Andrew Johns
Timana Tahu should be incredibly proud of himself and his family incredibly proud of him.
Not many people are prepared to put their money where there mouth is on issues of discrimination, and the impact of a player of Tahu’s stature taking the stand he has might mean something in the NRL actually changes.
Wouldn’t it be amazing if a player such as Tahu took a similar stand when instead of calling someone a “black c***”, like Andrew Johns did, a senior figure in the League calls someone a “dumb slut”?
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In a startling and unprovoked piece of scapegoating, rugby league suit Geoff Carr telephoned Qld Origin star Greg Inglis this weekend to apologise “on behalf of the game” for the Andrew Johns racial slur
But the game itself has lashed back at Mr Carr for implicating it in the latest Johns brothers misdemeanour.
“Nope. Nuh-uh. No way known should anyone have apologised on my behalf,” the 13-a-side code told this website this week.
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Fred says:
Ken, could not have said it better myself. S.L. I have heard this line of argument before “I’m White Anglo and I’ve copped insulting comments about my race” I completely believe you in this statement but I am sorry, there is no way you could comprehend what Ken has gone… Read more »
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Ant Sharwood says:
FJ, I’m confused. The whole point of this piece is to point out that rugby league, or the NRL, is not to blame for idiots. It has tried hard to change its culture and is still doing so. As things stand now, the idiots have only themselves to blame. That’s… Read more »
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