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AFL Daily: Hawthorn fans respond to Adam Goodes gesture, rolling footy news from Thursday 20 June, 2019
Hawthorn has asked its fans to show respect to Adam Goodes after some threatened to cancel their membership over a special club tribute to the indigenous champion. RECAP TODAY'S FOOTY NEWS
Hawthorn has asked its fans to show respect to Adam Goodes after some threatened to cancel their membership in response to the club's decision to pay a special tribute to the Sydney champion on Friday night.
Every Hawthorn player will wear the number 37 on the back of their warm-up guernseys before their clash against the Swans at the SCG as a show of support to the indigenous champion.
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The move follows the release of a documentary earlier this month “The Final Quarter” which detailed the discrimination Goodes faced in his career.
Hawks’ star Shaun Burgoyne said the playing group had decided on the idea to wear his number in a tribute to the dual Brownlow Medallist.
“With Adam’s documentary coming out, it was a good chance to reflect on where we are as an industry and where we’ve come from,” Burgoyne said.
“On reflection, clubs and players have come out and admitted that at the time, our response wasn’t good enough.
“Obviously we can’t turn back time, but as we’re playing Sydney in Sydney this Friday night, we thought it was a perfect opportunity to show our support for Adam publicly.
“We want to show that we’re all beside him, united in stamping out racism.”
Teammate Jarman Impey backed the move: “We’re trying to spread the message and it’s very powerful,” Impey said. “Everyone as a nation should see it and learn about it to see what he had to go through about the racism he had to deal with.”
A Facebook post on the official Hawthorn page announcing the decision attracted more than 1500 comments, with the Hawks asking fans to "show respect" when joining the debate.
While some applauded the move, many more voiced their opposition, labelling the gesture "ridiculous", "a joke" and "pathetic".
Gary Humm declared: "HFC used to be OUR club … has now SOLD its SOUL & just dances to the tune of PC patsies … WHAT A DISGRACE "
Dale Reynolds added: "disgraceful ... How do I cancel my membership!?"
Rod Scott wrote: "I wonder if the Hawthorn Football Club are reading these comments as it's quite obvious that there is very little support for wearing this number 37."
Adam Phillips was one of the minority of fans who supported the move: "It’s ok, if we lose “supporters” over this so be it, it’s called taking a moral stance … Congrats to the boys for the gesture they are showing and perhaps our supporters and our president can learn a thing or two."
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Hawthorn has asked its fans to show respect to Adam Goodes after some threatened to cancel their membership in response to the club's decision to pay a special tribute to the Sydney champion on Friday night.
Every Hawthorn player will wear the number 37 on the back of their warm-up guernseys before their clash against the Swans at the SCG as a show of support to the indigenous superstar.
“Obviously we can’t turn back time, but as we’re playing Sydney in Sydney this Friday night, we thought it was a perfect opportunity to show our support for Adam publicly," veteran Shaun Burgoyne said.
“We want to show that we’re all beside him, united in stamping out racism.”
A Facebook post on the official Hawthorn page announcing the decision attracted more than 1500 comments, with the Hawks asking fans to "show respect" when joining the debate.
While some applauded the move, many more voiced their opposition, labelling the gesture "ridiculous", "a joke" and "pathetic".
Gary Humm declared: "HFC used to be OUR club … has now SOLD its SOUL & just dances to the tune of PC pattsies … WHAT A DISGRACE "
Rod Scott wrote: "I wonder if the Hawthorn Football Club are reading these comments as it's quite obvious that there is very little support for wearing this number 37."
Adam Phillips was one of the minority of fans who supported the move: "It’s ok, if we lose “supporters” over this so be it, it’s called taking a moral stance … Congrats to the boys for the gesture they are showing and perhaps our supporters and our president can learn a thing or two."
Hawk fans fury over Goodes gesture
Hawthorn has asked its fans to show respect to Adam Goodes after some threatened to cancel their membership in response to the club's decision to pay a special tribute to the Sydney champion on Friday night.
