Given Hanigan is leaving for Japan I'd be pretty disappointed if we picked him again. Surely this game is perfect for a Valetini or a Wright.
Wallabies v Pumas, Bankwest (Parra), Sat 5th December
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Given Hanigan is leaving for Japan I'd be pretty disappointed if we picked him again. Surely this game is perfect for a Valetini or a Wright.
So stupid
It doesn't even have to be an agency, google "twitter scrubber", pick your poison and deploy
Official statement: The Argentine Rugby Union strongly repudiates the discriminatory and xenophobic comments published by members of the Los Pumas team on social networks and meeting urgently, the Board of Directors resolves:
First, revoke Pablo Matera's captaincy and request the staff to propose a new captain to the Board of Directors.
Second, suspend Pablo Matera, Guido Petti and Santiago Socino from the national team until their disciplinary situation is defined.
Third, initiate a disciplinary process for the three mentioned players, in charge of the Disciplinary Commission of the Argentine Rugby Union.
Although the messages were expressed between 2011 and 2013 and do not represent the integrity as people that the three showed during this time in Los Pumas, from the Argentine Rugby Union we condemn any expression of hatred and consider it unacceptable that those who express them, represent our country.
First, revoke Pablo Matera's captaincy and request the staff to propose a new captain to the Board of Directors.
Second, suspend Pablo Matera, Guido Petti and Santiago Socino from the national team until their disciplinary situation is defined.
Third, initiate a disciplinary process for the three mentioned players, in charge of the Disciplinary Commission of the Argentine Rugby Union.
Although the messages were expressed between 2011 and 2013 and do not represent the integrity as people that the three showed during this time in Los Pumas, from the Argentine Rugby Union we condemn any expression of hatred and consider it unacceptable that those who express them, represent our country.
Seems like this has all blown up overnight after an Argentinian journalist started tweeting about it.
PhilClinton
Geoff Shaw (53)
And claims it's being blown up because this journalist has a bone to pick with the Pumas for not acknowledging the passing of Maradona during the game on the weekend?
This sounds like a soap opera.
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Watty Friend (18)
Would love to see Valetini start and Hosea get a gig off the bench.
All you have to do is delete your old tweets.
If they're still published online on your official twitter account it's hard to distance yourself from them just because they're old
PhilClinton
Geoff Shaw (53)
Yep exactly - in the last 12 months several much more important people than Pablo Matera have been forced to resign from various roles due to this type of thing. I have no sympathy for these guys - don't post that stuff/clean up your social media.
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John Eales (66)
The period was 2011-2013 for Pablo. He's 27 now, so roughly 18-20 years old. Old enough to drink, old enough to drive probably old enough to take responsibility for being a racist douche.
Look at it from the other perspective. As soon as this blows up into a big story, do you really think UAR can say that they were old tweets and he was young at the time and it's no big deal?
The likelihood is these guys just miss the one test and aren't sacked permanently.
The likelihood is these guys just miss the one test and aren't sacked permanently.
Dctarget
John Eales (66)
Yeah, they're not going to make a stand about it. They'll apologise, do some community activity or something and donate to a charity.
You'd hope so.
It would be even more disappointing if Matera said he stood by everything he'd said.
Up the Guts
Steve Williams (59)
Just got to find some more tweets and 101 is on the menu.
It sure is pretty stupid to post really racist stuff on twitter when you're an 18 year old and just leave it there.