AFL followers applaud Welcome to Nation ceremony at The Gabba after Sam Newman referred to as for booing
Footy followers have despatched a blunt message to Sam Newman after cheering and applauding a Welcome to Nation ceremony on the AFL preliminary finals.
Newman had urged followers to boo the ceremonies at soccer video games and public gatherings, whereas additionally suggesting individuals ‘gradual clap’ as an alternative.
The Gabba in Brisbane was packed on Saturday night time as followers turned as much as watch the Lions tackle Carlton.
Earlier than kick-off, outstanding Indigenous cultural speaker Shannon Ruska delivered the Welcome to Nation introduction.
He then requested the group to partake within the ‘Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi’ chant.
Followers (pictured) on the AFL preliminary last between the Brisbane Lions and Carlton on Saturday snubbed calls by soccer nice Sam Newman to boo Indigenous Welcome to Nation ceremonies
‘Now there’s one chant, as we’ve 300 Aboriginal nations, we won’t all communicate the identical language, however we are able to do one chant I believe that brings us all collectively,’ Mr Ruska mentioned.
‘Now that is Australian Guidelines, so, has anybody heard the mantra ‘Aussie Aussie’?’
Followers eagerly participated within the chant, with big cries of ‘Oi, Oi, Oi’ filling the stadium.
Earlier than kick-off, outstanding Indigenous cultural speaker Shannon Ruska delivered the Welcome to Nation ceremony
The rapturous reception to the Welcome to Nation did not go unnoticed, with many taking the chance to blast Newman on-line over his failed try and shun the ceremony.
‘Stick that up ya clacker Sam Newman. The perfect Welcome to Nation on the Gabba. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Ou, Oi, Oi!’ one tweeted.
‘Did I miss the gradual hand clap and booing that Sam Newman referred to as for? That appeared fairly unifying to me,’ one other mentioned.
‘Effectively, that ought to hold Sam Newman seething for an additional week,’ one wrote.
‘Welcome to Nation goes off like a firework on the Gabba, not a single boo, ends with Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, and large cheers. Thanks Sam Newman, off ya trot loser,’ one footy fan mentioned.
The rapturous reception to the Welcome to Nation did not go unnoticed, with many taking the chance to blast Newman on-line over his failed try and shun the ceremony
Newman, a former Collingwood ruckman turned media character, had aired his opinion on the normal ceremony on his podcast ‘You Can not Be Severe’ this week.
‘The following time you go to a public occasion, just like the grand last or a soccer sport or any public occasion and so they trot out the Welcome to Nation, begin booing,’ he mentioned.
His feedback, drew backlash from a number of individuals together with Senator Lidia Thorpe, who unleashed on the previous footballer saying the Welcome to Nation was about peace and bringing individuals collectively.
‘Sam Newman, I am unsure why he is even within the information. He is irrelevant to any debate of the time,’ she mentioned on 9’s The At present Present on Thursday morning.
‘It is about peace. The entire message behind it’s respect’.
Newman doubled down whereas talking on The Opposition Podcast, claiming the ceremony divided individuals on race.
‘Are we sick and bored with this? I have been happening about this for some time now. I discover it insulting and demeaning to be welcomed to a rustic the place I stay in,’ Newman mentioned on the podcast.
AFL nice Sam Newman (pictured) inspired individuals to boo Welcome to Nation ceremonies at sporting occasions and public gatherings
