Sam Kerr ‘cannot captain the Matildas again’

Despite the not guilty verdict overnight, Matildas star Sam Kerr has “shown us who she truly is” – and according to one vocal critic, there should be serious consequences.

OPINION

You have likely seen the footage, played to a London court, of the Matildas captain in a police station after she allegedly vomited in a cab and broke its back window.

The court was told the cabbie drove the women to Twickenham Police Station where they claimed the taxi driver tried to kidnap them and take them hostage.

Constable Stephen Lovell then tried to explain the cabbie’s version of events, which led to Kerr’s outburst.

“You guys are stupid and white,” Kerr said.

“You guys are f***ing stupid and white.”

“I’m looking you in the eyes, I’m looking you in the eyes, you guys are f***ing stupid, I’m f***ing over this shit.”

Sam Kerr remains captain of the Matildas – for now. Picture: Steven Markham/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

The striker was found not guilty on one charge of racially aggravated harassment in a UK court.

Kerr, when under pressure and seemingly intoxicated – a time when one’s true colours are often shown – resorted to racial taunts.

The bobby being white had nothing to do with anything. Nor did the fact that Kerr has an Indian grandmother. But that’s what she chose to attack.

I wrote last year, and I maintain, that the whole case is ridiculous. Levelling a mild racial taunt at someone should not be a criminal offence. Stupid and white, stupid and black, stupid and Indian – whatever it might be.

The police and the courts surely have better things to do than worry about whether a copper was offended by some racist moron.

Body-cam footage of Sam Kerr after the taxi cab incident was played in court. Picture: Twitter

The ugly incident has made global headlines. Picture: Twitter

But let’s be clear – if she called someone stupid and black, she’d never play soccer again. Her career would be effectively over.

Should that be the case? I don’t necessarily believe so. But you know that’s what would happen and it would be cheered by the same left-wing activists who say we must treat women’s sport the same as men’s sport.

Kerr, on the other hand, remains captain of the Matildas.

When interim coach Tom Sermanni was asked this week if she’d return to the role, he said it was “difficult for me to answer that to be perfectly honest”.

It wouldn’t be so difficult if you swapped the word white for another colour.

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

Putting that aside, though, we’ve learnt that Sam Kerr is an entitled brat unworthy of the adoration heaped upon her.

She may be a great soccer player, but she’s no role model for young girls and an embarrassment to our national team.

Police asked Kerr if she had about £100 ($A200) to cover her fare and cleaning up the vomit as well as extra for damage to the taxi.

She yelled that she was “not paying for some dodgy c***’s window” and that she would “get the f***ing Chelsea lawyers on this” – meaning the Women’s Super League club for which she plays.

Sam Kerr arrives at Kingston-Upon-Thames Crown Court on February 5. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Caleb Bond says Kerr 'cannot captain the Matildas again'. Picture: Instagram

The court heard that when she was asked about paying, she brought up her banking app and waved her phone about to police, as though to show them she had plenty of money.

Does that sound like a great sportswoman worthy of leading a national team, or a spoilt little brat who’s risen above her station and now thinks she can do whatever she wants because she can kick a ball around a field with some skill?

She only has all that money and notoriety because we gave it to her – and now she seemingly thinks she’s better than us.

A captain is meant to foster good culture in a club. If that’s the kind of culture in which she believes, then she does not deserve to represent our country.

Heck, when a piece of sandpaper was used in a test match we banned the captain, vice-captain and a player of our national cricket team for a whole year.

Regardless of whether or not this should be playing out in court, Kerr has shown us who she truly is.

She cannot captain the Matildas again.

Originally published as Sam Kerr ‘cannot captain the Matildas again’