Every Hawthorn player will wear the number 37 on the back of their warm-up guernseys before their clash against the Swans at the SCG as a show of support to the indigenous superstar.
“Obviously we can’t turn back time, but as we’re playing Sydney in Sydney this Friday night, we thought it was a perfect opportunity to show our support for Adam publicly," veteran Shaun Burgoyne said.
“We want to show that we’re all beside him, united in stamping out racism.”
A Facebook post on the official Hawthorn page announcing the decision attracted more than 1500 comments, with the Hawks asking fans to "show respect" when joining the debate.
While some applauded the move, many more voiced their opposition, labelling the gesture "ridiculous", "a joke" and "pathetic".
Gary Humm declared: "HFC used to be OUR club … has now SOLD its SOUL & just dances to the tune of PC pattsies … WHAT A DISGRACE "
Rod Scott wrote: "I wonder if the Hawthorn Football Club are reading these comments as it's quite obvious that there is very little support for wearing this number 37."
Adam Phillips was one of the minority of fans who supported the move: "It’s ok, if we lose “supporters” over this so be it, it’s called taking a moral stance … Congrats to the boys for the gesture they are showing and perhaps our supporters and our president can learn a thing or two."
TIGERS NAME FIRST AFLW COACH
Richmond has appointed former Collingwood rookie Tom Hunter as its inaugural AFLW coach.
Hunter was recruited by the Magpies in 2010 but a series of neck injuries forced him into early retirement as a player.
He turned to coaching and has led the Tigers' VFLW team to a 5-0 start to the season.
“Tom has been heavily involved in our AFLW recruitment process, and is the perfect person to lead this team’s exciting step into the competition,” Richmond football manager Nail Balme said.
“The way the playing group has been able to thrive and develop under Tom is a testament to him and the elite football program he has helped to build.
“We have the utmost confidence that Tom with his enthusiasm, strong communication skills and passion for development is the right person to coach this group into the AFLW.”
Hunter said he was grateful for the opportunity to take charge when the team joins the AFLW next season.
“I’m pretty proud of what we’ve been able to put in place for the women’s program at Richmond. It started with the VFLW 18 months ago and now it leads into AFLW next year.
“It’s really special.”
A local footy club says it is "flabbergasted" after a runner was penalised for "coaching" last Saturday.
The umpire paid a free kick in the final minutes of the clash between East Ringwood and Mooroolbark and can be heard saying in vision of the incident that the infringement was "against the runner for coaching".
The free kick was paid at a stoppage in Mooroolbark's forward 50m arc, where Paul Hager took the shot and kicked what proved to be the matchwinning point. The Mustangs held on to win 8.11 (59) to 8.10 (58).
This week the runner faced the EFL tribunal.
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RUNNER BANNED FOR ABUSING UMPIRE
A local footy club says it is "flabbergasted" after a runner was penalised for "coaching" last Saturday.
The umpire paid a free kick in the final minutes of the clash between East Ringwood and Mooroolbark and can be heard saying in vision of the incident that the infringement was "against the runner for coaching".
The free kick was paid at a stoppage in Mooroolbark's forward 50m arc, where Paul Hager took the shot and kicked what proved to be the matchwinning point. The Mustangs held on to win 8.11 (59) to 8.10 (58).
This week the runner faced the EFL tribunal.
Click here to read the full story.
FAGAN NOT TALKING ABOUT FINALS
– ANDREW HAMILTON
For Lions fans, it is obvious – the result of Saturday’s clash with St Kilda will have major ramifications for their finals aspirations.
For the coaches and players, it is not so clear cut.
After a decade-long September drought, hardcore Lions fans and the city of Brisbane’s casual sports followers are tracking every game and how it affects the club’s hopes of a return to the finals.
After losses to the Bulldogs, Fremantle and Carlton on their past three trips away from the Gabba, St Kilda at Marvel Stadium on Saturday has become the biggest game of Chris Fagan’s coaching tenure.
