It’s not up to us to make the assessment.
(And to play the game with all the people who want to say oh he wasn’t dark skinned enough etc..though I do remember Boxy standing up for Brockie when his ‘White Boy Speed’ or some such was in the papers in SA!)
It’s up to us to either support our team or not.
There was clearly 4-5 players who heard something and were immediately incensed by it in a way I have never seen from an NZ team. They now have to follow the procedures and reports and try to find an outcome that will take things in a positive direction.
This is an incredibly embarrassing insect bite for Qatar and the way they have reacted suggests there’s not yet much chance of rapprochement. It could have some really unfortunate consequences for careers and our chances of getting games.
We have to either stand by our team while the local blowhards opine and the international organisations clean things up or we don’t.
(And to play the game with all the people who want to say oh he wasn’t dark skinned enough etc..though I do remember Boxy standing up for Brockie when his ‘White Boy Speed’ or some such was in the papers in SA!)
It’s up to us to either support our team or not.
There was clearly 4-5 players who heard something and were immediately incensed by it in a way I have never seen from an NZ team. They now have to follow the procedures and reports and try to find an outcome that will take things in a positive direction.
This is an incredibly embarrassing insect bite for Qatar and the way they have reacted suggests there’s not yet much chance of rapprochement. It could have some really unfortunate consequences for careers and our chances of getting games.
We have to either stand by our team while the local blowhards opine and the international organisations clean things up or we don’t.