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Tom Brady says female family members abused at pre-season friendly

12 Aug 2018

Tom Brady

Leicester Tigers back Tom Brady has lashed out at a ‘fan’ who abused members of his family at a preseason friendly.

Flyhalf Joe Ford scored a late 50-metre penalty to secure a winning start to the pre-season campaign for Tigers at Cardiff Blues on Friday night, but that didn’t stop a so-called fan confronting Brady’s family in the stands.

The 27-year-old took to Twitter to shame the man in question.

“Enjoyed my first run out for some time on Friday and it’s always an honour to wear the badge of the club I grew up supporting.

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“Disappointed one bloke took it upon himself to target my wife and mum on the sideline.

“Both were very upset by the confrontation and I wonder if he’d share these [comments] and delivered them in such a way to my dad and uncles?

“This kind of behaviour is not what the game’s about and I hope he is waking up very embarrassed today.”

"Opinions are like arseholes, everybody's got one" pic.twitter.com/RwvxSqhN5Z
— Tom Brady (@tbrady14) August 12, 2018

There was plenty of support on the social media site in response to his tweet.

Sadly, it’s not an isolated case in the game.

In February giant Fijian winger Nemani Nadolo spoke of how he was racially abused in front of family members while on a night out following a Top 14 match.

The 137kg wing was enjoying a meal in Montpellier with members of his family who had flown to France to visit him.

Nadolo took to Twitter to air his frustration at the ugly incident.

“I’m out in Montpellier with my family who came from overseas to c me,” Nadolo posted on Twitter. “supporter who is drunk said to me ‘not bad for a monkey to win the game for MHR in Clermont’. Now he was drunk but wow.”

Don’t no how to take it cause I don’t speak French.. I’m out in Montpellier with my family who came from overseas to c me. 1 supporter who is drunk said to me “ not bad for a monkey to win the game for MHR in Clermont”. Now he was drunk but wow . 😒 #really
— nemzy (@nemani_nadolo) February 3, 2018

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RedWarriors 9 minutes ago

Will Jordan: Every All Blacks strategic shift for World Cup was to beat Ireland

It should have been the two best semi finals in RWC history though. Would have been great to see the top 4 work through quarters and the build up to epic semis. I think the quality of the top 4 would have made that even more special.

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ZamaZama 10 minutes ago

Will Jordan: Every All Blacks strategic shift for World Cup was to beat Ireland

C’mon guys, haven’t you leant anything?!

The ONLY reason Ireland lost was because of the cruel draw which had them playing Scotland so shortly before the QF, while the AB’s had so mucĥ time that they could afford to go to the Seychelles for a week of R’nR and return to France playing against the oh so unfairly treated Irish!

And, please, don’t get me started on Ioane! Why, his actions post-game were surely more than enough reason for World Rugby to overturn the result and award the game to Ireland. No sane person can argue against that.

Now I know some of you think that this may be a bit farfetched but surely you must agree that turdflow has tirelessly educated us on these indisputable facts, since just after the final whistle on that Dark Day in France!

I, for one, thank him most sincerely for opening my eyes to the injustices done to not just the Irish team but to the Irish nation as a whole (and Andy Farrell, even if he’s a pom) and for the way that NZ and SA run World Rugby like their own little cabal! Shameful! Shameful, I say!

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RedWarriors 10 minutes ago

Will Jordan: Every All Blacks strategic shift for World Cup was to beat Ireland

Ireland didn’t choke and as Jordan said the Sexton led attack got within 10 metres of the NZ line. Ireland forced NZ to win it. They didn’t choke. Such comments take away from a great match. Choking implies Ireland were the better team and just didn’t turn up. They did. So did NZ and we ended up with a classic match

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RedWarriors 12 minutes ago

Will Jordan: Every All Blacks strategic shift for World Cup was to beat Ireland

Farrell is by no means arrogant.

I thought after the France match NZ started building and playing some incredible rugby. The 96 points against Italy was a pretty special performance.

I am not sure why there is this constant attack on Ireland’s ‘big mouths’. That Irish team and coaching group generally keep to themselves.

