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Wallabies confirm decision on kneeling during national anthem ahead of All Blacks clash

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The Wallabies have ruled out taking a knee during the national anthem in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in next Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup test in Sydney after a unanimous vote by the players.

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Wallabies coach Dave Rennie said the idea was discussed in their team camp in the NSW Hunter Valley and the team voted against becoming the first Australian team to do so.

The Wallabies will wear a First Nations jersey against New Zealand on October 31 in Sydney, with Dane Haylett-Petty asked this week whether taking a knee was something the Wallabies would consider doing on home soil.

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    The veteran fullback said his belief was that it would “be a great thing for us to do” and that the player group would discuss it.

    Wallaby great Nick Farr-Jones said the team shouldn’t, describing it as a “divisive move”.

    Rennie knocked it on the head during a teleconference on Friday.

    “We won’t,” Rennie said.

    “The key thing is that this is about honouring our Indigenous people and we want the focus to be on that.

    “Everyone has got their own opinions around the other situation but we want the focus to be around reflecting on our history and our past.

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    “Our focus is around the First Nations people and the Indigenous jersey; we’re not looking to make a political statement.”

    He said the coaching and management group talked with the team leaders, who then met with the rest of the team and it was a “unanimous decision”.

    Rennie said the group wanted to see the Indigenous part of the Australian culture represented in the regular gold Wallabies jersey, not just as a one-off.

    “What we’re trying to highlight is that First Nations is part of our DNA and that needs to be reflected and that needs to be each game not just one or two times a year.

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    “We think having that reflected on our Test jersey every week is really important.”

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