Indigenous Australian Rugby Player Gets Banned From Game For Criticizing Queen Elizabeth
15.09.2022 - 03:55
/ perezhilton.com
The National Rugby League Women’s Premiership has struck Newcastle player Caitlin Moran with the ban hammer because she criticized the late queen.
On September 8, following the announcement of Queen Elizabeth II‘s passing, the 25-year-old took to her Instagram stories to express her controversial opinion on the matter. In the post, there was a photo of Her Majesty with the caption:
The story has since been deleted, but not before being caught by the National Rugby League‘s integrity unit, which came to the conclusion the post was unacceptable. On Tuesday, the league announced they planned to ban Caitlin for one match. And if you’re not familiar with rugby — it means she’s been banned for one-fifth of the entire season!
Yeah, wow…
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Not only that, she also received a suspended fine of 25% and will be forced to undergo education and training around the appropriate use of social media. Moran has become the first player in NRLW’s history to be banned for an off-field matter.
Her coach, Ronald Griffiths of the Newcastle Knights, came to his player’s defense on Sunday — and he mentioned the “complicated” relationship between the royal family and Indigenous people:
Professor of Indigenous studies, Sandy O’Sullivan, spoke to The Guardian on Tuesday and explained the native population’s reaction, including Caitlin’s, with a more historical context:
Seriously unfair! People should be allowed to express disappointment in government officials who have let them and their communities down. Listening to marginalized voices and making changes is the only way we can all be better supported and fully treated as equal.
The NRL, however, stand by their