Fiji rugby director fired for saying women’s team has a ‘gay problem’

To me it is immoral and it is not right, “he added that maintaining the player and” this gay problem “was also the key challenges facing European rugby teams.

He added that homosexuality was “a major drawback” when the Fiji women team participated in the former HSBC Sevenue tournament.

Three weeks before the tournament was asked to handle the team, Nilivo wrote a report after his poor performance in the tournament where he advocated for the collapse of the coach.

The Fiji Women’s Rights Movement said in a statement on Tuesday that it was “surprised” by Ms. Nileo’s comments.

“The idea that being homosexual is a ‘problem’ in women’s rugby,” said Nalini Singh, executive director of the group.

“Instead of focusing on your efforts on the sexual sexuality of players, you do your job and look for proper funding and provide women’s rugby players’ welfare so they need to sleep on benches in front of the airports Do not be and he added that the miles should go away for their training.

Local media had earlier reported that members of the women’s team had spent one night on the benches outside the Sydney Airport on their way to Dubai Sevas in 2023, while the men’s team slept in a nearby hotel. Since the disparity between the treatment of the two teams gave rise to anger among the fans, the authorities attributed the incident to the “wrong confrontation”.

In 2016, the Fiji Women’s Rugby Team became the first in the Pacific countries to qualify for the Rio Olympics. In 2021, the team won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. But in the Paris Games last year, he was knocked on the group stage and came to the last place of 12 competitive teams.

Even now, gay charges were charged with the team.

Nilovo is a prominent figure in the local rugby scene, a lawyer for the first captain of the women’s national team and a lawyer to include women in the male -dominated sports.

On Saturday, Nilio was appointed as director of the Fiji Rugby Union after his predecessor’s resignation for personal reasons. The Fiji Rugby Union said it had tried to leave the recent dispute.

He said, “When he resigned, the board has vowed that a strong stand is necessary to maintain professional standards and to strengthen his commitment to protect the integrity of Fiji Rugby.”

“Our women’s team and all players can be assured that this will not continue to develop as a member of their opportunities, representation and fuzzy rugby in any way.”

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