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Beccy displaying her pure and utter hatred of Rugby League

applesauce

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Wow, intelligent response. OK, what exactly is wrong with what she is saying?

Apart from the fact that she's saying it, and you're reading it through the prism of the conspiracy theory you have about the media.

Read the first line of the article........

Then reflect on Mal's comments, glass houses much???

The line saying:
The AFL's attitude to its indigenous players is a revelation compared with league. These young athletes are embraced, their communities are celebrated and their talents are held in awe by all who follow Aussie rules.

What a crock of sh*t. Aboriginals are accepted in the NRL far more.

Thaiday form player of the comp. Thurston best player in the comp. Inglis most exciting player in the comp. All 3 are consistently recognised for that through awards, our media and by the fans.

Thaiday will be the Broncos captain in the future.
Scott Prince in the co-captain of the Titans with Preston Campbell setting up the All Stars v Indigenous game with help from the NRL.
Thurston is the captain of the Cowboys with Matt Bowen another crowd fav/vc.

Wendell Sailor is on the NRL footy show and channel 9 commentary team.
Gordon Tallis & Laurie Daley work for Fox Sports (NRL on Fox and Fox commentary).

The NRL help set up a fund for Thurston to work and raise money for Aboriginal communities and charities. That is why he stayed in the NRL instead of chasing the $ in france.

All these players get on the front and back pages of all of the papers in QLD & NSW. It's not our fault the melbourne media hides our best players and heros of our game away from their mainstream media.

Our game has it's arms open for Indigenous Australians to become a part of it during their footy careers and after.

The only thing she was spot on with was the dog breakfast of an admin and everyone knows that needs to be fixed.
 

Dragonwest

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Yes Rugby League must be full of Racist bigots as Andrew Johns comments represent the whole Rugby league community. The Indigenous All-Stars game was nothing but a myth and no money was raised for Indigenous Charities at the start of the year.

On the other hand the AFL is full of Angels; Not one person in the game would ever pass a racist comment, be able run around town coked off their heads for months on end, impregnate a 16 yr old girl or have a club pay off a rape victim.

Anyone who falls for Bec or Patrick Smith (from the Australian) "AFL high ground" crap are the real idiots.
 

El Diablo

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What a crock of sh*t. Aboriginals are accepted in the NRL far more.

i recall reading an article that the percentage of Indigenous players in the NRL was higher than that of the AFL

was around all stars time
 
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Read the first line of the article........

Then reflect on Mal's comments, glass houses much???

The line saying:


What a crock of sh*t. Aboriginals are accepted in the NRL far more.

Thaiday form player of the comp. Thurston best player in the comp. Inglis most exciting player in the comp. All 3 are consistently recognised for that through awards, our media and by the fans.

Thaiday will be the Broncos captain in the future.
Scott Prince in the co-captain of the Titans with Preston Campbell setting up the All Stars v Indigenous game with help from the NRL.
Thurston is the captain of the Cowboys with Matt Bowen another crowd fav/vc.

Wendell Sailor is on the NRL footy show and channel 9 commentary team.
Gordon Tallis & Laurie Daley work for Fox Sports (NRL on Fox and Fox commentary).

The NRL help set up a fund for Thurston to work and raise money for Aboriginal communities and charities. That is why he stayed in the NRL instead of chasing the $ in france.

All these players get on the front and back pages of all of the papers in QLD & NSW. It's not our fault the melbourne media hides our best players and heros of our game away from their mainstream media.

Our game has it's arms open for Indigenous Australians to become a part of it during their footy careers and after.

The only thing she was spot on with was the dog breakfast of an admin and everyone knows that needs to be fixed.

As I said in another thread. Mal Brown is a nuffy old man, Andrew Johns was in an official position of leadership. There is a slight difference. Having said that, I don't think there is significant racism in either sport - these were really the words of 2 dickheads.

As for acceptance of aboriginals, I don't think its clear that they are accepted in the NRL more. For each one you mention who's achieved significantly and is well recognised, I'm sure there is an AFL equivalent. For example, Adam Goodes has won a couple of Brownlow medals, Andrew McLeod, Michael Long are just some widely respected aboriginal players I can think of off the top of my head.
 

gUt

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For example, Adam Goodes has won a couple of Brownlow medals, Andrew McLeod, Michael Long are just some widely respected aboriginal players I can think of off the top of my head.
Was one of them the one that lifted his tunic up to show the racist, abusive AFL fans in the crowd the colour of his skin? Has anything like this ever happened in league?
 
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El Diablo

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11% NRL to 7% AFL from memory...

NRL is higher than 11% http://www.nrl.com/news/news/newsar...ting-to-the-indigenous-community/default.aspx

NRL / ARL policies relating to the Indigenous community

NRL Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:54:00

National Rugby League and Australian Rugby League policies relating to Indigenous initiatives within the Australian community

- In 2010, the NRL launched the All Stars concept as the centrepiece of Rugby League’s commitment to Indigenous Australia - an event that promotes harmony across all cultures whilst also celebrating the game’s best athletes.

- This year 12.25% of NRL players have Indigenous heritage, compared to the general population national average of less than 3%.

- In 2008, Rugby League became the first sport to announce a formal Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP)

- The RAP is a formal recognition of the support that NRL clubs, players and various arms of the game extend to Indigenous communities. It also provides direct material assistance to Indigenous communities.

- As part of the RAP, a Reconciliation Cup match was created as an annual calendar event to celebrate the Indigenous contribution to the game.

- The game in 2008 also formed an Australian Rugby League Indigenous Council to provide independent advice on Indigenous matters including cultural protocol and issues requiring mediation.

