https://youtu.be/hxLJHzfYfZQ?si=Gm5o-sMdCjQi-xYy

Young Matildas at U20 Asian Cup. Check out that pitch. 

Bloody awful. And as someone pointed out below the clip; they managed to fix their own pitch before they played.

Word is Adelaide, namely Adelaide oval will host a Matildas game this year. I get demand is massive but Hindmarsh is really something else at twilight. 

Matildas skipper Sam Kerr will face a criminal trial next year, accused of racially aggravated harassment of a police officer.

https://bit.ly/3UZkVXf

yer all over the press now.
Lets wait till next year whats to become.

Not a good look, don't have enough details yet... But racial slurs are not good.

should of stamped this out years ago when we had those other scandals.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/football/sam-kerr-pleads-not-guilty-to-racially-aggravated-harassment-of-a-police-officer/news-story/5a0f76a5019f12cce125c5a889e7e196

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/oct/06/lisa-de-vanna-football-australia-to-investigate-matildas-allegations-sexual-harassment-indecent-assault-grooming-bullying

I'm not apologising for racists here but how the fuck have we come to a situation when you can be CRIMINALLY CHARGED because you called someone a name or used a slur?

By all means if its true she could, probably should, be rightfully stripped of endorsements and have her contract torn up but criminally charged?

What the actual fuck? This is nuts.

"The trial is expected to get underway in February, 2025 and is due to last four days with two police officers to give evidence."

Sorry, what

It's not in Australia

jfk....

you'd think it would be the sort of thing where a fine or a caution was issued...4 days? 

I know.

What's your point?

typical of today trying to make an example of a global person for calling one a name now is a criminal offense, agree Muz.
I'd say being its a copper and the force is going for all they can as well as the cabbie.
Hope for her sake and reputation she gets cleared.
DeVanna's abuse allegations may hover over all this next year, who knows.

I'm sure many watched the Tillies doco on disney leading into the WC ?
You know girls will be girls no diff to the blokes, just saying, ego's, you seriously can't like/love every team mate.
Could be very ugly for our leading lady.

similar story guy got 10 weeks in jail haha as it was hate crime.

https://www.cps.gov.uk/london-north/news/man-sentenced-shouting-antisemitic-abuse

surely Sam has to be removed from Maltildas till this is all sorted?

let's wait and see what happened first, it appears she could be in some deep trouble

It works like this:

1. Violent conduct is a criminal offense. 

2. Expand the definition of Violence to include verbal and even financial abuse in addition to physical violence

3. Include the effect on the particular victim as a critical factor in determining if charges are laid and what level

So taking it altogether Kerr, 30, appeared at Kingston Crown Court via videolink after she was accused of using insulting, threatening or abusive words that caused alarm or distress to a police officer during an alleged incident in Twickenham in January.

agreed tsf, for the record I'm not going after her just commenting and the way today is going and worse the damn media headlining.

Was in the car earlier this morn and this subject came on and they interviewed Bozza.
Yes I know not a great example and the disc joc joked saying he'd be a good candidate to comment in jest.
Bozza importantly said the media typically will blow this out as if she's in the wrong therefore said wonder will they behave opposite if/when not convicted.
He expects the FA to make some nopise of support - but seriously being a legal matter out of their hands they can't say shit.
Point is press already tarnishing her the way its delivered which is typical.

Bad timing for her recovering from the ACL, for being on the pitch and scoring would shut alot of people up.

It could easily become so.

as i don't know the details but that's a pretty broad description - 'words that cause alarm' 

Abuse a Cop in Australia and you'll find yourself mysteriously bashed or framed.

Old mate that was thrown to the ground just outside Suncorp the other day and had 4 cops put knees in his back was apparently guilty of the heinous crime of telling the cops to leave the teenage fellas alone.

(Second hand information from my end but that's what I heard.)

Depends entirely on the circumstances and words used.

For now we really just have to wait and see what actually happens. At least, being a court case, the details should eventually be published.

If Kerr lost her head about something and called them filthy pommy bastards then there is a racial tone that we would perhaps not even blink at here.
If she lost her head and called them filthy black bastards then there is a racial tone that is unacceptable.

4 days of trial seems awfully heavy so maybe there is more to it than a casual abusive rant or maybe the case has a political agenda on racism, abuse of police generally, or something else entirely.

No point guessing how much of a beat up it is or not until we do know more. High profile sportspeople will always attract heavy media comment and interest because they are so much in the media eye - and historically plenty of them across all sports have shown themselves to be newsworthy twats at some point.

On the criminal aspect, there are times when that is what is required to break the historic and traditional acceptance of racial slurs. Plenty of non-racial slurs and abuse available to choose from. That is all I am saying on that score.

I love this scene.

The coach explains Ernie for racism. The Gentlemen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1WzR0eke_8


@RIMB.

Getting sent to jail because you hurt someone's feelings is rank. I understand it's hurtful and all that but it's ridiculous. Sticks and stones and all that.

You can literally tell me to 'go fuck my mother's k^nt' and that's apparently 'fine' but if I call you a 'black bastard' that's not.

Weird.

Next time I'm in UK, need to yell "unexpected item in the bagging area" at the pigs and see what happens

Agreed - my comment goes to the deeper side of racism. I see hurt feelings as a poor basis for criminal action - but the deliberate carrying on of hateful comment and intent is something bigger. More talking about the need for criminal action sometimes being warranted for comments.

...and would you consider yourself hard done by if they came down on you like a ton of bricks?

Serious question from your less serious comment.

So taking the knee every week before wsl was worth it.
Thought she had mixed heritage parentage, so how can you be racist unless plod was white 

Seeing the negative effect of her partner Lewis already who recently moved to uk

Getting arrested for a victimless, crimeless crime? Yep.

Sure, by the sum of it, let's hand out more punishment than the sum of all AFL and NRL punishments, just to keep things fair.