Ireland and NZ had a bit of a rivalry in that period but there has to be respect.

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Tom 14 minutes ago

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“We want to do it by playing fast and by getting the ball to our players with strength and pace and athleticism. That is exactly how we want to play this weekend.”

Believe it when I see it.

Interesting the idea of Fin Smith playing at 12 at some point. Would be cool to see how that goes, doesn't sound utterly ridiculous.

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RedWarriors 16 minutes ago

Will Jordan: Every All Blacks strategic shift for World Cup was to beat Ireland

We didn’t think we choked and certainly respected being beaten by a better team.

What Jordan’s revelation shows is that you do have to bring something new into the world cup. NZ did that. I don’t know how Ireland were coached going in, and not sure if we were stress tested against that type of defense. But on the day NZ felt the stronger and certainly deserved to progress.

I think there were 6-7 big big heavy weight matches in that World cup which is certainly the most competitive since I’ve been watching.

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RedWarriors 23 minutes ago

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It will be interesting to see what Scotland do. They must have a lead and exert scoreboard pressure on the game before le bomb squad emerge. If they can get ahead then they can leverage by not having to expend too much energy to catch up later in the match.

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ZamaZama 24 minutes ago

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RedWarriors 27 minutes ago

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We conceded 42 we lost by 15. The intercept was a 14 pointer. Ramos doesn’t do that its a try under the posts. But France can do that. The victory over Italy did not get the credit it deserved in my opinion. That was less about Italy reverting to bad old days and more about French brilliance.

I just think credit is due to France for keeping Ireland scoreless in the first 20.

Ireland had chances but we haven’t been clinical inside opponents 22.

The disparity in lineout success was also huge.

Not only are France ahead of Ireland in lineout stats but in that stat is a lot of their throws to the back of the lineout. Ireland have had problems since before the world cup. Something is wrong there and we need a new lineout coach: there I said it.

In all the set pieces and in every stat, France were better than Ireland leading into the match. I had hoped home advantage or coming up against a quality team might show an equalization of those numbers but that didn’t happen.

France’s defense and clinicalness were immense and the latter heaped major pressure and scoreboard pressure on Ireland. When the 2nd LBB try went in it was clear to all that the match was out of reach. The Dynamic Toulouse forwards were on, Ireland were tired from chasing the match.

I think without the Lowe injury it might have become more of a classic match, but really only one winner. Even the first try, Atonio and a friend take a step out beyond the maul. Means Nash has to go around them to cover the blind side. Not illegal, just accurate and clever. A lot of Irish accuracy in their match.

Lastly a stat i’d love to see is tries per line break in a match. Toulouse were above the 50% against Leicester. France are not far off that this year barring the outlier England match. What France/Toulouse are doing after a line break now ti achieve such a high conversion rate bears more looking at.

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WI 54 minutes ago

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We are not afraid.

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Mitch 1 hour ago

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I can’t be critical of Phipps talking up super rugby with all the hyperbole and delusion rugby league commentators in this part of the world use to talk up their game. It would have been handy for Phipps to name his 5 best from the north and his 5 best from super rugby mind you.

I can’t say much about the URC and Top14, but from the Premiership, I'd say Bath, Bristol, Northampton, Harlequins and Saracens would do well in super rugby, so that’s 5 teams from England alone and none of them play the dull, kick n clap rugby that I think Phipps associates with English club rugby.

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d 1 hour ago

'When we cross the line into personal insults, the fun is gone'

true, and no fan base rubbish their own side quite like the disgruntled English supporters!

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J Marc 1 hour ago

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Agree with the rucks mess, but every rugby don't ends with a 8 month injury. And ,yes, Irish players are not alone, some french players should be involved too. But Malcolm Marx was an other victim and once again, if World Rugby don't apply the laws, it will ends dramatically, and in few months…

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YeowNotEven 1 hour ago

Will Jordan: Every All Blacks strategic shift for World Cup was to beat Ireland

That game held the title of greatest World Cup quarter final of all time for a whole 24 hours.