- Social media post focused on women in supporting roles
- Tribute ignored achievements of Black Ferns and sevens team
The All Blacks have apologised for a “tone deaf” International Women’s Day social media post which praised the team’s wives for supporting them, and featured a player who had assaulted his female partner.
The team issued an apology, admitting “we didn’t get it right”, following an international backlash to the original post, which emphasised women in supporting roles, rather than celebrating New Zealand’s women’s rugby union teams.
Continue reading…Social media post focused on women in supporting rolesTribute ignored achievements of Black Ferns and sevens teamThe All Blacks have apologised for a “tone deaf” International Women’s Day social media post which praised the team’s wives for supporting them, and featured a player who had assaulted his female partner.The team issued an apology, admitting “we didn’t get it right”, following an international backlash to the original post, which emphasised women in supporting roles, rather than celebrating New Zealand’s women’s rugby union teams. Continue reading…