A former colleague of "Clare", Tania Boyd, came forward last night on Channel 9 to claim "Clare" had actually been bragging about the incident the following day and showed no remorse. "She was bragging about it to the staff, and quite openly saying how she had sex with several players. There was no trauma whatsoever. I'm disgusted that a woman can all of a sudden change her story from having a great time to then turning it into a terrible crime," she said.
What a suprise i cant belive mathew johns lost his job over this. The girl deserves a bullet.
The double standards typified by this type of post are staggering and serve as a great example of what is wrong with attitudes around this incident and also how blinded people can become due to their own agendas and pre-conceived ideas.
So the girl came to regret this incident - was there any other expected outcome?
Matt Johns has come to regret this incident, Brett Firman has come to regret the incident, the other players involved are so shamed that they wont even show their faces or come out and support their "mates". Bear in mind this is no ordinary mateship - mutual masturbators are a rare breed.
So all of these "players" are given the leeway to have encouraged and participated in this event, and later be able to show remorse and regret.
But Clare is not extended the same courtesy. Because we have a third party who claims she bragged about it, before showing obvious regret -she is to be shamed and disbelieved.
If all of this is so consensual and normal then why the shame and regret? Trish Johns doesn't seem to think this is normal or anything to be proud of, nor does Matt Johns. Other people involved are so shamed they have gone to ground.
Other players on tour who were not involved have been quick to speak out and identify themselves, such is the shame and abhorrence.
Ex players such as Tommy Raudonikis and Noel Cleal have been quick to come out and deny any such ongoing culture of degrading behaviour.
Yet we still see posts and comments from people claiming that this is normal and that Matt Johns in particular has been treated unfairly.
But there is a common thread here - obvious to anyone who bothers to look.
Everyone who says this is normal does so under the cloak of anonymity. Not one person - online or in other media - is willing to put their name against the comments of support. If this wasn't such shameful and degrading behaviour perhaps they would.