This is Manly Sea Eagles prop Addin Fonua-Blake, and I don't care what race he is; he's a fucking arsehole. Why? Well, you should read what he said that made referee Grant Atkins send him off the field during a game last Sunday: he called Atkins a "fucking retard." On Monday he publicly apologised to Atkins for that. Now, I'd believe that apology was sincere, except it turns out that after the match, Fonua-Blake encountered Atkins and remarked: "Are your eyes fucking painted on, you bunch of spastics?" (https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/fonua-blake-called-referee-a-spastic-during-second-spray-20200707-p559pn.html) Then in a video Manly released the next day, he said he didn't know how offensive those terms were. As if that's a fucking excuse or explanation.
As you all know, I have a neurodevelopmental disability and I follow the NRL quite closely, so these revolting comments immediately enraged me. For them, Fonua-Blake has been ordered to pay $20 000
and perform volunteer work with disability groups, which is music to my ears. But I somehow doubt that will make him learn his lesson, because he was already initially suspended for two games for contrary conduct (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-10/nrl-fines-addin-fonua-blake-20000-dollars-for-abuse-of-referee/12443436) and in 2015 he was fired from the St. George Illawarra Dragons for assaulting a girlfriend https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/dragons/dragons-have-sacked-addin-fonuablake-after-he-was-charged-with-common-assault/news-story/874ec8cb95d66a9c3abf2608b53a5891). What a saint, huh?
He may be a good footballer, but Addin Fonua-Blake needs to try (pun intended) much harder to be a decent human being.
He may be a good footballer, but Addin Fonua-Blake needs to try (pun intended) much harder to be a decent human being.
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