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‘You might not like it, but that’s their decision’: Johnathan Thurston defends Kangaroos stars who didn’t sing the anthemOctober 17th, 2023 7:58 am
Other players have described being too emotional or fixated on the task ahead to sing the anthem, with the issue back in the headlines over the weekend after several Australian players, including Kotoni Staggs, Payne Haas and Selwyn Cobbo, were silent before the game against Samoa. “I know that the Indigenous All Stars didn’t sing the anthem and didn’t want the anthem played in those games at the start of the year, and that was a decision that they made as a collective group,” he said.
The Aussies flew out of the blocks with four tries in the opening 15 minutes on the back of some huge carries from starting props Haas and Tino Fa’asuamaleaui, who both crashed over as the Kangaroos threatened to put on a cricket score.
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