- Under the plan an Indigenous Player Advisory Group has been established which assists in providing strategic advice and mentoring to young players in the game.

- This Advisory Group model is being used in other areas of the game with meetings already held with players from the Pacific Islands, Maori and PNG.

- This group is led by NRL Education Officer Nigel Vagana and are set to launch a calendar as part of a Pacifica Cultural Festival in partnership with Casula Powerhouse Museum.

- In 2009, the NRL became the first national sporting code to join the Close the Gap campaign, which is Australia’s largest ever campaign to improve the life expectancy and health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

- Rugby League has delivered the Australian Sports Commission’s cultural awareness workshop to all players across the NRL and this remains a core component of the Induction Program. Players are provided with updates on a regular basis during their playing career. Each year, 240 players participate in the program and since 2005, over 1,000 players have completed the program.

- The NRL has included an Anti Vilification policy approved by the Human Rights Commission as part of its rules and Code of Conduct since its inception in 1998. Explanation of players rights under the policy is a key part of NRL ‘induction’ camps and a key part of on-going player education.

- The policy was reviewed by the Human Rights Commission in 2007 and deemed to meet all requirements.


NRL All Stars Game
The inaugural Harvey Norman Rugby League All Stars Match was held in February 2010.

With the unique concept being established in response to player feedback following the Indigenous Dreamteam v New Zealand Maori match at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, the game provides the National Rugby League the opportunity to showcase an important Indigenous Celebration to the nation and in turn complements the Federal Government’s strategy towards cultural acceptance and tolerance within the community. The 2010 game marked the second anniversary of Prime Minister Rudd’s apology to the Stolen Generation.

The event is supported by the NRL Community Carnival – the biggest annual celebration of Rugby League in regional Australia and sees NRL players from all 16 clubs blitz the community over a week-long period.

The game aims to achieve success on a multitude of levels including; inspiring young footballers to strive to represent their people or the game of rugby league in a unique event that has all proceeds being directed to charities and community programs; providing a national platform to promote the game’s appreciation of its Indigenous players and the attributes they bring to the game ; promoting the strength of the game’s Indigenous participation and the impact the game of rugby league has on Aboriginal communities throughout the Eastern Seaboard and Northern Territory; raising over $10 million in the first five years which will be directly invested into community programs that allow the game’s National Indigenous Strategy to be developed and implemented.


Earn. Learn. Legend!
In 2010, the Rudd Government teamed up with the National Rugby League in a three-year partnership to encourage Indigenous children to stay in school and aspire to good jobs.

Using the NRL Indigenous All Stars team to promote the message ‘Learn. Earn. Legend!’, the goal is to encourage young Indigenous Australians to have a go, stay at school and ensure a pathway to employment.

Two weeks ago NRL Players partnered the Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) and the Indigenous owned company ‘Corporate Culcha’ in the first of a series of four career expos for Indigenous students.

The partnership with DEEWR also includes:
- One of the Indigenous All Stars becoming an ongoing Government ambassador to promote education and employment opportunities for the next three years

- Publicising the Learn Earn Legend message at NRL All Stars matches through to 2012

- A careers market at the 2010 All Stars match

- An Indigenous Youth Summit in 2011 and 2012

- Access to the NRL “One Community” resources that concentrate on a healthy lifestyle, to complement the Australian Government’s Indigenous Education and Employment initiatives

- Developing Indigenous cultural events with an education and employment theme to be held in regional centres across NSW and Qld to coincide with future All Stars games in 2011 and 2012; and

- A commitment from the NRL to work with the Government to develop further Indigenous employment and education initiatives.
 

applesauce

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It's 11% in both codes, or at least it was last year but you wouldn't expect it to have changed much either way this year.

I personally wouldn't call either code more racist than the other.

Both codes have racists, drug abusers, women abusers just like any segment of the 18-30 year old demographic in society.

So I wouldn't say that either code is more racist etc but I am pissed about the blatant overlooking and blind eye undertaken by many forms of the media of when the NRL do something good/well and when the AFL do something wrong/the same as the bad things as the NRL do yet never get pulled up....sweep...sweep...sweep oh no it happening to my posttttt........
 
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Pete Cash

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Wasn't Artie Beetson the first indigenous captain of an Australian team. Mal Meninga and Laurie Daley both captained Australia. She doesn't half talk some sh*t.

Yes, Rugby League isn't perfect but plenty of indigenous players have respected places in our game. Jesus she is such a mong.
 
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lets grab the pitchforks and torches, now where does she live. i cant believe they let her on the footy show, she seemed more at home on big brother show

I don't know where she lives but you'll catch her quite regularly at the four n hand in paddington , she's a local there with her news ltd CEO partner john hartigan ;-)

funnily enough you may even see her there with david gallop. we could give
two pieces of our mind for the price of one!
 

Bengal

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I think a lot of you are blinded by your hatred of Wilson, and general conspiracy paranoia. :shock:
You're acting in a similar manner as you accuse us of doing. We all see the same old same old and form judgments based on this.

Taking what she says, what is not actually true?
That's not the argument. Her objectivity and balance is what most posters here are questioning and commenting on.

What I don't get is why Johns would be using racist insults against black players... TO black players. I mean, does he think Timana's going to agree? "Yeah Joey, that GI is a black merkin, right on. They're all like that." It's so completely brainless.
Yep. Its more an indicator of a brainless sod than a racist.

It's 11% in both codes, or at least it was last year but you wouldn't expect it to have changed much either way this year. I personally wouldn't call either code more racist than the other.
I don't know much about AFL but does anyone know how many Polynesians they have. We all know there's oodles of em in League and Union but what about AFL? And what's their percentage in League - it'll be pretty decent I'm guessing.


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