming it on colonization. He states prior to colonization pacific islanders were cool with gay relationships.

Don’t blame Pacific Island cultures for queer fear. Blame colonisation

With just over 45 per cent of NRL players identifying from a Pasifika heritage, it is important we understand and celebrate cultural diversity and their differences.

www.smh.com.au

I reckon it's pretty bad in today's age that some people can't accept people who are gay. This is not stating people have to be gay. It's just stating give them some support rather than look down on them as sinners or bad people or something like that.

 

[Newtown]

The same applies to what the NRL did to Wests Tigers on Sunday.
Nrl does not give two shits about the players.

The NRL is too busy making making their own agenda and ridiculous actions without informing the players.

 

[earl]

The same applies to what the NRL did to Wests Tigers on Sunday.

In my opinion this is completely different. That was an atrocious display of referring and just as bad a cover up or whatever you want to call it after that. It was also from the NRL.

Manly have handled this terribly.

 

[earl]

‘We’ve talked about it’: Robinson says Roosters would wear pride jersey

The Roosters coach has spoken passionately as his side prepares to take on a Sea Eagles outfit decimated by the fallout from the rainbow jersey debacle.

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Good to see Trent Robinson speaking up about this issue and being pretty clear that he considers this discriminatory.

Roosters coach Trent Robinson has delivered an emotional response to Manly’s inclusivity jersey furore, insisting his club would have no problems wearing a similar design and claiming there would be an uproar if an NRL player decided not to wear an Indigenous-themed jersey.

“If someone said they weren’t going to wear the Indigenous jersey, there would be an outcry. Forty years ago, that wouldn’t have been the case. Eighty years ago, we wouldn’t have had Women In League Round. We’ve moved on those fronts, and we haven’t moved on this. We need to move towards it at some point.”