Posted June 22, 2023 08:35
· last edited June 22, 2023 08:51
Napier Phoenix
The referee will be covering his own ass too. martinb
Rusty Dunks
mrsmiis
I don’t have a link/haven’t found one, but apparently Austrian news network ORF Burgenland did an interview with referee Manuel Schuttengrubber where he confirmed it was the n-word
Just Googled it, and could find this whereby the ref tells the news outlet "I know nothing......nothing!" (I'm really hoping he said it in a Sgt Schultz voice)
https://burgenland.orf.at/stories/3212422/
From a google translate:
At half-time, the captain of the New Zealanders announced that they did not want to continue playing. "I was then surprised. I was then told that there was a racist insult, it was about the N-word," says Schüttengruber.
Which seems, well, odd, if you watch the game footage including Joe Bell talking to the ref.
Oh absolutely- can’t think anything you’d want anywhere near you less as a ref doing a friendly for a Qatar game.
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Napier Phoenix
The referee will be covering his own ass too. martinb
Rusty Dunks
mrsmiis
I don’t have a link/haven’t found one, but apparently Austrian news network ORF Burgenland did an interview with referee Manuel Schuttengrubber where he confirmed it was the n-word
Just Googled it, and could find this whereby the ref tells the news outlet "I know nothing......nothing!" (I'm really hoping he said it in a Sgt Schultz voice)
https://burgenland.orf.at/stories/3212422/
From a google translate:
At half-time, the captain of the New Zealanders announced that they did not want to continue playing. "I was then surprised. I was then told that there was a racist insult, it was about the N-word," says Schüttengruber.
Which seems, well, odd, if you watch the game footage including Joe Bell talking to the ref.
Oh absolutely- can’t think anything you’d want anywhere near you less as a ref doing a friendly for a Qatar gam.