The Lions’ home record is very good, but at 7-5 the fans would appreciate the buffer of two more away wins to ensure they do not need to knock over Geelong at home in Round 22.
St Kilda and Hawthorn in Launceston appear to be easier assignments than GWS, Port Adelaide or Richmond.
But Fagan says the result of this game will have no greater impact than any other, and insists finals have never been mentioned.
“First and foremost, I'm not talking about our finals aspirations, we're a team that's just trying to improve week in and week out,’’ he said.
“That's not something we've sat down and talked about as a group.
“We've certainly talked about winning on the road and that's what great teams do and that's what we aspire to.
“I agree with you, if you win away games it does make getting into finals a little bit easier.
“In terms of talking about it from a finals aspirations perspective, it is not on our agenda, just trying to win each games as it comes along.’’
However, Fagan then was at pains to point out that barring any talk of finals did not mean it wasn't the club’s goal.
“We have aspirations to play finals, I don't think I've ever not talked about that fact,’’ he said.
“That's been the case since I arrived here, that's always been the goal, but the way you get there is you build one brick at a time.
“Sometimes if you focus on the big picture too much, you focus on result, that can lead you to play a bit fearful.
“What we try and do is focus on process because that's fearless when you do that, you don't think too much about the big picture, you just think about what you have to do each week.’’
HAWKS TO PAY TRIBUTE TO GOODES
The harrowing documentary on the discriminatory treatment of Sydney champion Adam Goodes has inspired Hawthorn to pay tribute to the dual-Brownlow medallist.
Hawks star Shaun Burgoyne said the playing group has decided each player will wear the number 37 on the back of their warm up guernseys as a show of support to the indigenous superstar.
“With Adam’s documentary coming out, it was a good chance to reflect on where we are as an industry and where we’ve come from,” Burgoyne said.
“On reflection, clubs and players have come out and admitted that at the time, our response wasn’t good enough.
“Obviously we can’t turn back time, but as we’re playing Sydney in Sydney this Friday night, we thought it was a perfect opportunity to show our support for Adam publicly.
“We want to show that we’re all beside him, united in stamping out racism.”
The AFL and all 18 clubs recently issued a statement apologising to Goodes, saying the game failed to do enough to support him.
ROUGHY A SAINT?
-JAY CLARK
St Kilda has launched a bid to bring Hawthorn premiership star Jarryd Roughead to the club next season.
The Saints have registered their interest with Roughead’s manager, Craig Kelly, about him joining the club in a potentially multi-faceted football role.
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-REBECCA WILLIAMS
Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson has questioned whether Hawks captain Ben Stratton had been tried by the "court of public appeal" before he was rubbed out by the AFL tribunal on Tuesday.
Stratton copped a two-week ban for repeatedly pinching Essendon opponent Orazio Fantasia and also stomping Shaun McKernan in last Friday night's clash.
Clarkson said he would have preferred a week's penalty, questioning the severity of the actions.
"The most difficult part was just how the court of public appeal, did that get him more so than the court of the tribunal in a sense?," Clarkson said.
"We can argue the toss on that. Obviously he stomped, the severity of it you could argue was it significant enough? Same sort of thing with the pinching – was it significant enough – he and 'Fanta' were having some banter about it, really.
"You get pinched significantly, you know about it. But they weren't that significant just given the number of them. I sit there and think to myself, and I think Stratts does, too, and say he went outside the rules of the game to try and get a small advantage to try and put 'Fanta' off his game and he's copped a penalty for it.
"I think it's fair and reasonable, we would have liked it perhaps to be a week, it's two weeks, we understand that's probably a fair penalty."
Clarkson said there needed to be more understanding in the game when players, coaches and administrators made mistakes.
"As long as there is responsibility for whatever action is done on the field and off, and there is some level of remorse shown then I think we just get onto it and have a little bit of empathy for just how difficult the game is,'' he said.
"This is a pretty tough and a brutal game that we are playing and to just be on your best behaviour all the time is nearly impossible whether you are a coach, a player or an administrator in the game and, dare I say it, even a supporter."
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